"Something for everybody" might as well be the motto for the annual Mustang Roundup in Bellevue, Washington, an event we took part in as usual on July 13-16. It's been years since the show's organizers-the Seattle-area club, Mustangs Northwest-expanded the format from a simple one- or two-day affair, and in doing so, introduced a strong "drive it" mentality to the more common static-display setting.
The four-day Roundup kicked off on Thursday with an open-track event, while the remainder of the weekend consisted of a Pony Trails tour of the Pacific Northwest backroads, a judged show, and the grand finale-the People's Choice show on Sunday. In predictably unpredictable Seattle fashion, the weather was dicey on track day but cleared up for the rest of the stellar weekend. We'll dispense with additional ramblings in favor of some of our favorite images of the weekend.
Randy Dunphy brought out his recently completed early convertible for the event, here going through a thorough tech inspection. We asked him why he has come back to open track after years of highly competitive vintage racing in a '65 GT350 and Falcon Sprint, to which he replied, "I enjoy not having to be so intense all the time." | 
Our cover car from the June '06 issue was present and doing exactly what owner Ian Howard built it for. The site of the track event was Pacific Raceways in Kent, Washington, a road-race venue that was on the national circuit back in the '60s. Look closely in some of the books chronicling vintage SCCA racing and you'll likely run across images that look much like this. | 
Late-model cars far outnumbered the vintage rides at the open track event on Thursday, but no doubt one of the most unusual of either was this early '70s Australian Falcon. The Down Under machine was powered by a factory 351C/four-speed combination. |
The Mustang Shop (TMS) in nearby Auburn brought an in-process customer car to display its restomod capabilities. This fastback was sporting an '01 Cobra drivetrain including IRS, along with a Rod and Custom front suspension and big Wilwood discs. | 
Though summer Seattle weather is normally pretty stellar, this year's open trackers battled off-and-on showers throughout the day. We caught up with Mark Roberts' impressive Paxton Novi-blown '67 just after being parked-heavy rain ending the day about an hour early. | 
Proving his '66 is more than just a pretty face, upcoming feature-car owner Ken Holden was putting the spurs to the 347-inch machine in order to stay in front of some hard-charging late-models. |