On Monday of Race week this year, Skip Holm laid down a remarkable record qualifying lap. Scotty G. has what I think is the definitive photo of that lap, but I thought a further look at the event might be interesting, and perhaps provoke some discussion. Skip looked unusually serious and focussed as he taxied by the photo stand down at the end of the pit area...
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Scott -- You are a MUCH better photographer than you publicly give yourself credit for. For his second timed lap, Skip was much lower around the back of the course, and visibly accelerated downhill through the Valley of Speed. In this shot Skip appears a bit wide in setting up for the narrow chute down the home straight...
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...and remained quite low and in a nearly vertical bank well down the straight. Such was Skip's clinic on how to do a 500 mph lap. Is this how to do it? Hey Bear Driver, Rhino, Dan, Matt J., Stu -- you have all toured this place at 440 plus... Any comments on Skip's technique???
Wingman
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Mark Johnston
Re: 500 mph lap?
Originally posted by wingman
Scotty G. has what I think is the definitive photo of that lap...
What!? You mean *this* isn't it?!?!?
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Grins & regards,
Mark J.
PS - Of course it's blurred - I was in the process of trying not to be knocked on my @ss by the thunderclap from Dago as she went by.
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Originally posted by wingman
He was really close to 8!! I'm impressed -- whatever its technical qualities, that photo really captures the moment !
Neal
I did get a couple of clean shots of Dago's high first lap, and a couple more of the record-setting lap, too - they're over on airrace.org in the galleries.
I never heard anything like the sound that Dago made going by - much more explosive than the roar made by most of the fast Unlimiteds out there.
Cheers,
MJ
PS - Scott - safe trip home to the sunshine. . .
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Mark Johnston
Originally posted by THE DOCTOR
ARN'T THOSE ALL TRICK PHTOS??????????
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Any other questions?
Mark J.
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Nice shots guys... but...
Hey, those are all gret shots, though I happened to get one that showed the "traffic" Skip had to contend with and may have slowed him down a bit--costing him the 500mph lap. So RARA may want to examine this new evidence and reevaluate the "offical" timing-- Skip was technically the *second* fastest qualifier.
Kraz
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