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Tulsa Guy and I are also members of a local-ish forum with car guys & racers & hotrod folks. Last weekend was their second get-together at the dragstrip. We got the Family Car done just in time -- seriously, got the parts back from the paint shop Saturday morning, got it together, and went to the dragstrip Sunday afternoon.
I was told that we "probably had the first limo, and definitely the first hearse" to race at Tulsa Raceway Park. We made three passes together, and though neither of us is a highly experienced drag racer, I'd say we were both fairly consistent in our respective cars -- with the limo being a bit faster than the hearse... Clay made a fourth pass in the hearse without another racer in the other lane just 'cause the lady who was running the computer in the tower insisted that we take the starting-line worker for a ride 'cause he was "kinda freaked out about that hearse out there."
In the interest of makin' the most of "The Heebie-Jeebie Factor," I strapped my helmet-cam onto the driver's side sunvisor and aimed it at the shotgun seat -- then I got in the back with plans to reach through the bulkhead and slide my arm down his chest just as soon as we got rollin'. Man, it's hot back there with no air movin'... Anyway, he saw me before I could reach for him, and I guess it's a good thing, 'cause it gave me a chance to scoot over against the hardware and keep from gettin' slung to the back door when we took off.
He was a good sport about it though, and we had a great time!
In-Hearse Camera Screen-Grab:
From the tower:
From the stands:
I have more pictures on Flickr: http://www.flickr.com/photos/twentyc...7620598012391/
And Clay's brother caught our first pass on video:
I was told that we "probably had the first limo, and definitely the first hearse" to race at Tulsa Raceway Park. We made three passes together, and though neither of us is a highly experienced drag racer, I'd say we were both fairly consistent in our respective cars -- with the limo being a bit faster than the hearse... Clay made a fourth pass in the hearse without another racer in the other lane just 'cause the lady who was running the computer in the tower insisted that we take the starting-line worker for a ride 'cause he was "kinda freaked out about that hearse out there."
In the interest of makin' the most of "The Heebie-Jeebie Factor," I strapped my helmet-cam onto the driver's side sunvisor and aimed it at the shotgun seat -- then I got in the back with plans to reach through the bulkhead and slide my arm down his chest just as soon as we got rollin'. Man, it's hot back there with no air movin'... Anyway, he saw me before I could reach for him, and I guess it's a good thing, 'cause it gave me a chance to scoot over against the hardware and keep from gettin' slung to the back door when we took off.
He was a good sport about it though, and we had a great time!
In-Hearse Camera Screen-Grab:
From the tower:
From the stands:
I have more pictures on Flickr: http://www.flickr.com/photos/twentyc...7620598012391/
And Clay's brother caught our first pass on video:
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