[ratpack] Re: LSR (was: Re: A good day at the fair)
- From: John Christensen <johncgg@xxxxxxxxx>
- To: ratpack@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Mon, 23 Aug 2010 05:41:14 -0500
Thanks Ray
JC
On Sun, Aug 22, 2010 at 9:54 PM, Ray Buck <rbuck@xxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> Hmmm...lemme see. The Burb has a speed limiter that's like a wall of
> jello at 100 mph. I know that from the salt flats. I've reached that
> numerous times, running from one end of the course to the other...like at
> a private meet where I KNEW there was no chance of other cars on the track
> and getting permission from the timing stand. Shutter speed? Hmmm, again.
> The attached photo of the Speed Demon (that was one of the teams I was
> shooting for) has a 1/5000th shutter speed @ f9 and ISO 400. He (George
> Poteet driving) is running well over 350 in that photo. It was all I could
> do to get the shots of him approaching my location. No chance of getting a
> direct side shot...even with the fluid head on the tripod (which helped a
> lot) I just couldn't stay with him as he went by.
>
> That was the fastest car on the salt, bar none. It (and the team, although
> only Poteet's name will appear on the trophy) won the Hot Rod Magazine
> trophy for top speed of the meet, 409 and change, although the car exited
> the last measured mile (there are 3 of 'em on the long course) at 419 and
> still had more in it. Bear in mind that this car is only running a 299
> cubic inch motor. It has a Dart aluminum block and cylinder heads, but is
> based on a Chevy smallblock design. It has twin turbos, run thru an
> intercooler filled with ice. The estimate is 2000 hp on methanol and
> nitromethane. It'll be a LONG time before anyone takes the D/BFS title
> away.
>
> They're coming back for the FIA meet in September. George is determined to
> run 450, so they're gonna run their "big" motor: 347 cubic inches, power
> estimate: 2500 hp. That would give them the C/BFS record (if it's submitted
> to SCTA which they may not do at that event) AND the FIA ultimate
> piston-engined, wheel-driven record which now sits at 415.896, set in 2008
> by the Burkland 411 liner in 08:
> http://www.chevyasylum.com/lsr/bsf2008/shootout/burkland/Welcome.html At
> that meet, the Speed Demon (same team) got the record...I can't remember
> what class it is, cuz it's an FIA class...if it was an SCTA class, it would
> have been an E/FS (unblown) that had previously been taken away from Terry
> Nish by the BAR-Honda F1 vehicle:
> http://www.chevyasylum.com/lsr/bsf2008/shootout/demon/Welcome.html That
> was after burning up the engine compartment due to an exhaust leak that
> burned up an oil line. There's a photo of the makeshift shield that they
> put in place during the 1 hour turnaround that kept the exhaust leak (from
> an EGT sensor that they couldn't seem to keep from blowing out) from burning
> the valve cover gasket...but directed it right onto the oil line coming out
> of the dry sump tank:
>
> http://www.chevyasylum.com/lsr/bsf2008/shootout/demon/part1/080922_0557r8_jpg.html
>
> They rebuilt the car in days (it should have taken weeks) and it was
> virtually impossible to tell that it had burned, except for a few charred
> places. If ya look at the first section of photos, you'll see that there's
> an absolute Chinese Fire Drill going on, since they not only had the leak,
> but had blown a tire (front tires are in-line...and it was the front one)
> and hadn't practiced changing the tire at all.
>
> LSR has its own particular excitement in addition to the absolute
> speed...but most people don't know about it cuz it's difficult to know when
> and where things are gonna happen. Drag racing, you know that the action's
> gonna start when the tree lights. Roundy-round racing is relatively easy to
> watch, especially at tracks where you can see the whole course. Sports car
> racing requires a little more cerebral effort but the races are measured in
> miles and hours. But in LSR, the whole thing takes days of inaction
> punctuated by moments of intensity beyond belief. If ya blink, ya missed
> it. I can attest to that by being in one of the Porta-potties and hearing
> the Demon's unique exhaust sound and realizing there was no way I could get
> back to the edge of the course where my cameras were. Out of all the
> high-speed runs they made (around 8) I only got 2 of 'em in the camera.
>
> LSR requires one to contract "salt fever" which can result in retina burns
> from staring at the white salt for hours on end...and coming back the next
> day to do it again...and again. There's no prize money, either. In the
> case of FIA records, ya gotta pay the French dinks who run it out of an
> office in Geneva. Then they MIGHT get around to recording it and sending ya
> a certificate. With SCTA, you can get a red hat for breaking a record over
> 200 mph or a blue one for doing so over 300. Now that there are 3 or 4 guys
> who've set records over 400, they might have to get a different color hat.
>
> That reminds me. The Target 550 liner (Treit & Davenport Viking 31) will
> never hold an SCTA record. It's being built for FIA records only: flying
> mile and flying kilometer. There are certain things the SCTA requires the
> builder to do and Marlo and Jim Hume have decided that they have a better
> way of doing things. I can't tell ya much more than that; I'm sworn to
> secrecy about 'em. I'm also sworn to secrecy about another record/award
> they're shooting for, but if they pull it off, it'll blow the minds of a
> whole buncha people. Gotta stay tuned until 2012 for that one, tho.
>
> Ok. Back to work. I'm only about 4000 fotos behind.
>
> r
>
> Sent from my Dreadnought using that barely tolerable Thunderbird email program
>
>
> On 8/22/2010 10:42 AM, Michael Wells wrote:
>
> Thanks for everything. By the way how fast was your shutter speed to
> capture the burb' at record speeds on the salt? Can't wait to see the pics
> and hear the stories from the salt. See you at the next race.
>
> Dr Z
>
> On Sun, Aug 22, 2010 at 8:49 AM, Ray Buck <rbuck@xxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>
>> Outstanding, Herr Doktor. All 3 are great fotos. I'm just wondering if
>> ya didn't get dinged on the Falken Fire shot (which is OUTSTANDING) cuz the
>> fence bars aren't exactly vertical. Old skool rules, but ya never know
>> who's doing the judging and yer right...3 for 3 is pretty damned good.
>>
>> In any case, ya done good and flew the Ratpack flag for us in Utarrr
>> county.
>>
>> Ohh...thanks for the deal on the tripod. It works out perfectly.
>>
>> RtR
>>
>> ps. story on the scaffolding trailer coming soon.
>>
>> Sent from my Dreadnought using that barely tolerable Thunderbird email
>> program
>>
>>
>> On 8/21/2010 11:04 PM, Michael Wells wrote:
>>
>> Rat Packers,
>>
>> The 2010 Utah County Fair was pretty good to me this year. I enter 3
>> pics, one in Photo journalism (Falken Fire), one in Secinic (Old Farmhouse)
>> and one in Creative Art (Gliding Koy) all in the Advanced Amateur Class .
>> The Old Farmhouse won a third place ribbon and the other two won 2nd place
>> ribbons. I was a little disappointed that the Falken Fire pic didn't do
>> better but all in all 3 for 3 isn't bad. I've enclosed the pics so you can
>> judge for yourselves.
>>
>> Dr Z
>>
>> --
>> Dr. Z
>> aka Michael Wells
>> MCWells Photography
>> mcwellsphoto@xxxxxxxxx
>> 801-850-7279
>>
>>
>
>
> --
> Dr. Z
> aka Michael Wells
> MCWells Photography
> mcwellsphoto@xxxxxxxxx
> 801-850-7279
>
>
Other related posts:
