Will update as images are processed, will be Speedweek and a bunch of other stuff I did over the months.
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Danny Thompson, went 396mph through the measured mile with a 406mph exit speed after this pic. Won the Hot Rod Trophy 2nd year in a row.
These guys flew in from Japan a couple years ago, plucked this 240z out of a field, had it ready for Speedweek in 6 months and set their class record in it.
>>4521925
Got hustled by the locals in pool lmao still had a good time. Scratched the 8 ball at Carmen's Black and White Bar
Some guys getting strapped in for the next few.
Andy Green. Yes, THAT Andy Green. They are attempting the FIA land speed world record for hydrogen vehicles next week, Bonneville was kind of a test and tune for them. JCB dropped like $18m USD to be here.They say don't meet your heroes, that is bullshit, go meet them, get their autograph.
Nitromethane crossover test
He's hot with ram induction but it's understoodI got a fuel injected engine sittin' under my hood
>the only actual photographer on /p/
Mid-engine LS7 swap, with Porsche 6-speed transaxle. Uses an iron block for traction
Very good. I appreciate a good panning shot and there's plenty here that I can only be jealous of. As an /o/tist I am double jelly, but really you've got a good blend of action shots and behind-the-scenes. It's always fun to see the boomers on the salt flats, and bringing a bit of life to /p/ is welcome.This might be my favorite just for minor reasons like the slight tilt and the real backyard-style motorcycle, as well as how you've kept the shadow of the beast trailing towards the edge of the frame.The 240 with the dinner plates >>4521926 is just fuckin' great though. Top tier.
>>4522012>This might be my favoriteRetard alert. I mean this >>4521917
>>4521922The amount of disdain in his eyes.
>>4521919>>4521922love these. do you have a press pass or do they just let anyone take photos?
>>4522551Press pass not required but to do all the stuff I was doing you need one. Anyone can go take pictures, Speedweek is the wild west of motorsports it doesn't have all the red tape that NASCAR and F1 has, anyone can show up and not only take pictures, but compete. The only thing that sucks about the press pass they issue is you have to do it months in advance, SCTA is a small organization and the months leading up to Speedweek they forget to check emails and if you try to get one at Speedweek it's a pain. There are people that get passes that I swear are on here I saw some guy with a Mamiya 645AF here, a bunch of film Leicas showed up, lots of film cameras. It's pretty cool, I brought my RB67 one year.
This Mexican landscaping truck went 263mph. Last year they lost a hood and someone from Salt Lake City drove out there with one they found in a junkyard, they modified it to fit and set a class record next day.
Diesel VW truck with a Golf TDI 1.9 swap
Andy Green did 367 on two front-end loader diesel engines pulled from a JCB, and set the record at Bonneville, almost got the Hot Rod trophy, then did 406.320mph this week setting the FIA world record for hydrogen-powered vehicles. Had he done that 406 during Speedweek it would have been a Hot Rod Trophy win as well. I spent about an hour around this car so there will be pictures of it here later.
>>4522012That 240 with the dinner plates those guys are regulars here, they got a bunch of bikes too they run. I shot them too those will be on here later I'm between errands today so just posting what I can for now. This was a busy Speedweek I shot over 5000 images. A lot of them were just holding down the button on my D3 and D4 and letting them eat while cars went by.This car packed it in early, the salt at the big end sucked this year and anyone with big power couldn't put it down toward the end. I could hear these guys over the horizon hopping over shitty parts of the salt trying to get traction but couldn't see them because of the curvature of the Earth. This is a 300+ mph car.
This team flew over here from New Zealand and ran all week. "Kiwis can't fly but they sure can try"
I have a few of this guy. He lost control at the 3 1/4 and bought the farm. Frame broke in half, engine separated. Driver lived, we had another one early in the week wreck too at the big end and he also survived.
These are called Lakesters they are literally converted from belly tanks and drop tanks from military aircraft I was told this one was from an F-4
>>4526978Cute one shug.
You may recognize this one if you were a fan of Roadkill before Motor Trend sold them out.
You never know what you'll see at Speedweek, this is a 50cc Velosolex, single cylinder, front wheel drive moped, with some kind of EFI and a supercharger. He has a class record I believe, at 47mph. Thing's awesome.
As promised, JCB streamliner pics
>>4526981What a cool outfit, all that leather without coming off as a fag is an achievement in itself.
>>4528888Class requirement, even the 47mph Velosolex guy has to wear that.
>>4528890Yeah but his is a more regular racing suit. The Harley style one seems to be two piece, pants and jacket.
>>4528894Bonneville isn't for posers.
>>4526972Imagine the view inside lol
>>4528895Have you by chance seen a Freightliner "RV" semi around? There's an hilarious one on YouTube that carries like 3 cars in the stacked trailer and doesn't require a CDL.
>>4528897I thought you would never ask.
>>4528900He still has an air brake endorsement on his license. They come to Speedweek sometimes, this guy was there in 2018.
>>4528905Very interesting, not the one I knew though.This is the one I meant, it'd be a crazy strike of luck if it happened to be there honestly:https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=H_OqYjk66V8>>4528903Wew, it's cramped in Zztopland.Also I was just thinking, how cool would it be to bring a slit camera there?
>>4528912Wow, they even brought a lot lizard
>>4528949Kek that's the wife of one of them I think
>>4528952>he married the lizardoh no...
