Hey Greg, What kind of camera did you get?? Next time out I hope to have made up a nice mount instead of the zip ties we used!!! I saw that in the vid - never felt it in the car - it also comes up a smidge during the burnout.
Hey Jacin: Friggen nice.... Thanks for posting that. Did the heart good. We have not even been to the track yet.. Lets see the other soon and thank you Really Sucks about Neal Parker...RIP see ya Luke Oh PS what camera did you use??
Hey Luke, I heard about Neal - Godspeed!! ;-( The rear view is pretty cool - I'll get it posted asap. I used a Mino Flip HD - zip tied to the injector stacks!
Great photos...! Looks like you guys had a great time. We're hoping we don't have a schedule conflict next year and we can make it back. Thompson is always a lot of fun! Rocky
I got a Sony DCR-SX44. I'll mount it on my cage. Re the wheels up: I think a front mini-wing on the front axle, like Garlits used to run on his FEDs, would be a fun and functional project for you to make - maybe held in place with aluminum connecting rods? It will keep your front tires glued down at speed. Whaddaya think? In your video that was me honking my horn as I passed by in the shutdown area. I got a great view of your run from the starting line. 6re6
That is a freakin' great shot! Don, your car must be the most photographed car since the SWC car in the 60s.
6re6, I'll have to check that camera out!! I still want to mount mine to the cage as well. A front wing sounds like a REAL FUN project!! I'll have to retrace what the Surfers did - get a chunk of aluminum and hog off eveything that doesn't look like a wing!!!! I can clearly make out your voice on the video - that must been my "good" light of the weekend - I can hear you mention the "double o light" in there somewhere!!! It was a great weekend, but it went by WAY too fast ;-( I hardly got to catch up with any of my race buddies and I hate that!!! I'll do better next time!! Maybe I can check out your new tow rig then!! Luke, I still haven't figured out how to fix that one video, but here's one showing my trailer - I thought you'd get a kick out of it. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fhQYK8JaoAc
thanks alot.how do you guys get the pics.so big?i have tryed but every time i do it it says the file is too big?
Anyone have a good suggestion for rotating a video? I have a mp4 file that I am struggling with - so far I nearly got it to work with "vdub" (virtual dub) but it ended up crashing mid stream. Not sure if it's a memory thing or what. I tried converting this to some more friendly foramts - still no joy.
i guess the driverside king pin was comming out for a long time.im soo glad a spectator told me about it.that could have really sucked.this pic.was early in the day sat.and me doing a burnout.i think i ran 5 more times with it backing out each time!!!
Greg, ha, thanks! I am just having fun, maybe they keep taking pictures thinking it is going to fall apart. hehe.
Never did figure out how to rotate the video ;-( Maybe I'll eventually get it... http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HRC9lwp-D7w
There I finally figured it out - what a PITA. I'll never rotate my camera again... The CORRECTED video is here: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rut3-un-Yeg
Thompson is a neat Dragstrip nestled in an awesome part of the country but i'm looking forward to Norwalk . See you guys there ! Axle
No biggie Jacin : Just turned the monitor on the old one. Looked great. Thanks. trailer is friggen cool, . Nice job. Hey when you first turned the corner in the lanes. There is a White Fiat in the background (pits) Is there any pics of it?? anyone?? Ya know my soft spot for Fiats.... The Video is nice and steady. The sounds good also. Wish we were at the HRR.... hopefully we can catch up sometime and I can see all your neat stuff also. We just had some bad news at work and I think the Fiats gonna take longer now... But will keep pushing as possible Hope ya have a great Summer. see ya LZ
i was at thompson ,and i must say it was an awesome experience for me comin all the way from europe,, some awesome racing and awesome cars!! space kadett and the pure gold dragster!! hope to be back someday,, cheers perry
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