CULTURE // KARTING WITH RACE CAR DRIVERS

As promised, here are a few photos I took yesterday afternoon when myself and a pair of Continental Sports Car Challenge drivers, Joey Atterbury and Ted Anthony Jr. visited the Pacific Grand Prix karting facility in Auburn, Washington for a bit of mid-season seat time... [read more]

Pacific Grand Prix is the Northwest's premiere karting facility. It's 0.814 mile circuit is the largest in the area and offers both beginners and experts a challenging layout, with as many as 15 turns, to include a banked left hander that dumps onto the front straight.

These are the 5hp rental karts. PGP does however, rent both 125cc TaG (Touch and Go) karts, as well as 125cc Shifter Karts.

While Joey struggles to adjust the tension on his chain, fellow CTSCC driver, Andrew Caddell, and I have a few laughs at Mr.Atterbury's expense.

Joey hit the track pretty early, taking advantage of the rare March sunshine.

Joining Joey on track was this Yamaha R6 powered home-built kart. You could tell this thing had legs and would have been better suited on Pacific Raceways 2.1 mile circuit that sits just next to PGP.


Fellow CTSCC driver, Ted Anthony Jr., who arrived shortly before I had to leave, was able to borrow Joey's TaG kart and get in a few laps around PGP. Thankfully, ColdTrackDays correspondent, Curtis Creager, decided to bust out his light capturing equipment so as to document the occasion.

Pacific Grand Prix is a great place to spend a sunny Spring morning and an even better place for guys like Joey and Ted to stay sharp ahead of their next CTSCC race.

Photo: Justin W. Coffey & Curtis Creager
Editorial: Justin W. Coffey