Random Shots from Various Events

All photos, if not noted otherwise, are © 2003 Jim Sorenson

Randy Bradford, right, and his Fiat minus the body at the 2000 California Hot Rod Reunion.

By golly, I think we've found the body for Randy's Fiat!

Bradford in the staging lanes...Arnie (left) and Dad discuss some minor point.

"If I push *just* right, they'll never know..."

Getting Randy set to run, motor's running, Geno DeBortole checks Randy's belts.

Jack Bielinski's Burkholder Bros Fiat restoration gets the eye from Hairy Burkholder.

Yes, it IS the original car...no clone.

Towing the Burkholder Fiat into the staging lanes at Famoso.

Jack launches off the Bakersfield starting line.

At about 1200 feet.

Hey, I was standing on top of a golf cart, whadda ya want?

Damn guardrails...Ron Hope stages in the Rat Trap.

Bad news, Ron Hope gets towed back after a front seal gives up on the line. You can see Ron's a bit frustrated.

Well, well.

The Winged Express, and its luxurious travel accomodations.

Mike Boyd driving the Wing like he stole it...I have to tell you, there are very few cars out there today that generate the sound, and the fury that the Winged Express does.

A little clutch dust, a wrinkle in the tire, and it's "Go Fever"!

Don't let the digital camera whiners ever tell you that film's dead. It may be comatose, but not dead.

Below, one of the advantages of film. Two words.

Motor Drive.

The below sequence is less than one second of the burnout Mike Boyd's doing in the Wing.

Match that with yer digital!

It's the very first public outing for Dave Hough's new Nanook.

Shown here warming up in the Famoso pits, with Mike Demarest in charge of throttle reponse, while Rick Hough is in the cockpit.

Mike Demarest gets a better look at something, while Dave Hough (in big black hat) looks on.

WHAAAACK!

Ron O'Havre runs the restored Hazen-Velebil "Panic" car down the Famoso quarter-mile...

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