PIR Beaches Cruise In

[Rick D]

Thanks for posting guys looks like a lot of fun!

[DaleTx]

Originally Posted by Sieg

A few of us met up at Portland International Raceway yesterday for the weekly Beaches Cruise In.

GW brought the mobile air conditioned bench-racing/basecamp facilities that spoil you really quick! Thanks GW! My daughter really liked the hangout and based on the discussion on the drive home enjoyed the afternoon.

Nice pics Sieg!

I didn't have a hard time finding you guys at the show. That's good you had some quality father daughter time

[Sieg]

Originally Posted by GregWeld

It's Swedish Naval Orange Twist

[96z28ss]

Originally Posted by GregWeld

I had so much fun I've gone all the way home and I'm back here tonight!! Might just camp here til next WEDNESDAY and do it all again!



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For those poor guys that are uniformed -- BEACHES is a local restaurant that is owned by a local hot rodder... they do this "show" every Wednesday afternoon -- 1/8th mile drag racing -- a band -- food -- booze! -- Bikes - cars. FIVE BUCKS - which goes to charity! They've raised over a million bucks so far!

It's awesome - you can come and go as you please - stay a while - or stay til they close - have dinner (cheap!) - have a beer or a real drink - listen to the band or walk over to the drags (200 feet away)...

There's like no rules -- as long as you just act like a good citizen... park appropriately - act appropriately - and everyone has a great time.

your back again?

[Sieg]

Originally Posted by WSSix

Looks like a fun time. Great pictures as always. Thanks for sharing!

Originally Posted by compos mentis

X2.

Encore Ansel encore!

Originally Posted by Streetking

Great pics, thanks for posting!

Originally Posted by Rick D

Thanks for posting guys looks like a lot of fun!

Originally Posted by DaleTx

Nice pics Sieg!

I didn't have a hard time finding you guys at the show. That's good you had some quality father daughter time

Thanks Gents, wish I'd had more time to get creative with the camera between the daughter and bench racing it was a point and shoot event.

Beaches is worth the 4 hour total drive time and every trip I've gain on my carb tune, it's starting to feel like injection on the interstate. Transition into the secondaries is very close to seamless now.

I also learned I don't much like playing cops and speeders at night with sealed beam headlights. I need to toss a pair of Hella H4's in it.

[96z28ss]

damn thats a bad angle, it looks like I'm as short as Greg.

[Flash68]

Teal is definitely making a comeback.

[C5 Longroof]

After my CAD Design contract with Freightliner Trucks ended a few years back I had to move back up to the Seattle area for some work...

I do love Portland...Beautiful Rose gardens...An awesome river running right thru the town...A park the size of most of Seattle across the water...Every kind of bridge you could imagine...Killer skiing on Mt Hood...Many many things are great about the PDX area...

But the ONE thing I miss most is idling into the PIR Beaches cruise in in my semi finished '67 Chevelle SS396 Ragtop...And behind me, Jonsey in his '70 Cobra Jet Ragtop...Behind him, John-boy in his '72 Stage 1 Ragtop...Coming in third but really first was Allen in his '68 400 4 speed 25 option GS Ragtop, then occasionally we'd have another buddy in his '67 GS400 Ragtop with us...

We would all stop at the '76 station just north of PIR and pour at least 10 gallons of the 110 leaded octane gas that they wouldn't let you pour into your car, but would let you pour into a 5 gallon can and then into your car...

There is only one way into Beaches and it's a single paved strip that leads to grass parking for at least 400 cars...All of us drop-top guys would ditch work early every Wednesday night to be the first few down that strip so that we could park our rides and set up our lawn chairs on the sides of that strip and watch as car after car after stang after cuda after coupe after AMX after Shelby after Chevelle/Camaro/Corvette and everything in between would just put along by us like it was 1970 all over again...

Us different brand guys learned something the first time Beaches hosted that cruise...It ain't about brand...It aint about shine...It aint about "My exhaust end is bigger diameter than yours!"...It's about seeing all of these cars DRIVING to one event every week...

GOD I MISS BEACHES!!!!!

This photo is actually from the place that Beaches outgrew in one quick season, an air strip in Vancouver...PIR is sooooo much better...

[protour73]

Thanks for posting the great pics Sieg!!

Greg, that's amazing that all 3 cars fit in the portable Garagemahal, what an awesome rig!!

[GregWeld]

Originally Posted by C5 Longroof

After my CAD Design contract with Freightliner Trucks ended a few years back I had to move back up to the Seattle area for some work...

I do love Portland...Beautiful Rose gardens...An awesome river running right thru the town...A park the size of most of Seattle across the water...Every kind of bridge you could imagine...Killer skiing on Mt Hood...Many many things are great about the PDX area...

But the ONE thing I miss most is idling into the PIR Beaches cruise in in my semi finished '67 Chevelle SS396 Ragtop...And behind me, Jonsey in his '70 Cobra Jet Ragtop...Behind him, John-boy in his '72 Stage 1 Ragtop...Coming in third but really first was Allen in his '68 400 4 speed 25 option GS Ragtop, then occasionally we'd have another buddy in his '67 GS400 Ragtop with us...

We would all stop at the '76 station just north of PIR and pour at least 10 gallons of the 110 leaded octane gas that they wouldn't let you pour into your car, but would let you pour into a 5 gallon can and then into your car...

There is only one way into Beaches and it's a single paved strip that leads to grass parking for at least 400 cars...All of us drop-top guys would ditch work early every Wednesday night to be the first few down that strip so that we could park our rides and set up our lawn chairs on the sides of that strip and watch as car after car after stang after cuda after coupe after AMX after Shelby after Chevelle/Camaro/Corvette and everything in between would just put along by us like it was 1970 all over again...

Us different brand guys learned something the first time Beaches hosted that cruise...It ain't about brand...It aint about shine...It aint about "My exhaust end is bigger diameter than yours!"...It's about seeing all of these cars DRIVING to one event every week...

GOD I MISS BEACHES!!!!!

This photo is actually from the place that Beaches outgrew in one quick season, an air strip in Vancouver...PIR is sooooo much better...

Yeah -- That was Pearson Field --- it didn't out grow it as much as they wanted to hose Mark (owner of Beaches) for the use... he called their bluff and moved to Portland International Raceway!

Originally Posted by protour73

Thanks for posting the great pics Sieg!!

Greg, that's amazing that all 3 cars fit in the portable Garagemahal, what an awesome rig!!

I might be able to squeeze 4 in there if I could get the '32 and the '33 on the main floor!!! HAHAHAHAHA

Trailer is 34' long so it's pretty accommodating!