World off Speed results 2009

[Dakin Engineering]

Uhh, if you run without a front fender, make sure you got a lot of angels.

Sam
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[RayTheRat]

Well, I'm back home and threw some stuff together on my server:
http://www.chevyasylum.com/lsr/bsf2009/wos/pix/Welcome.html

It's sure nice to type on a real keyboard with a mouse that works and a broadband connection.  I just about pitched that laptop and airhead air card into Lake Bonneville.  That's why I was a bit frustrated toward the end of the day.  I gotta find a better way to work with that or maybe just try to practice a little more patience.  Sure.  Right.

In any case, I sure enjoyed seein all the folks I ran into (not over...I hope) and look forward to seein you again soon.

I'll be back on the salt Saturday nite or Sunday for the Shootout.

I gotta get some sleep.

[JamesLaMere]

About 5 minutes before the course closed Fri. evening Skip Hedrich's 992 B/GS American Eagle ran 336 in and 339 out.

Way to go Skip!
James

[RayTheRat]

Right on!!!  Congrats to Skip and the team.  Now go back it up!

Here's a shot from near the radio trailer (100-400 L zoom at 220mm, handheld.  Image Stabilization is great!)

[Seldom Seen Slim]

Nancy and I are about to leave the apartment and head to impound -- for what we hope is the first of two times today.  Thanks to Ray -- BIG thanks to Ray for doing a fine job of babysitting the site and taking and posting photos yesterday.  We'll be back at it later today.

[RayTheRat]

Nancy and I are about to leave the apartment and head to impound -- for what we hope is the first of two times today.  Thanks to Ray -- BIG thanks to Ray for doing a fine job of babysitting the site and taking and posting photos yesterday.  We'll be back at it later today.

Thank you Jon.  I'm just about the door, heading for Miller's (short stop at the grocery store to pic up some grocs. 

Lemme know about the Mike Cook/Shootout thing, k?

Ohhh...I just bought a battery pack and a Canon 18-200 f3.5-5.6 IS lens (it's an EF-S lens, not an L, but I bleeve it'll do what I need for a "walkin around" lens) from Amazon cuz my 28-135 lens croaked.  Too bad they won't be here in time for the Shootout...although I may just have to make a run back home one night to see if it's arrived.  Now...if I can just get the air card issues worked out.....

Attached is another shot of Eric Nordloff's Dodge from the 100-400 lens, this time at 275, still handheld.  He ran 90.976 on a 151 record.  (Stats is easy to do from my main system.)

One last thing:  GO NANCY, GO!!!!!

Later,

[isiahstites]

Go Nancy!!

[Seldom Seen Slim]

Qualified yesterday -- return run in a few minutes:

B268     TEAM AMO GUTHRIE    1000 APS BF    248.470

B439   Mrs. Seldom Seen Slim      1650 P/P     204.051

B473    Fred Vance        1350 M/G       213.801

B1987      NHRS/Front Line Cycles    1350 A/PF     172.056


B3182    Forstall/DeLuca/Knecum    2000 A/PSF    226.959

B5154    Team Sublte Crowbar      1000 MPS-PG    172.634


B7607     Ostergard Racing           1650  M/PSF                217.795     

B6061     Dakin Engineering       1350  A/PBF          98.020

That's all I've got time for right now -- will post the cars in a few minutes.

By the way -- We're already running.  Salt Cat Jaguar just ran -- no speed report yet.

[Seldom Seen Slim]

Cars on return runs this morning:

7272     Carter's Family Flyer     AA/FMS     263.539

9506     Wisler Racing             C/GC          226.311

9997     Salt Cat Raacinbg      XO/BFCC        176.909

4411     Higginbotham-Allen    B/BGS            310.413

647       Disorderly Conduct      D/STR         202.195

475      Borrowed Parts/Spencer Racing       E/CBFALT       203.582

1000    Bockscar                H/BGL               221.322

1933     Ye Olde Dragon         D/HH2           193.100

992   Skip Hedrich               B/GS          334.387

That's it.

[sabat]

Good luck to all this morning & today, GO!!!!!!! 

How's the conditions?

Thanks Jon for ALL the effort 

[Peter Jack]

Thanks Jon and GOOOOO Nancy!! 

Pete

[Peter Jack]

Thanks for the effort you've been putting in Ray. Guarantee you'll like the lens. I've got an 18-250 for my Pentax and an 18-180 for my Olympus. They're both sharp,relatively light and give a huge amount of flexibility. Have fun at MMP and we look forward to seeing more of your work on this site next week.

Pete

[Pat Kinne / Salt201]

Seldom, Ray, and Glen:
                         Thank you all for keeping the rest of the world informed on our favorite racing sport. Seldom, no need to feel bad about posting when you have RACING to do. You and Nancy go get it done. Ray, great photo work and reporting, almost like being there. Glen, I can never get enough of your prespective and knowledge - past and present. Pat

[mkilger]

well did she do it?? your Killing me Slim and the other 30+ people waiting, I even have butterflys and Iam 600 miles away. see what you do to us.   its a good thing

[Larry Forstall]

Mark DeLuca just made his return run on the Guppy. Although entered in the fuel class the bike is using non-oxygenated VP race gasoline. His timed mile speed was 245 MPH (GPS was 248) hitting the rev limiter midway through the mile. If you race motorcycles you can appreciate this accomplishment for a naturally aspirated bike at 4200' altitude. The bike was designed by me, the engine was built and tuned by Steve Knecum, and Mark DeLuca rode the wheels off it. Team Forstall-Knecum-DeLuca, the N/A kings. (Not so good with tube frame turbos. lol). My Thanks to Bob Carpenter for his cylinder head expertise and Dennis Murray for the best exhaust made. Amazing sport LSR, down one day, up the next. Thanks all.    Larry