Morning Roll Call
It wasn't long from the time I dropped into the lake bed and through the giant cloud of dust until I finally found my way to the pre-inspection station. I met up with Bobby and his builder buddies, Heath and Max, who also brought out there car creations which were getting a lot of attention themselves. As we waited in line for the tech inspection, I took the chance of getting familiar with the event and some of the cars that waited. As dusty as it was, there was something refreshing about the air mixed with rumbles of flatheads as they accelerated to top speeds. My favorite part of these events is the racing community, everyone from all ages come to these events with the same attitude and passion for racing. It's people like this that keep the spirit and ingenuity of roots racing alive.
The only car out of the three that was actually making a run was Bobby's 1930's Ford Indy Car, the Wild Turkey. Don't if it was appropriately named after the whiskey or if it was the fact that it was running on alcohol that day, methanol that is! Which was also very commonly used in Indy cars back in the day.
Next up is Max, who is highly experienced with land speed racing and a Bonneville record holder as well. He built the following Twin-T for Craftsman for TROG and I finally got to see it in person. Instagram pictures could not serve justice to the true glory and beauty of this creation. There were constant on-lookers that started with a glance, but then like magnets stuck to metal, they were quickly drawn in. It took some people a few minutes just to wrap their head to what they were looking at - the ingenuity was blowing their minds.
Last but not least, Heath with his early 30's roadster all hand built and customed by Heath himself. He also built this in time for this year's The Race of Gentlemen. As simple and clean as this car looks, you can't fully appreciate it until you find the details of what makes this such an impressionable car.
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