Here's a bit of what has happened today. First of all -- Steve Chappell (did I get that right Papi?) shows the brand-new Michelin slick that has ONE run on it on his production 1650 ZX14 Kawasaki:
I thought you'd like to see that right away. He ran a 190.9, and remember -- it's a production bike (therefore a somewhat-limited amount of power). But the salt is pretty good and dry - witness this shot of a car going next to us as we drove in the access road. Photo taken at about 35 mph:
I eventually made it to the start line and took a batch of photos of who's there. I won't bother adding comments to most of them, but maybe I'll remember a bit of information.
BY THE WAY: Dan Warner will get a list of today's qualifiers to me when he gets back to the motel later, so I'll get those posted either tonight or first thing in the morning. I see quite a few vehicles in impound - take that for what it's worth. You'll get the list as soon as I do.
Okay -- long course start line:
The Speed Demon ran in the mid-200s on a test and tune run.
More once I get them loaded. It's going slow this evening - bear with me and the internet, hey?
Here's Pork Pie at work:
Honda production 1000cc bike being warmed:
Billy Showmaker's Team Fkawi. Here's the rear of the bike - so you can see the ballast, just for the sake of it. It's a turbo naked 'Busa, by the way. He ran a 192 this morning - I left before hearing his speed on this run.
Billy has Bill Warner crewing for him, and here's Nancy allowing Bill to get up close:
Finally in this group of five - the Volk family car, #59:
I'll go get another bunch. Be right back.
