Climb to the Clouds this weekend

[bob]

Exactly! And in fact I got the 'most air' award too, somewhere in the 
archives I have a shot taken by a fan with all 4 off the ground and 
nothing but air on the other side of the car. :)
That Scirocco with the 5000t drivetrain was driven by dan rutan, nephew 
to the scaled composites guys down in the mojave.


Brett Dikeman wrote:
>
> On Jul 24, 2006, at 10:39 PM, Mark J. Besso wrote:
>
>> Was that Glen Powell you're chatting with just before the start?
>
> Yep, Glen's voice is pretty unmistakable, and I know he was the 
> starter at least once...I think I have photos of the start of one of 
> those runs, from the sidelines.
>
> We all miss the event...there were a couple of Audis in it, 
> too...besides Sprongl and of course Bob, there was a turbocharged 90 
> (with radiator in the trunk!), and a scary Scirocco with a MC 
> engine/5000 drivetrain...
>
> Nice video.  Was that the year the chief steward told the drivers 
> "there's no need to get air at the finish line" and everyone turned 
> and stared at Sprongl? :-)
>
> Brett