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2003 WHPSC Thursday Pictures and Racing Results
Pictures and verbiage by Jeff Hunn
 Thursday Results
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Dean Pederson creates a makeshift wheeldisc for the front
wheel of his Rotator Coyote (shown with nose section removed). Dean overlapped strips of
duct tape between the blades of his Aerospoke wheel, and trimmed the tape to match the
curvature of the rim.
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A closer view of the Lunatic Fringe after modifications.
Jeff Bales discovered that his
camera navigation system didn't work, so he removed the camera fin, cut a hole for his
head,
and added a scrounged canopy. |
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The view of S.R. 305 about 10 miles out of Battle
Mountain, looking south. The catch area is about where the car is a quarter-mile or so
down the road; the start area is about 6 miles away. |
Bill Cook does a short interview clip with race director
Carole Leone. Bill is preparing another video of the Battle Mountain competition, which he
will make available for sale at a later date. Bill had to leave early when he got word
Friday morning that
a tree had fallen on his Washington, DC area house Thursday as a result of Hurricane
Isabel. |
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Paul Gracey sets up the windmeter at the timing area in
order to determine whether winds are below the legal limit for speed records. |
| Timers set up the timing system |
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This short bridge is several hundred yards past the timing
area, in the slowdown zone. Hay bales were used to protect the riders from veering into
the guardrails. The 100-pound bales had to be put over the guardrails each night, and
brought back over each afternoon to keep them from "disappearing" overnight. |
Dean Pederson comes into the catch area on his own. He can
put his feet out of flexible doors, so he didn't need to be caught.
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The Eivie team works on unfastening the fairing to extract
rider Damjan Zabovnik. In addition to being taped, the halves of the shell are actually
screwed together in places. |
| Fred Markham in the Varna Mephisto enters the catch area
following his 66+ mph run. |
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Fred Markham emerges from the Varna Mephisto following his
66+ mph run.
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Steve Delaire approaches the catch area in his Big Gun
streamliner.
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Catchers hold the Big Gun and help remove the canopy so
Steve Delaire can exit. |
| Jeff Bales in the Lunatic Fringe approaches the catch
area. Jeff's bike has dual outrigger wheels, so he could stop on his own without being
held. The catchers did untape his canopy. |
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The catch crew prepares for Sam Whittingham after his 77+
mph run. |
| Sam Whittingham catches his breath after his run. Sam's
heartrate will hit 200bpm for much of the 5-mile run! |
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Thursday Results
First flight
Joe Kochanowski, Varna clone, 50.98 mph, 8.775 sec, illegal wind
Dean Pederson, Rotator Coyote, 47.98 mph, 9.324 sec, illegal wind
Steve Delaire, Rotator Big Gun, flatted
Jeff Bales, Lunatic Fringe, 30.21 mph, 14.810 sec, illegal wind
Charlie Ollinger, Ollinger Club Racer, 35.65 mph, 12.549 sec, illegal wind
Second flight
Sam Whittingham, Varna Diablo, 76.35 mph, 5.860 sec, illegal wind
Thom Ollinger, Coslinger Special, 59.18 mph, 7.560 sec, illegal wind
Matjaz Leskovar, Eivie team, 46.79 mph, 9.526 sec, illegal wind
Fred Markham, Varna Mephisto, 64.04 mph, 6.986 sec, illegal wind
Mackey Martin, Virtual Rush, 55.62 mph, 8.043 sec, illegal wind
Rob Wood, Norus streamliner, 49.37 mph, 9.061 sec, legal wind
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