Introduce Yourself

[Seldom Seen Slim]

I saw the pics yesterday and still do today.  Anyone else having issues?

[manta22]

I have no problem seeing the pictures but I'm logged in.

[Stainless1]

Well that settles that... stay logged in PP   

[desotoman]

more to the web issue....

just figured out, when I'm logged in than the picture shows up....

after I logged out the picture are gone.....

Anyone else having issues?

I never saw the pictures that SS posted. So I logged in just now and bingo they show up. PP is right something is wrong somewhere.

Tom G.

[Dave Russell 640XO/PP]

Hi, I'm Dave Russell, from central Virginia and I've been playing with cars my whole life, mostly hot rods and drag racing.

I sort of got into land speed racing by accident. One of the guys in my car club, John Mullen, was asked to build an XO engine for a guy in Oklahoma, but the project fell through. Since John had already invested time and money, he decided to finish the motor and build a truck to compete in Production Pickup. He asked the club to help and the rest is history. Together we built a 61 Ford Unibody to compete in XO/PP.

Our regular club trips to the drag strip led to me being asked to drive. I guess I appeared to be the most aggressive? Anyhow, I have the privilege of driving the 640 XO/PP Virginia HAMB Special.

We completed the truck in early 2018 and made it to Speed Week that year. We made it through tech, and put down 5 or 6 passes before we pulled the plug because of engine troubles. 2019 was a tough year financially for the team, and the salt wasn't good anyway, so we didn't make the trip out. We returned to Bonneville in 2020, but were plagued with mechanical problems. But we'll be back! We're hooked!

Welp, that's the short story. I'm glad to be here. Cheers!

[Stan Back]

Tell and show us some more about your truck.  What make and year truck?  Which engine?  What's the record?  What'd you do?

[yalilime]

Hello from newbie, Love to be part of this community

[Dave Russell 640XO/PP]

Tell and show us some more about your truck.  What make and year truck?  Which engine?  What's the record?  What'd you do?

The truck is a 1961 Ford Unibody painted red white and blue. Engine is a 262 inline Ford. The current XO/PP record is 131.5. Best recorded time we have so far is 117.

[Stainless1]

Dave and Yalilime welcome. 
Dave, the pics you may have posted did not get through to me... anyone see them? I see a big minus sign.... sounds like a fun truck... have fun, be safe and go faster....
Yalilime if you are not a bot, we welcome you to the group.  Racers, future racers, and folks that appreciate LSR are all welcome here.  Spammers and bots  are not... please reply to this post with some info about yourself.  We want you here and participating...

[salt27]

Interesting, Dave's pictures show up on my phone but not my computer?

[WOODY@DDLLC]

Chrome on phone - no pics. 
Firefox on computer - no pics. 
Log in or out - no pics. 

[salt27]

I took a screenshot of Dave's photos but for some reason I can't post them.
It's beyond my abilities.    cromag

  Don

[Dave Russell 640XO/PP]

Can anyone explain to me how to post photos, videos and an avatar?

[Stainless1]

Click on Attachments and other options follow the rules under Attach.  In short up to 4 pics total less than 500K total or 1 pic less than 500K
Must be one of the listed types.  If you are posting a link you use the insert image button above the 
Most pics will need to be resized to fit

[Dave Russell 640XO/PP]

"Choose File" doesn't do anything when I click on it. I assume it should take me to a file directory? I'm on a Mac.