My favorite photos of 2009; Full vehicle photos (I don't do those very well, so there aren't many)

The Brauer & Sons A/FR duece, land speed record holder 2008 Bonneville 257.427 mph, and 2001 El Mirage top speed of the meet

Lessons learned about El Mirage

At the intersection of Mountain View and El Mirage rd. At the North end of Mountain View rd, the BLM has a building or two to get your money Look west from the extortion/BLM office building for this hill that is mostly West, the long way aross the lake bed... head directly to it, and don't drive through any cones. They are the markers for the high speed area, and you don't want to interfere with

Start line and staging lanes of El Mirage on July 12th 2009

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in the El Mirage return lanes

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El Mirage pit area and sidelines, lots to see and appreciate

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C / GMS Corvette at El Mirage

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The blown fuel roadster 500, looking beautiful against the dry lakebed of El Mirage

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Motorbikes at El Mirage

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El Mirage action shots

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El Mirage had just one food vendor that I came across... Here's my warning of what ridiculous prices to expect

For an idea how bad these prices are, consider the kosher Hebrew National big hot dog at Costco is only $1.50 with a coke and free refills. This vendor was charging 3X that much.Or the breakfast burrito, just about 3 bucks at Humbertos on 43rd (really damn good bacon agg and cheese) or this vendor charges double.How about the water? I guess they are selling 20 oz bottles... as you know, it's a

El Mirage had infrequent twisters but steady wind... it makes for interesting views of the surrounding area

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Chevelle that just nails the best look and colors possible, and is doing mid 150 mph, but with bigger tires will be faster... 6 inch tire trial run

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Consider the terrific people and truly unique characters you'll run into at the races

Only htis one tire was not sporting the beauty ring and baby moon... love the wing on the back of the Brain Freeze van This was one of several Sheps in the pits (Pits, literally. Hey, stupid people! Leave the fur coat crowd at home in the air conditioned homes! It's FREAKING 100 DEGREES on the lake! When the dogs lay down, their balls and stomachs are in direct contact with over 100 degree

El Mirage was hot! 100 degrees, and the wind was a helpful 10-20 knot tailwind with occasional twisters

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