Battle Mountain WHPSC 2011

Battle Mountain WHPSC 2011
Photo by Tom Amick	Pictures and verbiage by Tom Amick. Mike Mowett Was Here This is a little prank that Larry and I did on the Cygnus team. Unfortunately we weren't quick enough and got busted right at the very end while I was taking the picture.
Greg Westlake in Avos Arrow This is one of my favorite photos for the competition. Greg went faster this year than last. I'm sure he'll be going over 50 mph next year.	Photo by Tom Amick
Photo by Tom Amick	Greg Westlake in Avos Arrow 2 Another great shot of Greg powering this wonderful machine. You can just see him peaking out.
Jan Marcel in Cygnus This amazing new bike has a periscope to see through. This is something that I have done some experiments with last year, and might use on my own design.	Photo by Tom Amick
Photo by Tom Amick	Sam and George This was taken on the last night of the competition. Sam was completely exhausted. He had given it his all in order to take back top position for the competition. Unfortunately the conditions didn't allow for fast times.
Eric Ware in the Wedge You can see on the back where Mark and Eric added an extension to the canopy in order to gain some more speed. With some more development this might help. Eric was going extremely fast every time he hit the road even without the extension.	Photo by Tom Amick
Photo by Tom Amick	Ron Layman and Carole Ron was just finishing up another fast run. On the last night of the competition he went over 70 mph.
Ron Layman in Primal 2 George Leone designed this streamliner. His experience in surfboard shaping, and other designs, has allowed him to make some extremely aerodynamic bikes.	Photo by Tom Amick
Photo by Tom Amick	Gardner Martin Remembered In this box resides a little of Gardner Martin's ashes, and maybe some spirit as well. The box is brought to the catch area every day. He hasn't left our thoughts.
Jun and Preston Jun must have told a good joke because I don't remember Preston laughing this much during the competition. They are both our well appreciated, and respected timers for the competition.	Photo by Tom Amick
Photo by Tom Amick	Vortex This is the University of Toronto's ASME competition bike. Also it's surprisingly fast, and fits many sizes. All four team members recieved awards for their speed achievments. Todd Reichert powered it to over 70 mph every night.
Mark Anderson Mark has a great humor. Not everything that we do at this competition is serious. Mark works together with Eric to keep the Wedge breaking 70 mph on almost every 5 mile run.	Photo by Tom Amick
Photo by Tom Amick	Team Avos Arrow Time for a little picnic in the parking lot. Maybe next year I'll do the same. That food looks good.
Kara and Larry Two of the racers enjoying the day during our group photo session.	Photo by Tom Amick
Photo by Tom Amick	Team Firefly James, Tiffany, and Kara pose with their trike. Don Schroeder has thought this trike out well, and it surves as a great platform for getting down the road in a hurry.
Team Wedge John, Eric, and Mark all work great together to make this one of the fastest bikes of the competition.	Photo by Tom Amick
Photo by Tom Amick	Team Cygnus David, Jan Marcel, Thomas, and Sugar all ham it up for the camera. They are pretending to be a bobsled team.
Team Cygnus 2 Here's the serious pose for the camera. Well, as serious as you could expect his team to be.	Photo by Tom Amick
Photo by Tom Amick	Team Vortex Time for a little fun with the guys from Toronto. From left to right we have Aiden, Todd, Victor, Trefor, and Jun. They all had there chance to run this beautiful machine down SR 305.
Colorful Streamliners Just to show that they come in many colors, shapes, and sizes.	Photo by Tom Amick
Photo by Tom Amick	Colorful Streamliners 2 Vortex, Primal 2, Flying Cucumber, Firefly, Wedge, Avos Arrow, Velox, and part of a Varna. It's so cool to see how many ways you can shape a speedbike.
Group photo From left to right: Vortex, Primal 2, Flying Cucumber, Firefly, Cygnus, Wedge, Avos Arrow, Velox, Varna Battle Mountain, and Varna Tempest.	Photo by Tom Amick
Photo by Tom Amick	Ranch Road 1 Another gorgeous cloud shows over the distance with the suns rays piercing through.
Another View from Ranch Road 1 This was just before the rain and sleet decided to stop the race for the evening.	Photo by Tom Amick
Photo by Tom Amick	Thomas celebrates with Victor Thomas and Victor in the catch area. I don't know what Thomas was going on about, Maybe their bike went over 70 mph?
Greg Westlake Here's Greg powering through the traps if I remember right. I was in several places throughout the week so this could have been catch.	Photo by Tom Amick
Photo by Tom Amick	Todd doing his warmdown Scott, Larry, Victor, and Aiden all gather around for stories about fast bikes.
Todd stops for a pose Battle Mountain has great backdrops for photos. Todd just finished up another one of his powerful runs.	Photo by Tom Amick
Photo by Tom Amick	Larry warms up You can see the Delft Team's vans approaching in the distance. This was taken up at the start of the track.
Scott Wilson in a Pickle The Cucumber manages to consume another individual. If we could keep the hair out of moving parts Scott might be able to ride this bike.	Photo by Tom Amick
Photo by Tom Amick	Primal 2 future rider? George Leone let some kids try Primal 2 on for size.
Jonathan Woolrich Jonathan shows off his fancy vest.	Photo by Tom Amick
Photo by Tom Amick	Larry with the bike loaded Larry contemplates the airworthyness of his new vehicle prior to arriving at Battle Mountain.
Nevada Dessert This was taken on the way out to Battle Mountain. The desert offers some amazing photo opportunities. Make sure to have a camera ready at all times. I missed a giant dust devil on the way because I couldn't drag my camera out fast enough.	Photo by Tom Amick