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Jeff Murphy · #11 08-31-2003, 10:14 PM

Mark Hassett's Baldwin-Motion L-88 Camaro:

Jeff Murphy · #12 08-31-2003, 10:21 PM

Duelling Motion 'vettes -- when was the last time this happened?!!! [img]/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/dunno.gif[/img]

Ray Pennington's '73 small block in the far lane vs. Mike Rusden's unrestored '68 Phase III (482 cid!) in the near lane:

Jeff Murphy · #13 08-31-2003, 10:26 PM

Jerry "Mr. Excitement" Albert in his original owner Le Mans Blue sYc Camaro:

Jeff Murphy · #14 08-31-2003, 10:29 PM

Mr. Barnhart carrying the front wheels out to the tree in his original owner ZL-1:

Jeff Murphy · #15 08-31-2003, 10:36 PM

And the star of the show (at least in my humble opinion). No introductions needed:

Jeff Murphy · #16 08-31-2003, 10:41 PM

I do. It may take me a while to get this one together. I've got a huge number of pictures to go through and edit. Tom, Rob and I agreed this year that I would try to be more methodical and make sure to collect at lease one shot of every car at the show. I also took a bunch of detail and candid shots, yadda yadda yadda. Weather was tough for the drag racing shots as you can see, but with a little work this should be a much better set of pictures than last year....

sYc · #17 08-31-2003, 11:07 PM

Jeff, Awesome pics. [img]/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/worship.gif[/img] Now that my heart rate is back to normal, I can sit back and enjoy the action. [img]/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/biggthumpup.gif[/img]

**Born30YrsLate** · #18 09-01-2003, 12:07 AM

I hope that Jerry "Mr Excitement" Albert's center cap was unharmed in the filming of this event.... [img]/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/burnout.gif[/img]
great pics Jeff!!!

JChlupsa · #19 09-01-2003, 12:12 AM

Looked at the pic a few times and never even notice the cap going its own way. Good eyes.

Chevy454 · #20 09-01-2003, 12:12 AM

I was thinking Larry said something about an 11.34 or 11.43 (?aixelsid) but that 120mph sounds right. Either way, that car was HONKIN' and Larry did darn good behind the wheel!

Dru in his HO Y-Camaro ran several high-11 second passes, and most impressed me with his Ronnie Sox impersonation behind the wheel. Each time he shifted, "POW!", like he was mad at it!

I watched the funny car "coast" to a couple of 7 second ETs in the 1/8...would be nice to have it's 1.6 short time! That thing went straight, and will be a beast now that dad is semi-comfortable with it.

Jim and LaDonna's Deuce looked right at home doing it's thing on the track. With the simple addition of more seat time at the track, Jim could put that thing into the 13s in his sleep.

Boje showed no mercy on "Little Hoss" and ran a string of low 13 second passes, but left with a broken tranny and a couple of "minor" rear end issues. Jeff, if you can, try and get a video capture of that car when it launches and brings the REAR tires off the ground!

The 2 Rays (Morrison and Pennington) made some passes in their cars, further adding to the rarity of iron at the track. It's funny, I had to drive 4+ hours to see these 2 guys that live 40 minutes and 90 minutes away from me!

And what can I say about the 2 vintage ZL-1 cars...impressive as always. Ken suffered a broken pushrod early on in his "warm up" pass in the 10s(!), and Porterfield had "numero uno" humping as usual. I'm still bummed they never got to square off. I guess 4 will have to be a charm...

The 2 white Camaros (Biele's COPO and John's Yenko*Douglass) stepped up to the plate and knocked down a few passes. They would have disproved the "white cars don't photograph well" theory if those 2 had squared off in opposing lanes!

I was VERY pleased with the happenings at the track once the rain stopped, and got the impression that their might be an ever so slight growing interest in that part of the Reunion weekend. And as usual, AWESOME PICS, JEFF!!

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