I don't see how B'ville can be any fun for Ray Therat. He works from morning to night, does the posts from his car and keeps on tickin'.
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With Ray planning to be a competitor at WoS we can expect less from him that ever before. Cut him some slack and accept what he posts and if your favorite vehicle isn't covered, so be it.
Jon W is in the same boat. We are blessed to have this site but our expectations have become unrealistic.
I praise both of them for their marvelous contributions and extend another THANK YOU for Salt Talks.
FREUD
Thanks for the kind words, Doc. Funny thing. When I stopped in Wendover to get gas on my way home, I talked with a guy who was also heading home...he was going to SoCal. He asked me if I had had fun during SW. I had to stop and think. I ended up telling him that I'd been too busy to have fun, but that I'd race at WoS and would have fun doing that.
Yer right. It's absolutely impossible to cover even a small portion of what goes on. After some of the "issues" that were raised about rules regarding escorts and/or permission to get to the timing stand and along Burford Blvd, I chose not to do any speed shots at all. I just didn't know which rule was in place at any given time. So I shot from the starting line, in the pits and in impound. I hope this gets clarified before WF.
Joe, we otta get together at BUB and see what we can cook up. I won't be there for the first day...I have another commitment that won't allow me to get to the salt until that nite. But I'll be there for the rest of the deal.
WoS is gonna be a real test. I'll be racing along with several other members of the "Fox Paws Racing Team", trying to show some new guys the ropes and shooting photos all at the same time. But one way or another we'll manage.
I gotta do a little bitchin here. Requests to get full photo coverage of certain cars and have the photos posted here, especially when very little info is given on them, yet specific directions for the types of shots desired is a low blow. I do the photography thing for a coupla reasons. First, I've got an incurable case of Salt Fever as well as being a life-long gearhead. I love the salt flats experience and I love to shoot photos of fast cars, kool rods and kustoms and great people. But I also do it in an attempt to supplement a very limited fixed income. This is why I take requests for shoots for contributions. Some teams have been absolutely wonderful in helping me out in this regard. This year was a "make it or break it" deal cuz, like so many of us, I spent too much money gettin a race car together...so the contributions were and are VERY much appreciated. But I can't do "shoots to order" and post 'em here on landracing as a means for some to get free photos. I had several requests for this. I'm happy to provide the best coverage of things that I think landracing members and guests will enjoy, but I still need to eat and fill the 42 gallon tank in the Burb. So if you'd like me to do a shoot for ya, that's fine. But I'd like to have a bit of a contribution in return.
Enough of that. Now I gotta get some sleep so I can replace the power brake booster in my Burb (there went some of my income) and fix the cooling system leak. (Shouldn't be too hard...I know what the problem is.) Then Monday I gotta rewire the trailer, cobble up some ramps and tow the race car to get an exhaust system put on it. Headers that dump right under yer feet aren't a good thing. But that motor sounds and feels strong beyond my expectations. It's the strongest motor I've ever built and I really look forward to twisting its tail. If the tranny will handle it, we're gonna have a real good time, even if it's only on the 130 course.
Oops...I forgot. I'm gonna add a photo here:
We had one h*ll of a storm come thru this area earlier today. I had the race car in the driveway (fortunately it still has roll-up windows) and the Burb in the garage. The storm dumped a buncha hail on...well...everything. And what struck me funny was the white stuff building up on the lawn and the car's windshield (which was hail), while the white stuff on the concrete driveway was salt that had been dumped by the Burb. If I was an earthworm, I'd really wonder what the h*ll was goin on. Well, I wondered that, anyway.
Ok. End of rant/ramble.
