Bakersfield CHRR 2009!

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Kenny Bernstein's very first "Budweiser King" Funnycar..



The "Howard Cams Rattler"..



"Pure Heaven 2"






The "Shelby Super Snake". Ford 427 OHC engine. The engines were nicknamed "cammers".





First fireup of The aussie car, "Scorcher" AA/FD.





That's it for thursday.. More to come later.

[Buller_Scott]

thanks for the pics preeny....

insane. just insane. what an experience to have, and in another country to boot.

[Jarred]

wow, i never would have thought that there would still be so many AA/FD's floating around!

cool pics too Preeny, thanks for sharing.

[Mrk_Mickey]

They look sick! Nice one.

[Preen59]

Dude you have no idea how much fun i had. Experience of a lifetime and something i'll never forget.

I've got mooooarrr pics to come as soon as i get them all uploaded so stay tuned.

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Here's a few more forwarded pics..



Riceman's car on Friday night at the Doubletree..



Here's a pic Pam snapped for us on thursday infront of the Bank Americar.. It was hella sunny.. I have no asian background..



Walt Stevens in the "Poachers" airing the laundry after a push start and burnout exhibition run on saturday..



Walt, suited up ready for the Saturday night Cacklefest..

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Ok.. Here we go for Friday!

A shot from the Vagabond carpark (where we stayed, Bill hooked us up with a room.. )



Heading out to the track (Following Bill in "The Bone")




This is how good the roads are.. Those slicks are just SITTING there. No tiedowns!

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On the drive in from the carpark..




Vince and I riding on the tailgate on the way in.. (Yes, he looks like Mr Miagi(spelling?) from the Karate Kid. His email is "waxonwaxoff@whatever.com" hahaha)



"Hustler 2". The paint started to crack in a few spots so they stripped it back to bare metal. You'll notice something interesting here.. NO BOG! 100% aluminium body fully hand formed!



Another shot of Hanna's push truck..



This thing was pretty mean. The dude with the Mohawk owned it. Nice guy!

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Up in the Tower chatting with the Announcer. I can't remember his name. Funny Bastard but.





AAA Media tent.



The "Green Monster". V12 Allison aircraft engine!



Veney's Vega. You'll notice it was quite (unusually) foggy on Friday morning...




Rick, once again, helping someone out.. I got to mix up the 85% for these guys..

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"Burkholder Bro's" AA/FA




These things were IMPRESSIVE! Scale Offy 4cyl and Ardin engines.. Running too..







Petersen & Fitz AA/FD (got this shot as my back ground..)

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"Jungle" Jim Lieberman AA/FC's.





"Great Expectations 2" AA/FD



This was on the tailgate of a trailer..



Prudhomme's Truck..




Raynor-Bishop-Herbert AA/FD

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Candies & Hughs AA/FC (This is how they ALL should look!). Had a really good chat to they guy that owns this car. Very interesting. Fast too. Ran 5.88 first run. Can't remember the MPH..





Note the VW Steering Dampener on this AA/FD..




Jolly Rogers AA/FC




"Burn'n Money" AA/FC



Pro Mod car.. Can't remember which one..



"Wild Willie" AA/FC (Originally driven by Willy Borsch, of "Winged Express" fame..)

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A few shots of the pits..





"Flashback" Junior Fuel car. Owned by Mike and Carroll Algire. Great people. We met them on the Friday night at the Doubletree and they told us to stop by. Mike showed us right over the car and introduced us to guys like Gene Adams (the best injected nitro tuner in the world!). Carroll told us to pile on the back of the club car and showed us all around the pits down further and introduced us to even more people! I met the chick that answers the phone at Hilborn Fuel Injection, she told me any time i'd like to see the manufacturing facility to drop and and they'd show us around! Even got some stickers and a digital catalog off her..

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Brendan Murray's new N/TF car. Stunning. Just stunning. Rooman built the car from scratch in 27 days!








Riceman's car, fireup. This was pretty scary. It was coughing some serious raw fuel out the pipes and looking seriously dangerous to the point we walked away from it. Afterwards, Roger came up to Rick and said "I need help", so Rick grabbed the injector and he and i went into his trailer and reset everything to his specs. When i say "he and I", i just helped out and asked lots of questions..



Ron Johnson's "Shubert & Herbert" SBC AA/FD. Rick, once again on the tune. He built the engine in this car, too..

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The recreated "Beebe & Mulligan" '69 car. Beautiful.






Restored wheel standers..






Just recently restored Tommy Larkin SBC A/FD