| Wednesday Morning |
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The Henry team prepares their
machines for qualification runs on the 2 mile SR 305 course. The Red
bike is Jay's and the black trike is Barclay's. |
| Barclay's "Black Trike", is a
head first, lay on your back and look at the road in a mirror trike.
Here is the drivetrain in the back of the trike. |
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James' father, Don Schroder
does a qualification run in the Specter trike. |
| Barclay Henry does a
qualification run in the "Black Trike". |
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Kim Schallenberger does a qualification run
in the Athena trike. She had to use a bunch of foam to size the bike
right, and had a couple crashes. We are all hoping to see her get some
good runs in this week! |
| Matt Scott in "The Bitch"
Varna clone gets a good launch for his qualification run. I sat shotgun
on his chase vehicle and he was having some problems seeing the road so
he was weaving around a bit. He got a good qualification run in though,
so we will see him on the 5 mile course soon. |
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Jay Henry takes a
qualifier run in the "FlyingJay" bike. |
| Joe
Levyssohn-Silva gets in a good qualifying run in the Matrix Cal Poly SLO
alumni bike. George Leone and crew built this entire bike and fairing in
45 days(!). |
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Next were the morning
speed runs on the SR305 five mile course. Some racers decided to run in
the morning in hopes of lower winds. These are official WHPSC speed
runs.
Here, Rich Myers enjoys a little shade,
while chatting and waiting for the road to be closed. |
| Ellen relaxed during speedbike
support duty. Hans decided to do a morning run as he stopped pedaling 2
miles from the speed traps due to wind issues. |
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Barclay Henry has to
climb into a hole in the bottom of the bike, which is sealed after he
gets in, then the trike is tilted upright. |
| Hans Wessels in the Speedhawk
went 66.70 MPH during his morning run, but winds were a bit over legal. |
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Barclay Henry ran
through the traps at 55.36 MPH, a very good first run. |
| Matt Scott takes a frustrating
tumble on launch and has to scrap his run. |
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At age 72, Rich Myers
takes his fastest run yet, at 47.25 MPH. |
| Rich Myers passes mile marker
4 (4 miles to go), in his Moby 'liner. |
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| Wednesday Night
was a bit windy, though the winds were pretty steady rather than gusty
like Tuesday night. Only the first group of riders ran, the second group
decided it was too windy for them. None of the runs had legal wind. |
