Both Packwood Events this year saw record numbers in attendance.  The Tour broke the 280 mark for the first time ever and the Pro, while still a smaller ProSolo, was up 8 from last year at 145. The weather for the Pro more than made up for the rain at the Tour.  In fact, Saturday of the Pro was as close to a perfect day as Field Staffer Cindy Jansen could recall.  “Absolutely spectacular weather with highs in the high 60's and a clear view of Mt. Rainier all day, no equipment problems, no cars broke down on course, no fluid spills, on-time start, leisurely pace, and none of us could remember a single re-run all day.” The Chris Kmetz designed course, though a little shorter than other ProSolo courses this season, was well received by competitors. Jeff Kiesel had fastest time when he turned a 22, but most times were in the upper 20's.  Gumout Super Challenge winner Andy Hollis noted, “Courses were straightforward to get 90%, but hard to find 100.  So many classes were tight. Left side substantially more technical than right, especially in two key places. That caught a lot of folks out in the Challenges.” Again STR was a great battle and based on Saturday scratch times, Annie Bauer looked headed for a win until her limited slip stopped limiting slip.  Annie ran the car anyway on Sunday, though was clearly off her own pace.  Her co-driver, Max Hayter, had to sit nervously on the sidelines while the rest of the class chased down his times relentlessly on Sunday but was able to hold on to the win by only .064. Both Brian Peters and Scott McHugh had important weekends as they are both now tied for the ProSolo Points leads in their respective classes.  Neither, however have particularly easy paths to the championship as McHugh will have to contend with The Kozlaks and Marc Pfannenschmidt in B-Stock while Peters will square off against Mark Daddio in F-Stock. Andy McKee also put in a needed performance in Packwood to bring himself to a points tie with fellow RX-7 driver Erik Strelneiks in Super Street Modified.  Tom Kotzian added to his previous ProSolo points as well to claim the Street Modified Front-Wheel-Drive lead in the Mini. ASP got a shake up in Packwood as Eric and Laurie Hyman seem to be making the most of their Nissan GTR.  Eric took the class win over past champion Ken Motonishi while Laurie posted a dominating performance in Ladies 2.  Provided the GTR show the same type of advantage on concrete that it had on the Packwood asphalt, the Hyman’s could be set for a strong Nationals performance.