974 going to the Wilmington OH. Mile

Fat Cat · April 28, 2012, 04:28:41 PM

Well after the rain delay we have a run in at 185 before he backed out of it because the first one must be under 175.

purplepickup · April 28, 2012, 11:00:54 PM

Here's a few pics....

Waiting in line for Tech Inspection on Friday. Notice the nice weather....I got extremely sunburnt.

This was today. Notice the nasty, windy, cold weather. This was between rain storms.

This made it all worthwhile. A pic of Hooley on his orientation run (first run has to be less than 175mph) as it
passed the pits about 200 feet before the timing lights. I doesn't look like he's going around 180mph does it?
I wish I could record a movie that would rumble your insides like 974 does when it runs.
Alcohol cars sound soooo sweeet

Another pic of the same run just about at the lights.

The weather is supposed to be better tomorrow (mostly sunny & 65) ....and there's no more speed limits.
Looking forward to a good day.

Fat Cat · April 29, 2012, 12:18:28 AM

Well I am back at home. I have some other projects that require my time. So I will not be there to have any more fun. I want to thank Hooley for letting me play computer nerd for him today and for making me feel right at home on the crew.

Have fun tomorrow and tell Hooley not to burn up another one.

Oh, and thanks for taking a picture of the top of my head there George.

purplepickup · April 29, 2012, 08:56:26 AM

Quote from: "Fat Cat"Oh, and thanks for taking a picture of the top of my head there George.

You're welcome.

We'll only count that as 1 minute of fame.....you've still got 14 more coming

Crosley.In.AZ · April 29, 2012, 10:05:07 AM

Quote from: "purplepickup"
Quote from: "Fat Cat"Oh, and thanks for taking a picture of the top of my head there George.
You're welcome.

We'll only count that as 1 minute of fame.....you've still got 14 more coming

WOW!

WZ JUNK · April 29, 2012, 02:41:09 PM

I got a call from Hooley a while ago. At the time of the call he was the top speed of the meet at 220 something MPH but he did not expect his speed to be the top speed for long. He said there were other cars that were potentially much faster.

Good job Hooley.

John

enjenjo · April 29, 2012, 06:22:59 PM

The run today was 223+, and he slid into the grass at the end of the shutdown. No damage to the car or Hooley. It sounded so sweet on this run, like George said, nothing beats an alcohol motor. It pulled strong right into the traps, Chutes came out, I turned away, and George was the one who saw him slide into the grass. Fortunately he missed all the lights.

Friday I attended the rookie orientation. We sterted out at the starting line, then went down the mile to the traps. I was riding with the chief steward, and he told them several times if they had a problem, go to the left, as going to the right would tear up the lights, and * everyone off.

So as we are driving to the end of shutdown, the timer came over the radio, and said one of the rookies cut through the grass to the right, on a minibike, and caught the wires, tearing them up, and dragging the lights into the grass. He was fit to be tied, and if he could have identified the culprit, they would have been ejected from the course.

A pickture of the car in the pits, and on the run today.

UGLY OLDS · April 29, 2012, 06:43:35 PM

Good Job Guys .....

GREAT job Hooley :!: :!:

Bob....

Oh ...Frank..Dont worry about the "Head Shot" ... It doen't appear that the glare affected anything .... :? Good thing George had the flash turned off ...Huh :?: :?:

Crosley.In.AZ · April 29, 2012, 07:09:03 PM

Hooley slid off the end into grass? Was there a problem after the chute deployed or too short of a shut down for the 200+ mph cars?

GPster · April 29, 2012, 08:09:27 PM

As near as I can relate what Hooley said. Both cutes deployed but one of the got tangled up and wasn't working. The car was pretty well slowed down and Hooley couldn't remember if he should turn left or right if he had trouble. So he just split the decission and wet to the grass because he wasn't going tha fast. I don't think he felt the shut-down area was to sort because he was thinking about coming back with the Bonneville gears in the rear end. Over 8,000 RPM on the motor through the traps. Watching from the stating line there wasn't another car there that looked as good vanishing out of sight. GPster

slocrow · April 29, 2012, 09:39:12 PM

I've got four clips with audio I can send to someone who can post them. Pre stage and just after fire 32505KB 1&1/2min; two while staged, waiting; one 19824 KB 1 min & 22128 KB another min, just waiting and Saturdays first run 10842KB, 30 secs.
If you're willing to post send me a PM and let me know that I've got a pm here please. Include a emaile address in the PM.....Frank

enjenjo · April 30, 2012, 07:30:38 AM

A video of Hooley saturday

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slocrow · April 30, 2012, 08:03:28 AM

Quote from: "enjenjo"A video of Hooley saturday

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That's the one I've got from the starting line. I don't know how to post it.....

enjenjo · April 30, 2012, 08:08:28 AM

Some other cars I found interesting.

purplepickup · April 30, 2012, 11:03:12 AM

Here's a few more pics.

Adding to enjenjo's interesting cars list I had to add this '59 Jag. He had a feature in HRM.
You can also see what the track surface was like....concrete with deep grooves.

Hooley did his happy dance when he got out of the car after the 223mph run but I didn't get a pic. He's still celebrating here tho.

This ain't what it's all about but it sure helps make things worthwhile.