El Mirage this weekend

[Stan Back]

. . . and these, too.

[Glen]

Did Kennedy talk to you LOL
 

[Freud]

Did you hurl?

It would have been a good opportunity.

Are there "hurl" pins?

Mark that one off The Bucket List unless you missed the bucket.

FREUD

[4-barrel Mike]

183.21 was your 2nd run?  Not bad.  Almost as fast as that V4/VOT 

Mike

[1leg]

A picture is worth a thousand degrees.

So do think it was the wind that helped that spin happen.
Glad you kept the tires on the ground.

I think another car spun right as i was leaving around 11:45ish. Look like the windshield came out during the spin.

[dw230]

FWIW,

I reconciled the 12 car and 3 motorcycle records today. Seven out of 12 had 0 wind conditions, the five ranged frpm 3-17 MPH, different directions. Of the 3 m/c records the wind ranged from 2-20MPH, different directions.

DW

[Stan Back]

Well, we did get to find out the difference between a Bonneville spin and an El Mirage spin -- noise.  A Bonneville spin goes kinda shush, shush, shush.  An El Mirage spin has the tires making real bad shreaking noises like something bad's going to happen.  We're sharing this so you can know the difference without experiencing it.

[836dstr]

Thanks Stan,

Experienced the "shush, shush, shushing" before but not the "skreak,skreak, skreaking". Elmo dust is easier to clean than salt! How's the firesuit?

Tom

[roadsterswap]

The fire suit may be harder to clean than the car............U sure it was the tires making the noises? just kidding. Glad it all worked out for you. My son spun my coupe and it is on one of the videos.  Spin pin is kind of a cool keep sake.

[Nortonist 592]

Stan.  Are you sure it was the tires that were shrieking?

[turborick]

here are 2 vids of the 788 Nebulous Theorem III Streamliner

http://youtu.be/HJKLT9aY_yg   side line vid

http://youtu.be/zObNF9Xp2SQ    in car vid

[Tman]

Thanks for the links Rick

[azgearhed]

This was our 3rd time out with the car-ran 177, 191 and 193 with three different drivers. Next stop- Speedweek! Here's an in car of the 191 run-636 AA/CGC

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iAIOHSDoA7g&feature=plcp

[NathanStewart]

This was our 3rd time out with the car-ran 177, 191 and 193 with three different drivers. Next stop- Speedweek! Here's an in car of the 191 run-636 AA/CGC

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iAIOHSDoA7g&feature=plcp

you're getting close to that 205 min guys.  just push the pedal down harder next time!

[dw230]

If you are interested in really good picture of your car at Elmo the last two meets check out Zane McNary's site:

www.landspeedphotos.com

He has several year's of events on his website. A good eye for action. I have two of his photos of cars I have been involved with framed and on the wall in my den.

DW