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El Mirage => El Mirage General Chat => Topic started by: Seldom Seen Slim on July 20, 2016, 06:49:16 AM
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Here's Dan's wrap up:
Impound Insights - July 17, 2016
The inspection lines were greeted with strong winds all day. The feeling of the racers who were in attendance was that Sunday would bring a big tail wind. To everyone's surprise Sunday was mild by comparison although the temps were in the low 90s. The entry list was pretty low, in the middle 80s, with many reporting that they were saving their hot rods and bikes for Speed Week.
The El Mirage 200 MPH Club had two new members added. The first was Nathan Stewart driving the Skip Pipes Racing F/BGR entry to a fine 206 against the old 201 class record. I recall Nathan as a babe in arms many years ago. His record run came on his 35th birthday. Second we find new driver Eddie Marlen in the BMR C/FR with a hot 254 speed. Outstanding run for Eddie and the team. Driver coach Alan Fogliadini had tears in his eyes as his boy "done good".
The rest of the record count was pretty low, with 8 records for cars and 6 for bikes, as the course went away early. As a matter of fact we were done with round two around 2:30 PM. In time for me to join my wife at the winery to close out our 33rd anniversary weekend.
The remaining 6 car records went something like this. The Brant Speranza McLeish J/GS upped their record from May to 176 with Dave Brant at the wheel. Mark Vigeant once again was in the cockpit of the Rice Vigeant J/BGL for another record at 183 MPH. Cal Rothe took over from Scott Goetz this month in the Aardema Braun Lattin F/FRMR for a fast 186 record. The Lattin Stevens team did some engine swapping, putting their record setting flathead into Jimmy Stevens roadster. Entering XF/BSTR class Billy Lattin set a new mark at 165. Neil McAlister continues in the old BMR Racing '32 coupe. Using a blower, Ferguson OHV conversion heads and a much better tuneup according to Dad Alan Neil was able to run a record of 191 in the XXF/BVFALT class. Seems 200 MPH is not far away. The final car record was the Hondta CRX driven by Aaron Hale. A small G, 122 cid, engine pulled the Honda coupe down the track in the G?BGCC class at 204 MPH.
The bikes had a total of six records headed by fearless John Noonan. I know John is fearless because he entered as Noonan's Naked and Not Afraid in the 1650-A-BG class. John ran a super 243 record this meet. On the tiny engine side Derek Mcleish rode the Team McLeish HD in the 50-A-VF class to a 58 MPH record. Alp Sungrtekin was on his 650-A-VF Triumph. Riding for Alp Racing and Design he was able to set a 169.9 record. Tim Cunha continues to set records with the Costella Cunha & Bassano 1000-SCS-F, this month at 191. Randy Speranza is back on the lake bed with his 2000-SC-PG Harley. Randy was able to set the class record to 167 MPH. Chris Rivas is on a roll, setting yet another record on his 3000-APS-PBF Chris Rivas V-Twin. This event he recorded a great 222.9 MPH.
The mid season is upon us. This year we get to retrun to the salt with much anticipation. For all of you who are joning the SCTA on the salt next month we wish you good luck. Please have a safe, fast Speed Week and we will carry on at El Mirage on Sept 11th.
Dan Warner
Record Certification officer
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Dan also sent along the EM mid-season record update:
Southern California Timing Association
2016 EL MIRAGE RECORDS - MID SEASON
CERTIFIED CAR RECORDS
10.A Special Construction Category
Gas Streamliner - /GS
J Brant-Speranza-McLeish D. Brant 07/16 176.579
Fuel Lakester - /FL
G Martin-Enyart-Huntley H. Huntley 05/16 179.195
Blown Gas Lakester - /BGL
