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El Mirage => El Mirage General Chat => Topic started by: Dutch on May 15, 2010, 02:13:28 PM

Title: El Mirage John Noonan
Post by: Dutch on May 15, 2010, 02:13:28 PM
John Noonan just went 242 and some change on a 232 record 1st pass off the truck.
Congratz John
Rich
SDRC #1155
Title: Re: El Mirage John Noonan
Post by: SPARKY on May 15, 2010, 02:27:42 PM
WOW!!!!!!!!!!!!!  :cheers:
Title: Re: El Mirage John Noonan
Post by: lvsalt on May 15, 2010, 02:33:02 PM
 :cheers: :cheers: :cheers: :cheers:
Title: Re: El Mirage John Noonan
Post by: 4-barrel Mike on May 15, 2010, 02:44:29 PM
The quest for number 1 has begun again!!

Mike
Title: Re: El Mirage John Noonan
Post by: jl222 on May 15, 2010, 02:46:58 PM
 Sounds like a good coarse and a lot of hp :cheers:

         JL222
Title: Re: El Mirage John Noonan
Post by: WildBro on May 15, 2010, 03:05:41 PM
Way to go John!   :cheers:

2010 is the year for track records

Bill
Title: Re: El Mirage John Noonan
Post by: fredvance on May 15, 2010, 03:19:16 PM
Congratulations John!! :cheers:

Is Shane San Maguel there??
Title: Re: El Mirage John Noonan
Post by: racefanwfo on May 15, 2010, 03:48:02 PM
the 242 was that naked or with fairing.
Title: Re: El Mirage John Noonan
Post by: landsendlynda on May 15, 2010, 04:09:15 PM
WOO HOO!!!!  Way to go John!!!!   :cheers:   :cheers:

Lynda
Title: Re: El Mirage John Noonan
Post by: hayaboosta on May 15, 2010, 05:36:28 PM
Nice run John!!

John was faired. Shane SanMiguel is there running his white street bike.
Title: Re: El Mirage John Noonan
Post by: Dutch on May 15, 2010, 06:42:51 PM
According to John the track conditions are not very good
Rich
SDRC #1155
Title: Re: El Mirage John Noonan
Post by: fredvance on May 15, 2010, 07:13:23 PM
Thanks Scott, go get em Shane. What are you racing Scott??
Title: Re: El Mirage John Noonan
Post by: Gu11ett on May 15, 2010, 07:57:49 PM
Good job John!
Title: Re: El Mirage John Noonan
Post by: Milwaukee Midget on May 15, 2010, 09:49:29 PM
Atta boy, John! :cheers: :cheers: :cheers:

So - did Papi pester a ride from you, or did he get his downer kow together in time? :-D
Title: Re: El Mirage John Noonan
Post by: bvillercr on May 15, 2010, 11:42:51 PM
Great run, was that your fastest to date at EM? :cheers:
Title: Re: El Mirage John Noonan
Post by: John Noonan on May 16, 2010, 12:33:16 AM
Thanks everyone...

We ran a great speed and were blessed with another increased track record..

Tomorrow if we run over 240 and don't up the record then we may run again after adding some weight and taking the power down a bit for a better chance at improving the record speed.

If we run under 240 then we are done with our two runs for the event, currently we have the fastest speed ever at El Mirage on our first pass this season.

Again thanks to all.. :cheers:


John





Title: Re: El Mirage John Noonan
Post by: Beairsto Racing on May 16, 2010, 04:16:35 AM
Congratulations John! :cheers:
Title: Re: El Mirage John Noonan
Post by: piratediverjefff on May 16, 2010, 07:29:39 AM
Way to go John Boy. :cheers:
Title: Re: El Mirage John Noonan
Post by: 2fast4u2c on May 16, 2010, 09:32:16 AM
John, your new toy should arrive soon.  It's on the cutting edge.  lol
Title: Re: El Mirage John Noonan
Post by: firemanjim on May 16, 2010, 10:39:50 AM
That is sweet!! Way to go John. Keep em coming!!
Title: Re: El Mirage John Noonan
Post by: Livin1072 on May 16, 2010, 11:03:40 AM
Congrats John
Title: Re: El Mirage John Noonan
Post by: joea on May 16, 2010, 11:07:21 AM
wow...all i can really say.....10 mph over a track
record with a history of over 50 yrs racing ......on
a slippery not great course.....!!!

cant fathom how impressive this is...

congrats...!!
 
