WCBF 2009 Begins.........new PAGE 9 PICS (lots of 'em)

[SuperSLE]

3 Grand Prixs. Another from Idaho

And Dr Jared might have dished out some freebees if the dang car wasn't broken. Maybe next year.

[willwren]

Jared, I told Taylor the next morning (less than 12 hours after the swap was done), that all I wanted to see was a single time trial pass to make it all worth it. You did FAR better than that! Heck of an accomplishment considering the swap was of the short block, and your cam, headers, valvetrain, heads, manifold, intercooler, and bling (you know what I mean) had to be swapped over. It was a pleasure working with the teardown crew, and for 3 people on the re-install team, I think we did pretty good. From teardown at 4pm on Thursday to starting the car at 7pm on Friday.....and that included a 6 hour break that most of us used for 4 hours of sleep. Not too shabby. Grueling, but strangely satisfying and a source intense pride for all of us who worked on it.

And just as much of a pleasure to work with a fellow gearhead like you. It was fun to see the similarities in our hand-crafted intercooler setups.



Now by the numbers:

16 cars/trucks/SUV's participated in WCBF '09, 10 were Bonnevilles. 89, 93, 94, 95, 96, 97, 2000, and 2002 were represented (and others I can't remember).
17 Engines participated. One is still in my shop.
10 of them raced in our lane, one in the other. The competition fielded 8 cars.
2 Dogs participated this year. Nash from Idaho, and Dex from Oregon.
26 Humans participated this year.
2 owners had 2 cars present, and all 4 cars raced.
4 members have now driven the SLEeper in competition at the Miles Chevy Showdown at Woodburn Dragstrip.
3 Fords participated in WCBF, as well as a Chevy pickup and three trailers of various types.
2 Grand Prix's participated as well. One from Arizona and the other from California.
6 States and Provinces were represented. Arizona, British Columbia, California, Idaho, Oregon, and Washington.
10 Cars and trucks saw service at ZillaMotorsports. Some of the rest got at least a wash.
3 cars/trucks took advantage of discounts at http://www.audiofilesinc.com
8 days for the meet from start to finish.
6 years of the longest-running organized Bonneville meet in North America.
3 of myfirstbonnie's vag***'s participated this year.
37 bottles of wine passed through Margaret (would have been 38, but John broke one on the way here).
2 nights I had to help Lisa out of the car and in the door (both Margaret's fault).
186 bottles of beer were consumed (many were 24 ouncers).
7 times the *dang* kitten escaped when someone went out the door.
43 times we wished Dr. Jared Shelton dished out freebies.
3 nights Dex crawled into Taylor's sleeping bag.
7 members actively participated/contributed to WCBF '09 in absence.

I left one off!

I went to add the slowest run of the meet. I got it this year after I red lighted against myfirstbonnie by .005 in the first round of elims, and jumped into Sportsman. Got paired off with a Duramax. Before the 1/8, I sensed a problem and lifted. Left front caliper locked up. Limped off the track at 18.588 with a trap speed of 49.10 mph. I just got the timeslip out of the car a few minutes ago and noticed something.

I won the race! The guy red lighted on me by -.026, and he left BEFORE ME by almost 2 full seconds!

[JMH1950]

37 bottles of wine passed through Margaret (would have been 38, but John broke one on the way here).
2 nights I had to help Lisa out of the car and in the door (both Margaret's fault).

[SuperSLE]

Pics by my 6 year old son who stole the camera from mom and started shooting. He took 12 min of video too, but haven't loaded it yet.

[Pontiacdad]

I just watched the awards, thanks for posting Matt, it was almost as good as being there

I cant wait for next summer and the 7th annual wcbf

[JMH1950]

Finally got some pics and videos uploaded to Photobucket



Squaring off agains the support vechicle:



My very first time down the track:



My fastest time:



Pit crew:





Ray's had enough fun for the day:

[JMH1950]

Bill, you going to post a picture of the poster you recieved or am I going to have to do it?

[myfirstbonnie]

There is a close up of it on the last part of the awards video.

[SSEi95]

There is a close up of it on the last part of the awards video.

Which video is that? (linkie?)

[tpulliam79]

well here are some of my pics, most of the pics from track day were taken from bugsi's camera and im sure he will post when he gets time

hmm. bill a cig and a can of gas....DONT TRY THIS AT HOME...


the reason jared got best burnout



bugsi accepting the trophy


last bonneville standing


a little engine work







and last but not least....name those legs...

[myfirstbonnie]

There is a close up of it on the last part of the awards video.

Which video is that? (linkie?)

[willwren]

Let it be known that the cig/gas pic above was staged by Taylor and I!

<-------get it?

[SuperSLE]

Nice legs. I thought you where supposed to have a nice tan if you live in AZ

[driverjohn2005]

Here are some of mine





























CaddyMatt will have more

[JMH1950]

At the risk of getting all the females excited (as well as a few of the guys) here is the poster I mentioned.



Not quite X rated, but close.

[GoldenBullet]

OMFG, thats hilarious.

[repinS]

Everybody, remember to save that photo for future use in case it goes down

[willwren]

A bit more than last year's.

Vince got that shot of me coming out of my shower last year, but swore he never snapped the shutter.

[Echo SSEI]

Those are some really nice pics everyone!






(except for maybe THAT last one )

[driverjohn2005]

More pics/vid from Sunday/Monday



Bill met up with Taylor, Matt and I at Shari's for breakfast before we headed off:










One of the MANY fuel ups. I was VERY impressed how well the Expedition did towing the travel trailer!


Alomst to Spokane. (after we had already droped off the travel trailer)






I surpassed 108k on the Coast run, and am well over 109k after the drive home: