Re: Woodburn: A view from the stands [long]

[Paul G <neong@gte.net>]

>I was looking forward to seeing John Wayland run, but didn't see him in the
>pits on my first wander through.  Later in the day I saw John looking rather
>busy readying the White Zombie, so I decided to stay out of his way and moved
>on without interrupting him after taking a couple quick pictures.  John made
>quite a decent run, although it was obvious that he would have done better had
>he not had to back off the throttle when the car started to go sideways on him
>a couple hundred feet or so down the track.  I was surprised and disappointed
>not to see him make another run (perhaps I was wandering the pits at the
>time?)
> - come to think of it, there was a spectacular smoke show later in the day
>while I was in the pits, perhaps John *was* back out there... ;-)

John made 3 trips down the track (2 for time 1 for photo op). Each time his
little white Datsun looked better. A 15 second run, a 14 second run and I'm
sure that little monster will get better (looked better in the photo run
that was last). Its a shoe-in for a 13 second street conversion, once he
gets used to the tranny-less setup and learns how to hold it on the
pavement.

What got me was that neither Plasma Boy (John Wayland) or Madman (Rich
Rudman) shot parts all over the track. That almost seemed wrong :-)

Neon