The date is now set for Speedweekend on Ice:- 15, 16 February . Place :- Orsa Sweden
Tell the Sheriff to PM me his mailing address. I will get some LSR swag to him. I will also mark my calendar to wear my Speedweekend T-shirt he gave me in honor of the 2013 activity. Cheers.
Quote from: Moxnix on October 23, 2012, 09:08:33 AM
Tell the Sheriff to PM me his mailing address. I will get some LSR swag to him. I will also mark my calendar to wear my Speedweekend T-shirt he gave me in honor of the 2013 activity. Cheers.
Hi Moxnix, ive got the Sherriffs email now, if you mail me then i can send you it. I think you are able to see my email adress , if not, drop me a line via Jon Wennerberg
If you folks would like live audio coverage of the Swedish Speedweekend on Ice -- all you've got to do is figure out a way to get Nancy and me to Sweden. Ellwood has offered (once again) to host us and make sure we've got a vehicle and all of that. It's just the getting to Stockholm that''s a bit of a $$ challenge.
Sure would be fun, and then you could hear racing announcers speaking Swedish. Skol!
Great - now I have to hunt down an analog FM tuner. :roll:
The digital I put aside falls in the cracks between frequencies in Europe.
New for this year shall be two long tracks:-
the usual 3.2 km track for the Flying K
and parallell a new 3.8 km track for outright speed records
plus for speedway motorcycle with ice studs - an oval track
and on the outskirts of the ice - a track for old american cars to cruise around.
Maybe even an Ice Bar
This year, we shall have cruising on the outskirts of the track. Definetely on the bucket list for true Rednecks.
(http://i275.photobucket.com/albums/jj292/ellwoodhybrid/speed2013.jpg)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=c3RLuG6R3_o
This video above will whet your appetites.
Whats gonna happen 2013 15th and 16th February in Orsa Sweden
The Thursday evening is check in time and scrutineering
Friday is a race day, with the Flying Kilometer on one track (total 3.2 km), for anything that has an engine or motor.
also a outright world speed attempt on a longer ( 4km )track.
We also have cruising around the outskirts in old Yankee cars
Ice oval racing on Speedway bikes
Cart racing too on a track
Time attack on a windy rally style track for cars and bikes and racing carts
After Speed bar and band
Saturday is a repeat of Friday
After Speed bar and band
Sunday is a reserve day in case of bad weather on Friday or Saturday.
Lodgings are hard to get hold of, but not impossible.
Regards, Ellwood
Hi, wasnt sure if i could make my projects in time for this years Speedweekend, but its looking good so far. My toffee rocket is now re-designed and welded .
(http://i275.photobucket.com/albums/jj292/ellwoodhybrid/rocket4dec001_zpsa2cf69a1.jpg)
I don't know what that is -- but I don't think I'd try shipping it anywhere.
Quote from: Stan Back on January 04, 2013, 04:47:44 PM
I don't know what that is -- but I don't think I'd try shipping it anywhere.
Hehe Stan, so true.
Actually it is a toffee rocket - a steel tube with a lining of toffee , like what one eats. As soon as its on fire then i can open the throttle , and squirt liquid laughing gas down the tube - this gives a massive amount of oxygen, and a massive burn rate of the sugar in the toffee. All this results in a safe , manageable hybrid rocket. shutting off the NOS shuts down all thrust.
This is a very simple way of going very fast, like 600 mph, but i darent go that fast on the ice, so will be happy if i reach 120 mph. The sled it rests in is very homemade.
(http://i275.photobucket.com/albums/jj292/ellwoodhybrid/toffee%20rocket/IMG_0553.jpg)
From the angle of that photo, it looks like you will be shooting fire out of your a**. :-D
Regards, Neil Tucson, AZ
Looks like you could sure burn up some $hit :roll: if that rocket failed, Mate!!
Sid.
Quote from: kiwi belly tank on January 05, 2013, 06:47:19 PM
Looks like you could sure burn up some $hit :roll: if that rocket failed, Mate!!
Sid.
Haha, thats the NOS tube. the rocket is underneath me, behind a 1/4 " aluminium protective plate , all under the 1/16" fairing. So no probs
Anyone using facebook can see latest updates there at landracing.se
The weather is looking good for our Speedweekend on Ice, only 11 days to go, and its nice and cold, and no snow.
See the V1 running a 100 mph average flying k. We congratulate our bravest rider . http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pR0d6s-28MA
Toffee rocket, didnt have enough laughing gas for a run, but we managed to start her up. http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_detailpage&v=tRhlsb18Nl4
Our Landracing.se 2013 official movie
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ISxb1Qj2ubs
Revheads having a whole $hitpile of fun, it doesn't get much better than that.
When my smile would start to relax a little, along would come a 34 3-window "dually" or a limo or a crotch "rocket" or bath tub with "ape hangers".
Love the whole spirit of it, no wonder it's growing. :cheers: :cheers: :cheers:
Hey Elwood, did you check the firing order on your toffee rocket? :roll:
Sid.
Ellwood and Mark Thomas have combined efforts to send me a trio of CDroms of photos from the '13, '12, and '11 SpeedWeekend on Ice. I just looked at the photos from the '13 event -- and they're pretty danged fun to see. Goofy stuff, serious race vehicles, the most massively-studded tires you'll see -- and on and on.
There are so many photos that I'm going to put them into the photo gallery. it'll be a few days 'til they're up there, but I'll let you know when the project is done. There must be a few hundred -- and if you're anything like me and most of the other LSR folks -- you'll want to see them. Stay tuned -- and Thank Mark Thomas for his photo work. He's a Brit that's been going to Sweden for the event for at least three years. They keep trying to get Nancy and me over there, too. I wonder if we'll go. . . :roll:
In my last post here I mentioned the photos from Mark Thomas. Well -- he sent me a handful of DVDs full of photos. In fact -- it's about 2,600 of 'em!!!! With that many I've forwarded the discs to Bob Clancy and he'll get them up on the photo gallery as soon as he can. He's got a rapid bulk uploader. You oughta be able to see 'em soon.
And then -- there's this that came in just this afternoon from Glenn Ocklund:
Hi
We have a new list of 200 km/h Club on the ice, if you want to post a link on Landracing.com
http://landracing.se/200kmh-ice-club/
--
Mvh Glenn Ocklund
Svensk motorsport utvecklare
www.Landracing.se
Okey-dokey, folks -- Bob has got the photos up on the landracing.com Gallery. Enjoy them at your leisure.
Bob said: "...Got the Woody scans up, under Special Galleries, Old photos.....
Speedweekend on Ice is up, 3 years' worth, also under Special Galleries, 1088 files!"