WHPSC 2003 pictures by Arne Hodalic
Arne is a National Geographic photographer from
Slovenia, and you can tell by the quality of there pictures that he is a
professional. He was part of the four person Eivie team from Slovenia.
Comments by Warren (please let me know which pictures are of Matjaz, and
which are Damjan) |
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The Slovenian team arrives at
the Reno airport with the Eivie streamliner packed into two huge crates.
That's Damjan between the crates, and Juri standing by. |
| Matjaz simulates a 70MPH run
in the Comfort Inn parking lot. |
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Sam Whittingham climbs out of
the Diablo II during test runs on the frontage road. |
| Thom Ollinger gets
uncorked from the Coslinger II after a test run on the frontage road. |
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Matjaz warms up for his SR305
run. |
| Sam Warms up on his
Optima Baron |
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Matjaz warms up, while
the cameras click away from every angle. |
| Matjaz is taped in, and gets
the breather hose connected |
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Thom Ollinger asks
Freddy Marham if he'd like to have the oil checked. |
| Joe Kochinowki prepares to run
in his Varna clone, while Thom Ollinger steadies him. |
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Joe takes off for a
60MPH+ run. |
| Sam is squeezed into the Varna
Diablo II shell. |
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Joe Kochinowski flashes
by the timing and wind measurement gear. |
| The well sponsored Eivie
speedbike |
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Dean Pederson prepares
for his run in the Rotator Coyote. |
| Orin Macquarrie prepares to
launch Rotator head honcho Steve Delaire in the Big Gun. |
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Walt Tibbits, this year's race
start official, prepares
to give Steve the go for a launch. |
| The Eivie team prepares to
launch their backwards facing rider down the track. |
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On Thu, the Eivie team had a horrible
time getting Damjan launched, with 3 or 4 crashes, one off into the weeds. |
| Matt Weaver, riding a
Rotator FWD big-wheeler, was the winner of the 15-lap airport road race. |
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Orin Macquarrie cruises
down SR305 on his highwheeler Varna clone. |
| Sam gets hooked up with his
breather hose in preparartion to race. |
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Sam appears to be ready to be
shot into low earth orbit. |
| Sam is launched. |
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Damjan is launched in the
Eivie sppedbike. Matjaz steadies the bike. |
| After what must have been a
fast run, an exhausted Thom Ollinger is helped out of the Coslinger
Special II. |
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Garner Martin cleans the
Virtual Rush in preparation for a run. |
| Sam blasts down the road
at 75 MPH. |
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Mackie Martin in the
Virtual Rush camera bike. |