== LIVE 2009 Vintage Nationals Coverage ==

[mrlexan]

I am at work and was hoping for a break to reality.... guess I will have to wait until I get home later this evening for that break.

[Erich Reichert]

So before I get into the recap of Saturday qualifying I have a few things I've learned:

1: Hoopty only owns one hat, all his tshirts are black and he loves to eat the last ice cream, sandwich or soda in front of you and taunt you with it.

2: Melvin NEVER lands on all fours.

3: Not matter how much you THINK you're ready... you're not.

4: I'm a pit hog... seriously Hoop has had to work in .75 of a pit while I sprawl faster than the outlying area of Vegas

5: Hoopy is actually a Yeti. Every picture of him, OR his truck is indecipherable or blurry.. the man is truely an urban legend

6: Your hair CAN and WILL smell like dirty within 3 hours of being here

7. You CANNOT mix 30wt and 40wt oil to make 35!!!

8: People from TN are ALWAYS friendly

9: My girlfriend does a pretty damn good job taking pictures

So with that said we're all having a great time, wish you guys were all here but since you can't be (and I'll never forgive you for that) here are some results and pics from day one

[mrlexan]

Brian, dude.. your second year and you qual P5? LOL!

We need pics and list of who's running what car in what class.

[Erich Reichert]

Few more people than last year huh!?


Buggy MANIA!!!


Technica and one of the best little corner marshals in this state... Little Technica


HEAVY METAL!!!


4wd


Technica chasing down the ever elusive Bad Hoopty


Melvins Army coming in for a landing


Practicing his endos


And take two on that landing


Bngiles watches as trucks rip around the track




Melvin? (Seriously whats with this guy?)


More trucks


Here we go again...


Technica holding it down


Civil (white shirt) and Ccristo (black shirt) trashing in the pits. Something else I noticed today... Civil can't resist an open box of stuff for sale


Me... in focus, Melvin... in focus, three OTHER people AND a go kart hanging from the ceiling... in focus, Hoopty... full blown Sasquatch photo


Raul Garcia was a force to be reckoned with all day in 4wd


Technica's wife makes the most AMAZING chicken and rice... no fooling, I'm planning to steal her away from him


Natedog wrenching on some 09 whips


Some one asked me for set up tips... YA RIGHT!


One kick ass Clod... only second to one kick ass tshirt!

[bearrickster]

is that carpet on the jumps?

[bscotti]

Brian, dude.. your second year and you qual P5? LOL!

So, how's work today, Jay ....

Seriously, the top 3 are just real fast. I've got the car working much, much better. The driver is now holding up the Werks!

[mrlexan]

I am just busting your chops.... trying to make up for not being there hanging over your shoulder giving you an ear full. Work's work. It will be the same tomorrow.

[mrlexan]

Am I the only one that can't see Erich's pics?

[aconsola]

I tried taking some action shots, but didn't get a single one out of 40 or so that was worth posting. It is tough getting a clear shot of such a small and fast moving object, I have much respect for those that make it look easy. I'll try again tomorrow, hopefully I can get some decent shots of 10talk members in action

[mikedealer]

i cant either

[aconsola]

Am I the only one that can't see Erich's pics?

I get a whole lot of red x's

[mikedealer]

the images are all cmyk, thats why inet explorer wont open, when converted to rgb they are fine.

[aconsola]

the images are all cmyk, thats why inet explorer wont open, when converted to rgb they are fine.

IE= red x's, but firefox opens them fine.

[wts873]

so how do the rest of us see the pics?

[badhoopty]

i seem to remember somebodys yellow boss hat.

heres my camera dump, no descriptions of alot of crap that just takes forever to view, but its better than nothing and i'm too tired to edit.

it took me awhile to figure out that the spots are just dust.

http://img196.imageshack.us/gal.php?g=img4249ad.jpg