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Pictures and Words by Warren
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Friday morning saw the
quarter-mile drag races being run on the North Frontage
Road. Here Linda Barnett (L) lines up against
Larry Lem. |
| Eventual winner Matt
Ididn'tgetanoteofhissurname (L), on a Lemond 'cross
bike, prepares to take on Aaron Williams in the CalPoly
Princess. The latter disgraced itself by dropping
a chain, leading to a dramatic race for the team to
reach the bike before it fell over. They did -
just... |
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Compare and contrast the
Eivie shell with its state yesterday evening! |
| The recently painted
Varnowski bigs it up for the sponsors. |
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Sam Whittingham is the
latest recipient of a Tanya Markham Go-Faster haircut. |
| Mackie Martin prepares
to launch Damjan in the quickly refinished Eivie. Damjan
elected to race first in the first group tonight which
meant that Warren would race last in the last group.
Winds were higher for the
first group today, and Damjan had "something rubbing",
so he cut his run short. |
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Mark Anderson, in yellow
vest, completes the taping of the Coslinger 1.5 |
| Since I (Warren, obv.
- Ed.) was racing last
in the second group, I got the opportunity to scurry
around and take some pictures before the second group
was called to line up.
Racers in the first group
are lined up, ready to be launch. |
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14 year old Charlie
Ollinger gives the high sign from the cockpit of the M5
#8. |
| Eric Ware concentrates
on the upcoming task, in the Orange Varna. Eric upped
his speed to 50.535 MPH. |
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Sean Costin waits to be
launched in the Coslinger Special. |
| Sean is launched. Sean
had a new front wheel fairing for today's run, which was
making a horrible scraping noise as he got under way.
Certain persons present opined that it would wear away
by the time he reached Ranch Road 1, a mile or so down
the course... |
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The CalPoly team tape
Matt Scott into the Princess, while urging him to think
of free food1 waiting at the far end of the
course. |
| An army of invisible
ants does the necessary on the Varna Mephisto, prior to
Fast Freddy's entry into the exclusive 75 MPH club
(membership: 3). |
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Dave Balfour (at the
rear of the bike) tapes the Varna II prior to Lisa
Vetterlein's record-breaking run. |
| Steve Nash (mostly
hidden) and Hans van Vugt ready the Varnoski for a run. |
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Mike Sova straddles the
nose of the Cuda-W; an unidentified helper holds the
rear; Rob Hitchcock does the taping. |
| Brian Ball poses with
Tanya and Fast Freddie Markham.
Brian made a deal with
Freddie that he'd dye his hair blue if Freddy broke
75MPH. Tanya was more than happy to make that
happen... |
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High and
lowlights of the day:
- Lisa Vetterlein sets
a new World Record at 66.585 MPH!!!
- 40 of the bales of
hay that protect us from the bridge were stolen
sometime Thursday night. We suspect Pikeys...
- Ellen crashes
midcourse at 50+ MPH and goes airborne, but comes
out without injury save for a scratch. She later said she had a higher
speed crash in the White Hawk... We think this
probably makes her the most experienced pilot in the
SR 305 Flying Club!
- Warren breaks the
Queally barrier (64.34 MPH) at 64.428 MPH
- Fast Freddy sets
another personal best at 75.777 MPH, thus causing
Bryan Ball's hair to turn blue at the post-race
meeting. Alas, Mr. Larrington's camera was
running low on fuel again, so if Bryan has already
washed it out, he will have to be killed.
- Andrea sets a
personal best at 65.628 MPH.
- Mr. Larrington gets
to drive his rental car at 160 MPH without fear of
incarceration. Twice.
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| Dave adds:
A Big Gold Star to the Varna II team - Dave, Dennis,
Jeremy & Bruno - who have done a lot of work in tweaking
the bike. And another Big Gold Star to Lisa
Vetterlein, who came to Battle Mountain as an almost
complete novice and will leave with a World Record under
her belt. World Records are, after all, the reason
why most of us keep coming here |
| Mr. Sunshine
writes: I went to a karate class yesterday. The teacher
didn't turn up. It was very Zen. |
- Matt was being urged
to think of other things as well, but they are
unsuitable for a family publication such as this...
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