Mecca of Speed

[agjohn02]

Videos! Click the link below the picture, then click the picture of the movie projector.


http://tamor.us/members-rigs/Speed-Week-2007/100_1046



http://tamor.us/members-rigs/Speed-Week-2007/100_1188


http://tamor.us/members-rigs/Speed-Week-2007/100_1189


http://tamor.us/members-rigs/Speed-Week-2007/100_1193

[Seth]

number 11 is badass. the trailers are interesting. and the truck are way cool. how does 204 see, and whats his rear end tire setup? how about the trans in the front driver?

[agjohn02]

number 11 is badass. the trailers are interesting. and the truck are way cool. how does 204 see, and whats his rear end tire setup? how about the trans in the front driver?

i dont know what #11 is.



you dont need to see forward very much, just the black lines on either side of you. our rider never looked forward while making a pass. he kept his head tucked and looked down and right. the rear end is probably a narrowd 9" with skinnies.



im sure the front driver is just a normal drivetrain turned backwards with a flipped axle in the front. i dont know which end steers... but the rear doesnt appear to have any linkage on it.



and before grayson chimes in and talks about how unstable rear steer is, the Thrust SSC was rear steer.

[Seth]

my bad - i meant the video - #111 - the one of the engine running.

[agjohn02]

More Videos!


http://tamor.us/members-rigs/Speed-Week-2007/100_1210



http://tamor.us/members-rigs/Speed-Week-2007/100_1257



http://tamor.us/members-rigs/Speed-W...7/100_1350_001



http://tamor.us/members-rigs/Speed-Week-2007/100_1361

[BMFScout]

Grayson is a fan of rear steer these days, it's Jerry that things its dumb. I think Jerry's dumb!

[agjohn02]

Remember this from page one?



Well, how about this?



Scott left the pit to head down to the starting line before we did. With a top speed of about 30 mph on the Z50, we caught up to him during the 3 mile drive. I held up my camera and said "Do a wheelie!"

Here's the video.

http://tamor.us/members-rigs/Speed-Week-2007/100_1458

[jerryg79]

im following flem's theory of making my board experience more pleasurable so i have no idea what you're talking about jimmy.

[agjohn02]

Grayson is a fan of rear steer these days, it's Jerry that things its dumb. I think Jerry's dumb!

im following flem's theory of making my board experience more pleasurable so i have no idea what you're talking about jimmy.

You're right Jimmy!

[agjohn02]

I don't know if they were there shooting for American Hotrod or what, but these guys were doing low, slow passes over the race line.



Video
http://tamor.us/members-rigs/Speed-Week-2007/100_1482

[agjohn02]

Still More!


http://tamor.us/members-rigs/Speed-Week-2007/100_1545



http://tamor.us/members-rigs/Speed-Week-2007/100_1553


http://tamor.us/members-rigs/Speed-Week-2007/100_1556



http://tamor.us/members-rigs/Speed-Week-2007/100_1558



http://tamor.us/members-rigs/Speed-Week-2007/100_1576

[agjohn02]

bada bing


http://tamor.us/members-rigs/Speed-Week-2007/100_1592


http://tamor.us/members-rigs/Speed-Week-2007/100_1663


http://tamor.us/members-rigs/Speed-Week-2007/100_1673


http://tamor.us/members-rigs/Speed-Week-2007/100_1674


http://tamor.us/members-rigs/Speed-Week-2007/100_1675


http://tamor.us/members-rigs/Speed-Week-2007/100_1678


http://tamor.us/members-rigs/Speed-Week-2007/100_1688

[agjohn02]

Last videos


http://tamor.us/members-rigs/Speed-Week-2007/100_1689


This is from the top of a mountain that lies between Wendover and the Salt Flats. It was right behind our motel and there was a narrow service road leading to a radio antennae at the top. It was a slightly hairy drive in a four door truck with a camper shell on the back. 4wd needed.

The first 12 seconds are sweeping over the Salt Flats in the distance.

At around 12 seconds, you can begin to see Wendover Airfield, where fighter and bomber crews trained during WWII. Mostly flying B-24's and P-47's. The large hanger in the center of the screen at 14 seconds is called the Enola Gay hanger. This is where the Enola Gay was stored. Somewhere on the airfield is the pit where mock-ups of the atomic bomb "Little Boy" were loaded onto the plane during training. The Enola Gay flew from Wendover to Guam, then on to Tinian Island in the Pacific where it would meet up with the USS Indianapolis which transported the actual bomb. The Indy would later be sunk by a Japanese submarine and many of her surviving crew would die as a result of shark attacks as they floated in the Pacific awaiting rescue. The Enola Gay would continue on to Hiroshima, Japan and smite our enemy.

At around 20 seconds you are looking down main street Wendover. The first high rise buildings you see in the distance are the state line. West Wendover, Nevada is full of casinos yet lacks even a Wal-Mart.



http://tamor.us/members-rigs/Speed-Week-2007/100_1695

Here is a model of the bomb loading pit in the airfield museum.



Here is the hanger up close at sun set.





This is the first run of our two necessary to set the record.


http://tamor.us/members-rigs/Speed-W...7/record_run_1

[agjohn02]

i added screenshots to all the videos so you can tell what you are getting into before you wait for the download.

[Graystroke]

john, was there a lot of reaction to y'all's little weedeater bike? were people shocked at how it performed?