Here are a few photos of the big money winners from the Temple race on 5/20.
I think that everyone that attended had a great time, and we're planning to do it again next year. The total payout was over $2850! Check out the race report
here...
No action shots from me this time
, as I was busy racing
. If any of you have more pics from Temple, please post 'em or email them to me -
hotrodvw@need4speed.com
Thanks!
--Eric
More pics at:
http://www.thesamba.com/vw/forum/album_search.php?search_keywords=vwtemple&search_terms=all
(HINT: After accessing this page on the Samba, hold down the Shift key when clicking each of the thumbnails, so that they open in a new window, and you don't have to go back and forth to the index page)
Event winner Rick Tarter and his wife Terri receive cash and a trophy from race co-sponsor, David Crow of Crow Racing Transmissions. Rick also rec'd a gift certificate for a full set of custom aluminum door panels from Big Wig Race Cars
Al Smith and his racing partner, Rickey Graffeo are shown here receiving the $630 cash prize from Mike Chapman, of O'Reilly Auto Parts.
Semi-finalist Clint Royal and sponsor, John Pierce, of Pierce Automotive in San Antonio, TX.
Photos from Matt Beach, of Galveston:
http://web.wt.net/~matbeach/Temple.html
Here are a few videos shot during time trials at this event:
Bubba Clifton in his aspirated, bright yellow sedan versus Gary Galvert's NAWS assisted Super:
http://videos.streetfire.net/video/0BCEC742-A67D-4AE8-BAC6-A821A20B4031.htm
Eric Ellis (me!) in the borrowed '64 street car of Rickey Graffeo versus San Antonio resident Clint Royal in his clean turbo sedan. Clint went on to take home ~$300 in semi-finalist cash:
http://videos.streetfire.net/video/BE67D8CF-7869-46AB-A55B-B120902BFACF.htm
Danny Vowell runs against a buggy in his flamed VW. Nick Hendricks and his super clean, turbo charged oval takes on Danny Owens in his beautiful drag car. Unfortunately, Danny broke 2nd gear on this pass, ending his racing for the day:
http://videos.streetfire.net/video/92BD16C0-F768-4732-B0D8-6E6FD25B92FF.htm