J Rice Vigeant M. Vigeant 07/16 183.355
10.B Vintage Category
Blown Fuel Modified Roadster - /BFMR
E Mariani Farms S. Moody 05/16 241.467
Blown Gas Modified Roadster - /BGMR
E Mariani Farms S. Moody 06/16 237.968
F Waters / Manghelli / Romero G. Waters 05/16 214.484
V4F Fast Four Special J. Chris King 05/16 140.961
XF Erik Hansson R. Lundring 05/16 171.215
Fuel Rear Engine Modified Roadster - /FRMR
F Aardema Braun Lattin C. Rothe 07/16 186.462
Blown Gas Rear Engine Modified Roadster -
/BGRMR
D Kraut Bros. R. Maclean 05/16 197.245
XF Little Bastards J. Lindsay 05/16 160.194
Gas Rear Engine Modified Roadster - /GRMR
A Isley Racing D. Isley 05 /16 223.381
F Aardema Braun Lattin S. Goetz 06/16 179.739
Blown Fuel Roadster - /BFR
A Cummins Beck Davidson Thornsberry
D. Davidson 05/16 255.963
Fuel Roadster - /FR
C BMR Racing E. Marlen 07/16 254.050
Blown Gas Roadster - /BGR
E Eyres and Son E. Eyres 05 /16 224.093
F Skip Pipes Racing N. Stewart 07/16 206.169
XF Erik Hansson R. Lundring 06/16 181.616
XXF Ferguson Racing D. Ferguson III 06/16 170.615
Blown Street Roadster - /BSTR
AA Thomas & Augusta Racing R. Thomas 06/16 216.562
XF Lattin Stevens Bly Lattin 07/16 165.886
Street Roadster - /STR
D Ken Coe Racing K. Coe 05/16 186.878
Vintage Coupe Classes
Vintage Gas Competition Coupe - /VGCC
XXF Lattin Stevens Bly Lattin 05/16 173.253
Blown Vintage Fuel Altered Coupe - /BVFALT
XXF BMR Ferguson Racing N. McAlister 075/16 191.173
Vintage Gas Coupe - /VGC
XF Mr Bill's Racing B. Ross 05/16 132.574
10.C Classic Category
Classic Blown Fuel Altered Coupe - /CBFALT
AA B C Racing R. Beckman 06/16 227.954
Classic Blown Gas Altered Coupe - /CBGALT
AA B C Racing T. Cox 05/16 221.561
Classic Gas Altered Coupe - /CGALT
C Cohn Jucewic Monza B. Jucewic 06/16 207.910
10.D Modified Category
Fuel Competition Coupe - /FCC
I Notabusa L. Foley Jr 06/16 136.700
Blown Gas Competition Coupe - /BGCC
D Shields Racing C. Hart 05/16 211.106
G Hondata CRX A. Hale 07/16 204.180
H Hondata CRX A. Hale 05/16 215.041
Gas Competition Coupe - /GCC
XXF Lattin & Stevens B. Lattin 06/16 171.914
Gas Altered Coupe - /GALT
A Jack Rogers J. Rogers 05/16 211.343
Blown Gas Coupe - /BGC
G H & H Motorsports J. Teepen 05/16 184.075
Gas Coupe - /GC
C Jim Loving J. Loving 05/16 196.319
J Warnock Racing P. Prentice 05/16 111.685
XXO Farrell Anderson S. Anderson 05/16 165.545
Blown Fuel Modified Sports - /BFMS
F Steve Tillack S. Tillack 06/16 194.392
Blown Gas Modified Sports - /BGMS
F Steve Tillack S. Tillack 05/16 199.694
Modified Mid-Mini Pickup - /MMP
G White Goose Bar Racing T. Hanley 05/16 131.352
10.D Production Category
Grand Touring Sports - /GT
C Kennedy Racing D. Kennedy 05/16 212.144
10.E Diesel Truck Category
Diesel Truck - /DT
B Salty Box Racing T. Boyle 05/16 190.803
CERTIFIED MOTORCYCLE RECORDS
50cc
A-VF Team McLeish HD D. McLeish 07/16 58.029
A-VG Team McLeish HD D. McLeish 06/16 62.452
350cc
A-PF Woody's Aermacchi M. Summitt 05/16 119.203
500cc
APS-PG Cayla Rivas C. Rivas 06/16 130.676
650cc
A-VF Alp Racing & Design A. Sungurtekin 07/16 169.936
1000cc
A-VF Jim Robinson J. Robinson 05/16 149.986
P-P Hunter Sills Racing E. Sills 05/16 207.094
SC-VF Dave Iversen Knuckle D. Iversen 06/16 123.454
SC -VG Dave Iversen Knuckle D Iversen 05/16 131.426
SCS-F Costella, Cunha & Bassano T.Cunha 07/16 191.863
SCS-G Costella, Cunha & Bassano T. Cuhna 06/16 203.617
1650cc
A-BG Noonan's Naked and Not Afraid J. Noonan 07/16 243.941
APS-BG John 'Big Balls' Noonan J. Noonan 05/16 251.143
P-P Shooting Star S. Chappell 05/16 196.238
2000cc
A-PBG Jay Allen Racing J. Allen 05/16 178.034
A-PG Jay Allen Racing J. Allen 05/16 177.402
SC -PG Speranza Brant Robinson R. Speranza 07/16 167.640
3000cc
APS-PBF Chris Rivas V-Twin C. Rivas 07/16 222.987
APS-PBG Chris Rivas V-Twin C. Rivas 05/16 228.264