lions and tigers and vipers, oh my!

[Dave Aukerman]

Interesting trip today.  Help a friend drive to St. Louis to pick up a gem
(cough) of a BMW 2002.  Great air flow through the 02's floor board and
someone hijacked the head and back window and a sundry of other essential.
Project car, ya betcha.

Driving past Gateway Speedway we noticed a host ov Vipers running a autoX
course. Hmmmm, detour.

Viperfest 23-29, running concurrent with the Barber/Dodge open wheel series.

Lotsa funky looks as we pull in with the cream puff in tow.

Statement of the day:  We tell the gate-keeper that we're here to run the
Vipers.  Made this guys century.

Drag racing of Vipers prove interesting.  Some are just blinding quick, as
in 10 car lengths ahead of next lane.  Up close reveals drag slicks and a
trunk full of juice(NOS).

Quite a few loops in the auto-x course.  The wonders of too much power on a
tight course.  Lotsa side window driving here.

Barber/Dodge series proves interesting, using the north turn and all the
home straight then HARD on the binders for the infield section.  A few off's
but not as many as there should have been.

Incredible organization.  Worth going to see if only to take notes.  Those
Dodge boys know how to put on a show.

Dave