Joe :)
Title: Re: El Mirage John Noonan
Post by: hayaboosta on May 16, 2010, 12:40:33 PM
Joe,
 John was 10mph over the class record, 2 mph over his remarkable 240 naked run in June of '08 that re-set the track record.  Certainly impressive! 
Title: Re: El Mirage John Noonan
Post by: Geo on May 16, 2010, 03:01:18 PM
Hey John,

Excellent ! :cheers:

Geo
Title: Re: El Mirage John Noonan
Post by: peglegcraig on May 16, 2010, 04:30:47 PM
 :-o Ahhhh, I don't know what to say but, Dang John you are amazing a bunch of people with that performance! :cheers:
Title: Re: El Mirage John Noonan
Post by: donpearsall on May 16, 2010, 10:35:06 PM
What a great run John. Amazing speed for 1.3 miles on slippery dirt. Congratulations! Post pics of your bike.
Don
Title: Re: El Mirage John Noonan
Post by: sabat on May 17, 2010, 09:36:41 PM
Nice job  :-D

(http://www.scta-bni.org/El%20Mirage/ELM%2010/May/photos/bikes_1/B0068_2.JPG)

(http://www.scta-bni.org/El%20Mirage/ELM%2010/May/photos/bikes_1/B0068.JPG)
Title: Re: El Mirage John Noonan
Post by: 55chevr on May 17, 2010, 09:38:48 PM
John ... you dun good ...


Joe
Title: Re: El Mirage John Noonan
Post by: John Noonan on May 18, 2010, 07:06:19 PM
Thanks again to all:

We had a great time and went preety good, I was told we had some competition coming out so we wanted to make a good pass as I may not be certain to attend the June meet and we knew the best course would be the first event if we have no further help from mother nature.

We tried two new things that worked great and will be on the bike(s) for future runs.

We also ran 240+ on Sunday morning and with that run we were not rewarded with a record as the new record is 242.106 mph.

We looked at the course and realized rather than waste time hoping to better the 242 run we would leave right after the 240 run, this also made Michelle very happy as I was able to get us home at 11:30 am which happened to get me home in time to watch the NBA game.. :wink:

Our aspirated bike was the second fastest two wheeler of the event and even went a tick faster than another SDRC club member riding another Turbo Hayabusa.

We are not trying for the points championship this year and really now just want to concentrate on laying down some great top speeds, next event we run at will probably be in the 1350 class to attempt to up those records that are not ours and also run our other bike as well.

Congrats to all the racers and thank you to the fellow volunteers that allow us to pursue our LSR dreams!

Congrats to Rick for getting the top car pass/record with the Turbo flathead Costella streamliner.  :cheers:

SDRC  ! ! ! ! ! ! !   :-D

Title: Re: El Mirage John Noonan
Post by: donpearsall on May 19, 2010, 01:26:27 AM
You tried WHAT two new things....? Cmon you can tell me, no one will find out....
Don
Title: Re: El Mirage John Noonan
Post by: John Noonan on May 19, 2010, 01:46:06 AM
Don,

For all of these years I have held nothing back and told everyone of our EXACT combinations right down to HP, AFR, RPM, tire slip and more..these is two things I will hold close to the vest however..I will say we did share some tire temp info with the SCTA.
Title: Re: El Mirage John Noonan
Post by: WildBro on May 19, 2010, 07:44:12 AM
obviously one was.... gray primer  :-D

Nice to see more people logging tire temp. 

Bill
Title: Re: El Mirage John Noonan
Post by: theazoldcrow on May 19, 2010, 10:19:12 AM
 :-D  Could it have anything to do with the diet you went on?  Packin less weight equals more speed?  (Just given ya a hard time Johnny!)       Crow.
Title: Re: El Mirage John Noonan
Post by: John Noonan on May 19, 2010, 12:01:40 PM
obviously one was.... gray primer  :-D

 

Bill

Dangit Bill figgered half of it out... :cheers:
Title: Re: El Mirage John Noonan
Post by: Glen on May 19, 2010, 12:27:45 PM
He had to loose weight, they don't allow spandex in the joints of his leathers.
Title: Re: El Mirage John Noonan
Post by: John Noonan on May 19, 2010, 01:23:32 PM
He had to loose weight, they don't allow spandex in the joints of his leathers.

I did "lose" some weight, my leathers are not "loose" on me.. :cheers:

Spandex....no more like diapers when running at Mirage that fast.. :-o

Glen did you see either of the runs from the start or mid track?  If so please tell us what you saw..

It was great to see you there and also Cris and Ed too.


John
Title: Re: El Mirage John Noonan
Post by: FADED on May 19, 2010, 01:59:24 PM
I saw the first run from the start area and you were all over the place, No traction, I would have pussed out before 2nd gear.
Title: Re: El Mirage John Noonan
Post by: Glen on May 19, 2010, 02:11:47 PM
John, I saw both runs and it was loose up to mid track and looked better to the end. Strong runs. Give Michelle a hug for me and it's about time you put a ring on her.
Title: Re: El Mirage John Noonan
Post by: John Noonan on May 19, 2010, 02:15:03 PM
Thanks for the info Glen, some people can't believe we were able to go that fast twice on that course..

Yes Michelle is very deserving of that ring.. :wink:

Thanks for the info..


John