Good Luck Texas Racers..post results and pictures please.

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John Noonan

October 21, 2010, 05:30:37 PM
Come on you pavement pounders I know some of you are already there... :cheers:

Good luck.

Noonan

entropy

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October 22, 2010, 03:05:30 AM Last Edit: October 22, 2010, 03:12:43 AM by entropy
Quote from: John Noonan on October 21, 2010, 05:30:37 PM
Come on you pavement pounders I know some of you are already there... :cheers:

Good luck.

Noonan

hey John, yup, the tribe is assembling.

This event has become so huge, it's hard to believe.
in oct 2003 we had about 30 cars & 6 bikes, 1 day event.
now over 200 racers and 3000+ spectators, 3 day event

race registration sold out in less than 36hrs a couple months ago.

Good on the organizers that they are continually ahead of the huge increase in racers and spectators.  

Bike guy Ryan Arnold was recently named Race Director, so us 2 wheelers are being taken care of.
Yay Ryan :cheers:

Track record holder (261) Tom Gates will arrive today, Bill Warner is already here.
If the wind cooperates we are looking forward seeing Bill & Tom & the other turbos get after it.

forecast is breezy to put it mildly ;fingerscrossed
Karl

John Noonan

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October 22, 2010, 01:41:50 PM
Karl,

Any news or runs made today??

Rain?

Wind?

Moose.. :wink:

Good luck to the racers good luck and give Brenda a hug for me as well..

John

entropy

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October 22, 2010, 03:38:24 PM
John,
nearby Victoria airport reported 20mph gusting to 40 for much of the afternoon.
We didn't see that, more like 20-25mph almost on the side.

MC guys pretty much started drinking beer (Cornoa, you were missed) in the mid afternoon.

It wasn't really dangerous, as the gusting wasn't too bad, just the strength of the sidewinds.
(Bill warner has a good video of tilt)

Larry Forstall

#4
October 23, 2010, 08:13:45 AM
How about 270 MPH Sat. morning for a new track record.  :-o  Who, why Wild Bill of course. Wonder how much diesel is to Mojave next Spring?  :evil:  LSL

Johntsi

#6
October 23, 2010, 09:12:38 AM
One of the Gallardos just wrecked pretty bad, anyone know if the driver is ok?

John Noonan

#7
October 23, 2010, 11:42:44 AM
Quote from: Larry Forstall on October 23, 2010, 08:13:45 AM
How about 270 MPH Sat. morning for a new track record.  :-o  Who, why Wild Bill of course. Wonder how much diesel is to Mojave next Spring?  :evil:  LSL

Bring it and make sure to try your luck at El Mirage as well, might as well try it once... :evil:

Congrats to Bill for his record 270 run..now stop messing around and go faster.. :cheers:

sabat

#8
October 23, 2010, 01:18:46 PM
Kick ass Bill!  :cheers:

roadracer

#9
October 24, 2010, 01:57:10 AM
Awesome job Bill.
2006 Kawasaki ZX-6rr (Worlds Fastest standing mile and 1.5 mile)
2008 Kawasaki ZX-10R (4 200 MPH Clubs)
2008 Kawasaki EX-250R (Multiple ECTA and LTA records)
131 Land Speed Records set since 2008
125 Land Speed Racing records (including 3 Worlds Fastest Speeds) set since 2008.

entropy

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October 24, 2010, 03:26:52 AM
yesterday, sat wind was 5 on the nose at 8am, climbing to low 20's from FR around noon, dropped to teens in the late pm, Racing was halted at dusk, still windy. Gust was higher.

We had an EZ-up incident at mid day, thanks to the crowd at TFA Central only one was toast (Jason from dallas)
Oh well.

Still Bill got his 270!!!!!! Tom Gates had issues, a gremlin or 2, but his bike sounds and looks great. We have big hopes for him today!!!

Doug got a 197 in the morning and 195 in the afternoon on my 12, bike sounds awesome, and doug rode perfect agressive passes; fukken wind.

Brenda had a crazy wind experience during shut down, was hoppin' & poppin' around the Pits afterwards OMG-OMG-OMG.

Wild Bill & JC coppertop turbo running in the 190's, practically no one running like they want.

I got a 216.7 on the green Busa on first pass, lit tire up bad (good?  ) outa the hole.

Lambos are a treat to watch run, they have so much hp (1500+?), some are having traction issues as far down the track as we can see. There are 6+?? of em. An orange one apparently had too short of a chute line and the ass end was lifted off the ground during shut down, rolled lotsa times, driver OK. Subsequent track shutdown screwed my chance for a 2nd pass in the am.

The number of participants and spectators is off the charts. Too damn long grid waits, people everywhere. Kids n dogs, kids n dogs...

Organizers let too many participants in this time, but Today, Sunday should be lighter.

Wind forecast for today is 6-9mph at 9am, incr to 9-13 miday slowly tapering offf in the pm.

TFA will be as close to the front of the initial grid as we can get.

JackB750

#11
October 24, 2010, 04:32:02 AM
WoooooHooooooo Bill!!!!! You rock buddy!
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Beairsto Racing

#12
October 24, 2010, 04:43:26 AM
Carl Francis drove all the way down from Calgary with his wife and two young sons.

Good luck Carl!  :cheers:
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fredvance

#13
October 24, 2010, 05:27:06 AM
I came home last night. Carl is pitted with TFA. Working hard, fighting gremlins and the wind. Hope he gets things sorted out today. He said we might see your double at Bonneville next year?? Hope so.

  Fred
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osti

#14
October 24, 2010, 06:49:43 AM
Bill W. just went....are you ready for this?   278mph!!!!!!!!!


Huge congrats Bill!!!!   Way to go buddy!   :cheers:
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