2009-02-27 Fri - Drag Sprints - Hackney Wick

Great night all. some snaps here:
http://www.flickr.com/photos/peterwd/sets/72157614678134688/

Winning time from the final

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Great night all. some snaps here:
http://www.flickr.com/photos/peterwd/sets/72157614678134688/

sweet photos dude!
WTF happened here??

sweet photos dude!
WTF happened here??

They were obviously waiting to turn right. But you can see what the traffic was like.

funny.
I mean what happened to that front wheel... whoever it belonged to?

YESSSSSSSS DFL baby!!

spags, i think he hit the median caning it down kingsland road? or this is the story i heard. sounded painful

1. Gustav
   
2. mmccarthy
   
3. adoubletap
   
4. CrazyJames (44/18 66GI I think?) 22.16
   
5. Dropout
   
6. Oliver Schick (42/16= 69". I can't spin.)
   
7. pajamas
   
8. Mobidog (51 - 16 = 86.1 way too big for such a short course!)
   
9. anw
   
10. Cornelius Blackfoot
    
11. Danny Zuko
    
12. Lurker103 (39-16=64.1 ==22.22 - spin,spin,spin)
    
13. furious tiles (46-16= 76ish I think)
    
14. Gina (48 / 15 = 86ish)
    
15. Hael - Racing for Pink Slips!
    
16. illy (47 / 18 = 70.5)
    
17. Spencerwells (52/20 = 69.6)
    
18. somebody
    
19. T-Slag
    
20. Stix
    
21. Stringer
    
22. Bareknuckleyellow
    
23. Johnny H
    
24. cliveo 48:17 (I always thought it was 48:18 but it seems I was wrong) Could have done with something a little spinnier. Think I won the vets competition though with 23.65 ;o)
    
25. The Mighty Quinn
    
26. Julio 42:18 = 63
    
27. Vinylpimp
    
28. Crispin
    
29. minsukito
    
30. ononedragster + 5
    
31. Gavin W
    
32. Rik
    
33. tika
    
34. crabtree
    
35. pirat
    
36. George Sportif (50/21 = 65 gi - too spinny)
    
37. Brucy
    
38. badtmy
    
39. texas
    
40. gav
    
41. MA3K
    
42. Marco
    
43. ghingas
    
44. hillbilly (42-16= 69". Could have done with a 15T)
    
45. wibble (pending my neck/back getting better so I can give it full power)
    
46. plagways (67GI), maybe +1 too
    
47. tuiloui
    
48. Samanthah (emily - can i borrow your bike?!) Of course you can
    
49. Build
    
50. Em
    
51. stelle (44 / 16 = 74)
    
    

A huge thank you to Sano and Gustav, superbly organized and a really great atmosphere. Met some wicked people as well. Now just got to work on my starts.

Also hats off the all the photographers, some really impressive efforts!

Erm we were in a bit of a hurry (read racing through traffic at 25mph) Bareknuckle went to over take the bus overlooked the curb of the middle section, hit it straight on, crunched wheel and snapped frame in 2 places. He is a lucky bastard, has ruptured the ligaments in his shoulder but thats it, back on the bike in 2 weeks apparently.
We actually went out after that for a bit. Silly bizness

lovely photos...thanks all who left me with something more than a few hazy memories

I can't wait for the next one, I hope this turns into a proper series of sorts :)

I can't wait for the next one, I hope this turns into a proper series of sorts :)

I'm there.

funny.
I mean what happened to that front wheel... whoever it belonged to?

fucked my shoulder completely. probably off the bike for a month or so. surgeon says don't need an op though which is nice.

I'll have some pics of the night up tomorrow and the damage to the bike as well, completely written off :)

Oh no! I was gonna ask the same thing, glad you're not too badly hurt.

And great pics Pete. What the hell kind of exposure were you using? Give us all your secrets!!

Sorry I was being flippant about the picture, bareknuckleyellow. Total bike damage spot fail. Get better soon!

I can't wait for the next one, I hope this turns into a proper series of sorts :)

think theres summin we got in the plans stage atm

Oh no! I was gonna ask the same thing, glad you're not too badly hurt.

And great pics Pete. What the hell kind of exposure were you using? Give us all your secrets!!

cheers how much?
No seriously...I was trying out an old 50mm M42 Pentax prime lens on my canon. None of the electronics connect for aperture settings so i was kind of winging it. It opens pretty wide though so was able to get down to 2 so i could shoot fairly high shutter speed for the light. All shot at 1600 ISO but the noise wasn't too bad on some of them.

cheers

Bike damage photo - not a bad job done

http://flickr.com/photos/eldret_99/sets/72157614793998280/

fuck.

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SHit did you bend you seat stay aswell?

Oooh a vernon barker bites the dust. What a shame.

http://flickr.com/photos/eldret_99/3327609771/in/set-72157614793998280/

SHit did you bend you seat stay aswell?

The seat stay's alright all the force of it went through the down and top tube

The seat stay's alright all the force of it went through the down and top tube

Well that's a relief..

Ted'll Fix It...

Oh no! I was gonna ask the same thing, glad you're not too badly hurt.

And great pics Pete. What the hell kind of exposure were you using? Give us all your secrets!!

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