BUB 2011

[Seldom Seen Slim]

Yes - it is possible to stream live audio on the internet.  But -- it requires someone on the salt with the proper equipment to do it.  I had hoped to do some streaming of live audio at SpeedWeek and it didn't work -- 'cause we didn't have the "someone" to oversee it all.  But I'm led to expect that we'll have live audio from World of Speed.   It'll be our first test of airing an entire event (last year we had bits and pieces of World Finals on the air (so to speak) and it was cool, indeed.

But for now -- no Bub's.  And even if we were out there with the proper conditions set - we'd still have to get permission from the powers that be to air the stuff - even though it's free and cannot be held private according to Federal law.  But - courtesy demands that we ask the Bub's people for permission.  And it's rather too late for any of this to happen.  Maybe next year. . .

[Vinsky]

Hopefully I will be at BUB next year and not missing out on all the fun.

[55chevr]

I am sure it is ... the local low strength FM broadcast is actually pretty good and the announcers get better as they go .... It would take some high speed racing equipment to do it ...

[55chevr]

The crew at Mile 5 on the mountain course were great. Maurice and Cindy. I havent seen my favorite team on the international mile 3 .. Nick/Bob and family ... maybe tomorrow

[ironwigwam]

Hopefully we will correct a gremlin in the steering and electrics and sharp edges and be ready for scruinteering first thing Tuesday,
Rocky
1957S/VG
"Dream Catcher" Indian streamliner
  Thanks Ray for the photo

[RayTheRat]

Good morning race fans...or something like that.  It's 6:45 and I'm parked at the Bend in the road, cuzI can get a decent signal.  We had one hell of a wind/rain storm last nite.  I was camped (in the Hotel Suburbia) and stayed nice and dry, but I dunno what the salt/pits/Land's End is gonna be like.

Speaking of the Bend, if you saw the photos of it from Speed Week...well, you wouldn't recognize it.  That's the first 2 photos of the day.  To call it a ghost town would be overstating it.

Then there's a shot of Jamie Wagner getting the green flag from the starter on his shakedown run.  He'd waited for hours just to get the one run.  I dunno how he did, but he wasn't trying to break a record, just see how the bike performes.

There's a map of the courses that I should have shot yesterday.  I'll get a shot of it this morning (if it hasn't floated away) and give you an idea of how things are laid out.

More in a bit.

[joea]

maybe they will have a chance to smooth the courses sometime
this week if it gets damp enough...

[RayTheRat]

Not the best image, but here's a course map.  Kinda different from SCTA courses.

Leaving the staging area:

Robin Lomberd's Visionline Suzuki 1000

Hans Versfeld's SwissPerformance Suzuki 1350

Robert Van Skyock's #1492 Honda 1000 which looks kinda evil with its red headlights..

[55chevr]

Going back to the welding shop to pickup the exhaust pipe ... Hope to get it together for a run this afternoon.

[RayTheRat]

Now that the server's back Up, I can post some of the photos I shot at Pre-Stage.

Another shot of the course map.  Land's End is roughly where the BUB sticker in the upper right is placed.  To leave Pre-Stage, you go in roughly the same direction (southwest) as you would from the fuel trailer to the staging lanes at an SCTA event. The major difference is that there are multiple starting lines and bikes run in both directions.

The Team Fiasco 175cc sidecar motored rather leisurely down the course.

Bob Velloza heads in the opposite direction on a Buell.

And Steve Burns rides his 1350 Suzuki back to the pits on the access road.

[RayTheRat]

A few bikrs leaving Pre-Stage for the starting lines:

Erin Hunter on a Suzuki

Charles Ditmore, also on a Suzuki

Andreas Holder on an FIM Suzuki

And Micheal Williams on the Gear Down Ranch Suzuki.  Hmmm....all Suzukis

[Seldom Seen Slim]

Hey, Ray -- please keep an ear open (if you've got the time) for the speed that Erin runs.  Nancy and I both rode that bike a year or so ago - and both of us got it to about 186-187.  We're curious to see what the owner can do with it.  Thanks.

[RayTheRat]

She just ran and backed up a record.  I can't be positive, but I think she ran very close to that speed.  I just checked with the guys ar the International Mile Zero station and they tell me that nshe ran 185 and change to back it up.  Btw, Andy and Stacey say, hi." 

[mayner]

Dang, gotta leave for work in a few minutes. I'll monitor from there on the iPad (Tapatalk).

[RayTheRat]

Some photos from the International Course Mile Zero (starting line.)

Gilles Gagne on the G-Force Yamaha 650

I'm not sure if this is Charles Ditmore or not

Rick Blanchard on a 1350 P-P Suzuki

and Andreas Holzer gets his Suzuki off the line.