El Mirage May 2017

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Seldom Seen Slim

May 20, 2017, 03:41:33 PM
Well?  Let's hear what's going on, what happened, and so on.  Hope someone checks in here with details and pics.
Jon E. Wennerberg
a/k/a Seldom Seen Slim
Skandia, Michigan
(that's way up north)
2 Club member x2
Owner of landracing.com

Dynoroom

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May 20, 2017, 04:37:56 PM
They shut down about an hour early due to poor course conditions. They did not even get through the 1st round.
They will move the track for tomorrow.
Top time thus far is 251 from the Ferguson streamliner.
Michael LeFevers
Kugel and LeFevers Pontiac Firebird

Without Data You're Just Another Guy With An Opinion!

Racing is just a series of "Problem Solving" events that allow you to spend money & make noise...

gkabbt

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May 20, 2017, 09:03:48 PM Last Edit: May 20, 2017, 09:05:56 PM by gkabbt
As usual from me, got details and lots of pics!

RansomT

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May 21, 2017, 05:04:56 AM
Quote from: gkabbt on May 20, 2017, 09:03:48 PM
As usual from me, got details and lots of pics!


:cheers:

Stan Back

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May 21, 2017, 11:31:21 AM
I gotta almost all-white page with some pushbuttons or something on it.  Is there a secret sequence?

This intranet thing has me cornfused.
Past (Only) Member of the San Berdoo Roadsters -- "California's Most-Exclusive Roadster Club"

Milwaukee Midget

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May 21, 2017, 11:37:48 AM
Quote from: Stan Back on May 21, 2017, 11:31:21 AM
I gotta almost all-white page with some pushbuttons or something on it.  Is there a secret sequence?

This intranet thing has me cornfused.

Great pictures, including one of a roadster with a relocated fuel tank.  :wink:

Sorry, Jim . . . couldn't resist . . .
"Problems are almost always a sign of progress."  Harold Bettes
Well, I guess we're making a LOT of progress . . .  :roll:

Stan Back

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May 21, 2017, 05:03:30 PM Last Edit: May 21, 2017, 05:13:24 PM by Stan Back
How do you get there from here?

(Really!)
Past (Only) Member of the San Berdoo Roadsters -- "California's Most-Exclusive Roadster Club"

Stan Back

#8
May 21, 2017, 05:14:11 PM
I heard there was a photo in circulation.

(Or was it of the roadster circulating?)
Past (Only) Member of the San Berdoo Roadsters -- "California's Most-Exclusive Roadster Club"

jdincau

#9
May 21, 2017, 05:54:11 PM
662 car on our second pass with the Tex t-101 trans with straight cut gears and dog shifters. Listen to the spur gears whine and the shifts are clutchless and clean. 152 Sat. 156 Sun. still rich and spinning the tires.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bnMGpptszyk
Unless it's crazy, ambitious and delusional, it's not worth our time!

SPARKY

#10
May 21, 2017, 06:53:07 PM
We look forward to some of that Jim
Miss LIBERTY,  changing T.K.I.  to noise, dust, rust, BLUE HATS & hopefully not scrap!!

"Security is mostly a superstition. It does not exist in nature, nor do the children of men as a whole experience it. Avoiding danger is no safer in the long run than outright exposure. Life is either a daring adventure or nothing."   Helen Keller

We are going to explore the racing N words NITROUS & NITRO!

Milwaukee Midget

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May 21, 2017, 09:36:14 PM
Quote from: jdincau on May 21, 2017, 05:54:11 PM
662 car on our second pass with the Tex t-101 trans with straight cut gears and dog shifters. Listen to the spur gears whine and the shifts are clutchless and clean. 152 Sat. 156 Sun. still rich and spinning the tires.


It sounds like a Waring blender making margaritas - and there's nothin' wrong with that. 

I still say it's the prettiest little roadster I've ever seen actually racing.   

Wayno - did you finally get around to crackin' it open this time, or are you still sneaking up on it?
"Problems are almost always a sign of progress."  Harold Bettes
Well, I guess we're making a LOT of progress . . .  :roll:

jdincau

#12
May 22, 2017, 04:59:42 AM
Wane had oil pressure problems.
Unless it's crazy, ambitious and delusional, it's not worth our time!

NathanStewart

#13
May 22, 2017, 11:18:17 AM
Jim, your first run sounded fantastic.  Sounded like some pedaling on the second run.  I was just glad it didn't go around.  Not insinuating that it would or has a tendency to but the course was so bad and roadsters being roadster... well, you know.
El Mirage 200 MPH Club Member

Frankie7799

#14
May 22, 2017, 11:59:05 AM
Made my second ever pass in my RMR yesterday. Being that when I ran at the meet in October I wasn't a club member I got 0 points so my starting position over the weekend was horrid. I was one of the many poor souls who didn't get to run Saturday. Fortunately I got to run yesterday morning before the track got too torn up. Ran 153 mph. Was supposed to keep it under 150 to get my D license but got a little distracted on my shifts. Jill Shannon signed off on the pass after I explained myself. Went and found Dan Warner and he wound up giving me a C license. Wasn't going to argue with the Mayor. Im still planning on working my way up to higher speeds at the next couple of meets though.
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