| Pictures by
Warren Beauchamp, Mike Mowett & Dave Larrington. Words by Warren
& Dave. |
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The Cal Poly rider did
an amazing 46MPH on Muleshoe road during the qualifying
runs. Apparently he worked hard. |
| Mike Mowett does a 36MPH
qualifying run on his socked wedgie. Qualifier officials
look on. |
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Damjan Zabovnik
and Gabe Devault work on Damjan's bike. They very
carefully wet sanded and polished the body. All day.
Unfortunately, Damjan
crashed at 70+ MPH on his Sr 305 run Thursday night,
when he hit a bump in the road. The bike skidded
sideways, went airborne, then skidded on the road until
he hit a plastic mile marker at about 30MPH. The Eivie
is scratched up but otherwise ok. Damjan walked away
with a little scratch on his knuckle. |
| Here's the bike built by
Steve Nash that's inside the Varna that Ellen is racing. |
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Raymond Gage rolled in
last night with his Orion Speedbike kit. All the parts
are there, all he has to do is put them together... He's
planning on running a qualifier run tomorrow, and Thom
Ollinger is the designated driver. |
| Interior of the M5 #8
machine, ridden by Charlie Ollinger. Basically
it's an almost bog-standard M5 Low Racer in there |
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When the circus is in
town, it is only to be expected that the car park gets
turned into Something Else Entirely. Here Damjan
Zabovnik continues to polish the Eivie II, while Gabe
DeVault supervises. |
| The Cal Poly bike was
ridden to the HPVA meeting. Practical and fast... |
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Here's Al and Alice
Krause with their kinetic sculpture. On the right is
Steve Delaire's circuit racer. |
| The assembled members of
the HPVA board gather for their yearly meeting.
Unfortunately, not enough board members were present to
make any decisions... |
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While all this was
happening, some more of us made the trip to the top of
Mount Lewis. This is the locals' SUV... |
| Thursday was perfect,
with almost nonexistent winds and warm temps even for
the first group. Everybody in the first group improved
by about 5 MPH over the previous windy and cold days.
Sean Costin in the Coslinger
Special passes Ranch Road 1 on his way to a 64.04 MPH
run. |
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Warren Beauchamp in the
Cuda -W cruised by Ranch Road One on his way to beat
Sean with a 64.178 MPH run. Warren fixed a frame to tire
rub which had been causing a burnt rubber smell in the
bike to allow him to beat Sean Costin by an amazing .138
MPH!
This event has several
well matched contests between riders. Warren VS Sean,
Ellen VS Lisa VS Andrea, and Damjan VS Fast Freddy. |
| Charlie Ollinger
improves his top speed to 57.697 MPH. |
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Aaron
Williams of the Cal Poly
team bumped Mackie Martin and the TriRush to make their
first run. Aaron did 54.982 MPH through the traps. |
| Another view of
Princess, the CalPoly machine. The bike is similar
to last year's Velox Solium, but "better". |
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Eric Ware in the Orange
Varna passes Ranch Road One on his way to joining the 50
MPH club with a 50.279 MPH run. |
| The catch crew sights
down SR 305 to try to see the next racer. |
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First of the Varna Posse
tonight was Sam. Andrea had a fever and was not feeling
well enough to race today.
Sam upped his speed to
76.686 MPH |
| Fast Freddy keeps
upping his speed. Tonight he brought it up to 73.595
MPH. Freddy pre-oxygenates at the beginning of the race
with a bottle and a big hose... |
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The catch crew prepares
for Lisa to enter the catch area. |
| Lisa had a nice 65.293
MPH run. |
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Ellen had a great 65.046
MPH run. Note spiffy new paint job, for extra speed.
Hmm. They both need just
1MPH more to beat the women's record. Sinister
Agent "D" advises that Ellen's bike builder Steve Nash
is to visit Miss Tanya's Hair Emporium, in the hope that
a go-faster haircut will tip the balance. Well, it
worked for Fast Freddy last year... |
| Tonight was the Basque
dinner. Here, Larry and Alice practice their Roman
traditions...
Ok, now it's almost
12:30am and I'm ready to pass out. |
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As is usual at the
Basque dinner, the hapless visitors are shanghaied into
dancing with the Local Youth. Cranking up the
ubiquitous Junior Pocket Microscope (Model 3a) will
reveal that the six-and-a-half-foot mutant centre-stage
is, natch, Mr. Webmaster Shrimpboat, and his collection
of left feet. Actually, Warren's dancing has
improved greatly since 2002, and it has been posited
that the reason for his three-year absence was ballet
classes... |
| Snapped back at the
motel, the rather forlorn Eivie shows off its scars.
This is what happens when one joins the SR 305 Flying
Club. However, even as I type, the Easy Racers
crew are busy filling, sanding and polishing; hopefully
Damjan will be back in action tonight. |
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| Not much
else to report at present. The drag races are
currently underway out on the qualifying course, so
there should be some results and pictures accompany the
Friday stull.
So far Friday's weather is much the same as Thursdays,
only a bit warmer. We're keeping our collective
fingers crossed for tonight. |
