There’s something about racing their top alcohol funny car in national events at Pacific Raceways that just isn’t working for Jeff and Todd Ashwell.
In fact, they’ve had such bad luck over the years at the track just west of Covington off state Route 18, they have given their streak of bad races a name — the Seattle Curse.
This weekend, Brad Plourd will try to get back to basics at his hometown track, Pacific Raceways.
Plourd, who grew up in Maple Valley, will be racing in the National Hot Rod Association’s Northwest Nationals in Super Stock and Super Comp Sportsman classes.
Coming to Pacific Raceways evokes sentiment for top fuel driver Shawn Langdon as well as one of his crew members, Wes Barber.
Langdon is fond of the Northwest Nationals because it’s the first place he got a national event win in Sportsman racing in 2002.
Long before discovering stardom on the football field, young Richard Thomas found trouble as a youth.
Growing up in a gang-ridden Los Angeles neighborhood, Thomas was on a path to ruin – until he found football as his escape, a means to a promising future.
Stakes action switches into high gear as Emerald Downs presents a stakes doubleheader on Sunday, July 11.
Clair Annette rediscovered her winning ways Sunday at Emerald Downs.
The 7-year-old mare, voted Top Claimer in 2008 and a double stakes winner in 2009, led all the way for a 5 ½-length victory in the $50,000 King County Handicap for older fillies and mares.
Highdleburg continued his amazing season with a 1 ¾-length victory over Chickasaw Purse in the feature race Friday before a packed house on Fireworks Spectacular night at Emerald Downs.
The way Jeff Stoddard sees it, pretty much everybody should be able to own at least a small percentage of a thoroughbred racehorse.
An avid thoroughbred enthusiast, Stoddard is convinced that anyone who gets even a small taste of the sport will become hooked on the excitement. According to Stoddard, the adrenaline one gets while watching their horse compete, even if the ownership only amounts to 2.5 percent, goes unmatched.
Royal Game and jockey Juan Gutierrez opened a long early lead and held off the closers for a 2 ¼-length victory Friday in the featured $11,500 Cascade Coffee Purse for older horses at Emerald Downs.
Have a need for speed?
If so, head to Pacific Raceways from July 9-11 to watch the 23rd Annual NHRA Northwest Nationals, which will feature cars that go up to 300 miles per hour.
The Tahoma Lacrosse Club held its first annual Summer Sizzle Lacrosse Tournament June 25-27 at Tahoma High School.
There were 22 teams from Washington and Oregon who competed for high school and 7/8 trophies.
Sicily Grace returned to the winner’s circle Thursday with a hard-earned three-quarter-length victory over Little Town Flirt in the Ashbaugh Beal Purse for fillies and mares Thursday at Emerald Downs.
Double stakes winners Gadget Queen and Clair Annette headline a field of eight older fillies and mares in Sunday’s $50,000 King County Handicap on the Fourth of July at Emerald Downs.
Gadget Queen (29-8-9-3-$245,210) returned from a 4 ½-month layoff to defend her title in Memorial Day’s $50,000 Washington Legislators Handicap. She finished fifth, but was less than two lengths behind winner No Flies On Doodle.
Ben Wadowski cashed in on opportunity Sunday morning at South County Ballfield Park in Federal Way.
Wadowski delivered a Herculean performance, belting two home runs and going the distance on the mound, leading Kent’s 10-11 All-Stars past Auburn 7-2 for the District 10 championship.
Terry Parker misses coaching.
He was reminded of how much June 23 when Kentwood High School inducted him into its athletic Hall of Fame.
The Enumclaw resident was honored for his years spent as an assistant coach with the Conquerors football team and time as the school’s slowpitch softball mentor.
Courtney Thompson has a resume a mile long.
The 2003 Kentlake graduate won three state championships with the volleyball team, was the 2002 Washington state Player of the Year, valedictorian of her class, has a slew of Pac-10 volleyball records set during her time playing at the University of Washington where she helped the Huskies to their first-ever national title in volleyball in 2005.
A group of nine evenly matched fillies and mares have been nominated to the $50,000 King County Handicap at Emerald Downs to be run Sunday, July 4.
Koala Beach out-finished Posse Power and Newfound Man in a thrilling three-horse finish Sunday in the $50,000 Pepsi-Cola Handicap for 3-year-olds at Emerald Downs.
All the Rage and leading rider Ricky Frazier poured it on in the stretch and scored a 5 ¼-length victory in the $12,100 Jenks Purse for fillies and mares Saturday at Emerald Downs.
A 4-year-old Kentucky-bred by Toccet, All the Rage ran six furlongs in 1 minute, 8 2/5 seconds on a fast track and paid $5.20, $3.60 and $3. Charles Essex is the trainer for owners April the 4th Stable, who claimed the filly for $10,000 last month.
Get You sizzled six furlongs in 1 minute, 7 2/5 seconds on a fast track Friday night while posting a two-length victory over heavily-favored Ernie Owl in the $13,100 Pepsi Purse for 3-year-olds and up.
Get You, ridden by Juan Gutierrez, paid $44.40, $12.40 and $8.60. Jim Penney is the trainer for owner Homestretch Farms Inc.
