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Spent the weekend at the Texas Mile when it ran in Kingsville. CMA was on hand once again volunteering at the event. Friday and Saturday, entrants were running against a headwind, holding their speeds down. Sunday turned into a rainout, just enough precipitation to prevent participation.
Official results from the Mile can be found at http://www.texasmile.net/mileresults.php
I was there just a bit on Friday and didn't bring the camera. Goldfish and I started Saturday morning handing out timing slips at the bottom end. Valerie Thompson made a 200 mph pass on her BMW S1000RR. Jennifer Robertson managed 214 on her Hayabusa. Yay for the ladies.
This is not Jennifer:
Here's Valerie:
Yours truly with a borrowed coffee cup:
This fellow was having trouble with his NOX solenoid sticking open. That can get pretty exciting. He borrowed my Guzzi toolkit to fix things enough to get back up to the pits.
This bike was reputed to make 1000 HP. (wonder where they got that bike number.) They were still trying to get it sorted out. His quickest pass was 191. That's Goldfish handing him his timing slip.
And the fastest Fiat to ever run at the Mile (the only one):
The Lamborghini Aventador definitely got a lot of attention.
The circle car did 212.
Goldfish needed a picture of the Ford towing the Chevy. The RV in the background belongs to Ed (we refer to him as Doc), who built and supplies all the timing gear used at the event.
Rocinante and the Mothership parked at the bottom end.
Official results from the Mile can be found at http://www.texasmile.net/mileresults.php
I was there just a bit on Friday and didn't bring the camera. Goldfish and I started Saturday morning handing out timing slips at the bottom end. Valerie Thompson made a 200 mph pass on her BMW S1000RR. Jennifer Robertson managed 214 on her Hayabusa. Yay for the ladies.
This is not Jennifer:
Here's Valerie:
Yours truly with a borrowed coffee cup:
This fellow was having trouble with his NOX solenoid sticking open. That can get pretty exciting. He borrowed my Guzzi toolkit to fix things enough to get back up to the pits.
This bike was reputed to make 1000 HP. (wonder where they got that bike number.) They were still trying to get it sorted out. His quickest pass was 191. That's Goldfish handing him his timing slip.
And the fastest Fiat to ever run at the Mile (the only one):
The Lamborghini Aventador definitely got a lot of attention.
The circle car did 212.
Goldfish needed a picture of the Ford towing the Chevy. The RV in the background belongs to Ed (we refer to him as Doc), who built and supplies all the timing gear used at the event.
Rocinante and the Mothership parked at the bottom end.