A memorial for public relations standout Joe Sherk is scheduled for Wednesday, August 1, 2018 at 1pm.

The gathering will take place at:

McCormick Woods Club House
5155 McCormick Woods Drive SW
Port Orchard Wa.  98367

Port Orchard is less than and hours drive from the Seattle area and Pacific Raceways, just across the Tacoma Narrows  Bridge.

Sherk was the sports editor at The Kitsap Sun in the 1960s before moving on to the Seattle Post-Intelligencer and Tacoma News Tribune. After 18 years as a sportswriter, the South Kitsap High School graduate worked as a media/public relations professional for more than 30 years in NHRA drag racing. He represented many of the greatest drag racers in the history of the sport, including Don “The Snake” Prudhomme’s team of Larry Dixon, Ron Capps, and Tommy Johnson Jr.; Warren and Kurt Johnson; Gary Beck; Ed “The Ace” McCulloch; JR Todd; Clay Millican; Cruz Pedregon; Kenny Koretsky; Doug Herbert; and Steve Torrence.

Drag racing was a better sport for having had Joe Sherk as a part of it.