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posted March 04, 2010 06:19 PM
From Mojave
Well Karl and I made it to Mojave. I have never been in wind like there is here. I guess that is why all the windmills. The wind is so bad that it knocked out all the electricity. I thought it was because I had too many hair appliances plugged in. LOL......whew.... Tech is tommorrow. Untill then I guess we will just get blown. Did I say that? Will update with pics when I can. I have to say I am glad I don't have my bike here because this wind is unreal. What were these people thinking. Ahhhhh maybe it will be a tailwind. If that is the case then I predict Karl will hit 280 or 300mph no problem. I can't wait to meet more LSR people. I am such a lucky girl!
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posted March 04, 2010 08:09 PM
keep us posted  ,
Go Karl!
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posted March 04, 2010 08:16 PM
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keep us posted ,
Go Karl!
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posted March 04, 2010 08:27 PM
Ah yes, that famous high desert wind. Just down the road in Rosamond where Willow Springs is located, the wind can get so belligerent that it's been known to blow 10x15 EZup canopies, along with everything that was used to anchor the canopies, across the paddock, over the perimeter fence and onto one of the adjacent tracks. In T8, the crosswinds are so strong, they will knock the front wheel out from under you, which is exciting since T8 is is usually taken in 6th gear. In the city of Lancaster, which is just south of the track, the wind kicks up sand and causes complete whiteouts several times a year.
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posted March 04, 2010 09:28 PM
tcchin, you will be joining us won't you. I am looking forward to meeting you. And I am not kidding about Karl going 300mph if the runway happens to be situated where the wind is at his back. Hell, in this wind I could do close to that without a bike .
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posted March 04, 2010 10:57 PM
Brenda
THX for info !
go entropy go !!!!!
may you can mount a canvas at entropy´s ZX12 bike and fly more than 300mph ? " LOL "
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posted March 05, 2010 10:12 AM
Good luck Karl, Brenda, wish I could have made it. Fingers crossed for an extra strong Tail wind!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
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posted March 05, 2010 10:34 AM
Go TFA go!!!!!
Did Doug make it with the turbo 12?
Thanks for the updates Brenda 
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posted March 05, 2010 06:11 PM
Just talked with Karl on the phone. He is all through tech and ready to race.
GO KARL GO!!!!!!
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posted March 05, 2010 07:01 PM
Brenda, you better tie a brick around your ankle, you might just blow away in that wind never to be heard from again.
Gary, you didn't go?
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posted March 05, 2010 07:07 PM
Here are the pictures I took today. http://picasaweb.google.com/brendasue555/MojaveMile#
Maybe someone could make it a link for me. I still haven't figured out how to post. Notice the Karl car copy......we laughed our asses off. Tech went fine, no wind today hopefully no rain tommorrow. California Kid...Bill....is here too, he is a riot. Will update again later. Meet and greet starting in a few minutes followed by drivers meeting. There are more corvettes here than anything, some damn nice ones too.
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posted March 05, 2010 07:44 PM
 Edited By: osti33 on 6 Mar 2010 06:26
Assist.
http://picasaweb.google.com/brendasue555/MojaveMile#
Thanks for the pictures.
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posted March 05, 2010 09:29 PM
Thanks for the pics, keep them coming
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posted March 06, 2010 04:31 AM
Edited By: entropy on 6 Mar 2010 13:40
RACE DAY & I am ANTSY!!!!!!!!
there are a couple bits of rain forecast, but also some tail winds...
GREAT organizers, only 80-90 participants, mostly excellent weather, this is shaping up to be an event I wanna see again, AND they are already planning another race the 1st week in Oct.
who would have thought that that TWO ZX12 owners just had to have a cop car to pull their heaps around 
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posted March 06, 2010 05:32 AM
Edited By: narider on 6 Mar 2010 13:34
As always, I'm sure your ANTSYness will soon turn into raw ass speed Karl!
Great snapshots Brenda THANKS!
I see Scott about to pay off the inspectors here...
Exciting stuff Karl... best of luck on a safe, fun and fast time this weekend - Deb and I are rootin for and envious of ya bigtime.
Y'all tell Dan Warner that Deb and I said hi if you see him please... and we seriously hope you do (there's a good chance that'll mean you made it in impound),
May the tailwinds be with you...
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osti33
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posted March 06, 2010 06:50 AM
This is kind of weird. This bikes class is marked as APS-G but it has a nitrous bottle hanging off the side. It is the same bike Todd posted above. Are you allowed to run nitrous in the gas class at Mojave?
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posted March 06, 2010 08:03 AM
Edited By: narider on 6 Mar 2010 16:07
Good eye Ryan,
I'm sure you are correct and that (1) it is not legal to run nitrous in a gas class there. Although (2) it is legal to use nitrous to propel your shifter, as well as (3) use a nitrous bottle to store your co2 if you so choose. It's more about where the plumbing goes to then where it comes from. ;-)
I don't know which of the three scenarios is happening in the photo you posted, but there is also the off or unlikely chance that Scott still had his Bonneville class on his bike and the pic was snapped before he, the inspectors or his fellow competitors caught it.
I fell Scott Stites has as high of an integrity level of anyone I've talked to, and let's not forget that (in typical SCTA fasion), that their inspection's are for safety only and any classification infractions "can" wait to be dealt with later in impound.
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posted March 06, 2010 08:59 AM
Edited By: osti33 on 6 Mar 2010 17:00
Todd,
I'm sure you are right about Scott being a stand up guy. I don't know him and I am certianly not trying to accuse him of anything. I'm not there and I don't know the story. Just something that caught my eye.
Also if you look at the picture you posted their is no air-shifter on his bike. Kind of rules out that scenario. Maybe its co2. No biggie to me. Like I said, just something that I noticed.
Regardless, it's a cool bike. I like the fuel tank.
Hope everyone goes fast and has a safe meet.
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posted March 06, 2010 12:03 PM
As of about 10 AM, Karl had run 194 on a short shifted warm up pass and was the fastest bike or car at the meet.
here were some sprinkles and they were on a weather hold.
Brenda's going to update me when there's some more news.
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posted March 06, 2010 03:58 PM
Cool, go Karl. Hope the weather cooperates, and you go fast fast fast.
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posted March 06, 2010 04:10 PM
Latest speeds-4PM pst
Tom ??(Blue 14) 195.2 slight tw, Karl 194.8 slight cross / hw. Real cold lots of wheelspin. Fastest car- 69 "Big Red" Camaro well known "open road" racer 200.7
They're fixin' to run once more
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posted March 06, 2010 05:11 PM
Final
Tom Krause (14) goes 189 so his 195.2 is the top bike. Karl's best 195.0 It was all in the winds.
All the Busa's were in the 180's
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posted March 06, 2010 08:18 PM
Edited By: tcchin on 7 Mar 2010 04:21
I had a great time at the airport today! Big thanks to Karl and Brenda for allowing me the privilege of hanging out with them.
I think Brenda wants to become a Transformer so she can elope with the "Big Red" Camaro (http://www.bigredcamaro.com) and start a family of Cobalt SS's. As punishment for losing to a car, Karl must grow and maintain a Camaro Mullet until the rematch in October. http://rlv.zcache.com/my_mullet_your_mom_my_camaro_tshirt-p235577660520473514q6vb_400.jpg
One last thing: Let's see if we can get a Bikeland pool going with Jay from APE to purchase one of the surplus F4 Phantoms from BAE before they're all blown up.
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posted March 07, 2010 01:55 PM
I'm in for an F4! That would be too cool!
Glad you guys had fun.
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posted March 07, 2010 01:58 PM
What were the temps and humidity?? Corrected elevation?
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