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Paul Buttermer holds the top of the Varna, while Sam Whittingham aligns the front.
These two gentlemen from British Columbia race 3 of the 4 Varnas in existence. Sam says
the fourth is the "mule" development bike, that has been cut up and put back
together so many times that it is hardly worth racing. |
| This is the drivetrain of the newest Varna. It has custom 24" carbon fiber disk
wheels, and is fully suspended. The front suspension is particularly unique, as the whole
drivetrain is sprung from the rest of the chassis by a spring inside the silver tube under
the handlebars. |
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Bill Muphy, riding his trusty Tour-Easy, with his latest partially blown Coroplast
nose, during the 200 meter sprints. |
| Frank Lindley, on his Infinity low-racer with the latest in Zipper/Coroplast fairings,
goes for the 200 meter sprint in Modified class. |
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Byron Grimley (in red), and Rick Wianecke, prepare the Great White for a .decimach
run. It's a LWB, RWD, carbon fiber chassied, mostly carbon fiber bodied streamliner, with
a Schlumph mountain drive. |
| Byron Grimley, who only climbs off of his upright to train for the .decimach and to
actually run the .decimach, spins the Great White up to it's eventual 42MPH top speed. The
course was slightly uphill, with a strong gusty sidewind. |
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Bruce Gordon, running the 200 meter sprint on his partially faired Festina low racer
with Ross nosecone and Coroplast body and tail. |
| Jim Curry, on the newest of the Infinity low-racers, running the 200 Meter sprint.
This bike also sports a Zipper/Coroplast "Banshee" fairing, built by Don Barry
of Ace Tools. Don builds the Infinity LWB frames as well, and ships them to Infinity for
final assembly. |
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Kevin Berls, on his new home-built carbon fiber framed, rear suspended low racer. This
is a beautifully finished bike. Kevin said it took "too long" to build... |
| This aluminum framed bike utilizes a linear drive. The rider finished about mid pack
in the races, which is quite amazing for a linear drive bike. |
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Gary Walsh on his Rans V-Rex with Zipper fairing and Coroplast side panels. This is a
good example of a "SuperStock" class bike. |
| Randy Yokum cranks Robert Jungs aluminum framed Supermodified class bike up, in a bid
for the .decimach prize. This bike's body consists of blown plastic and Coroplast, on an
aluminum frame. |
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Robert Wood, on his way back from running the .decimach. Robert Wood and Garrie Hill
were very close to completing an all new carbon fiber ultralight unlimited class racer for
this years .decimach event. It didn't quite get done in time, so Robert raced his trusty
Coroplast bodied Supermod bike. |
| Here's Shean Bjoralt, of Earth Cycles,
on his new low racer, this time with paint. Shean may make you one of these wonderfully
handling pocket rockets, if you ask nice. |
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Theron Hill, in the Mini-Moby,. This was Theron's first weekend of racing in the
Mini-Moby, which was formerly raced by Randy Lindley. This LWB, steel framed, fiberglass
bodied bike is an old timer, but still looks and runs great. |
| Thom Ollinger races in the shade. Thom's foam and fiberglass monocoque FWD racer
normally has a much more aero canopy. Today's canopy consisted of blown components with a
hastily modified window shade to provide the center section. It worked amazingly well. |
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Tom Porter rolling out onto the runway for his 200 meter sprint. This super low all
Coroplast bodied low racer is a good example of what you can do with some Coroplast, some
imagination, and some time. |
| Here's the Varna "crash bike" on it''s way for a .decimach run. Note the
body putty. |
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Here's the Varna Mephisto on it's .decimach run. Sam Whittingham eventually made the
winning 52MPH top speed run, to win the $1000 top prize. Paul Buttermer garnered second
place in his Varna. |