Monday, August 31, 2009

Carnight 2009! A Hot August Night. Fire, Smoke and Nitro filled the air.

Last Thursday it was "Hot! Hot! Hot!" as the temperature moved into triple digits and wild fires burned throughout the Southland mountains and valleys. But it was also hot for another reason: Carnight 2009! Once a year Dalcorp/AREA 51, The Finish Line and WR Trans open their shops and invite people to come in and check out all that's happening in this little corner of the gear head world. For the second year in a row, Bob Hansen of Hansen Chassis brought out his vintage T/F dragster, the 1966 record holding Wynn's Spoiler, and thrilled the crowd with not one, but two start ups! Fumes and flames shot into the night air and created quite a sight. The evening was the perfect time for people to share some food, drink and their love for the internal combustion engine. Thanks to Fred Trout, Erica Nocita and especially Tim Pittman for helping make the evening run so smoothly. You guys are the best!
It looked like Mopar Madness in Dalcorp's main
room. A lot of horsepower sittin' there.

When's the last time you saw one of these? This
one belongs to Fred Trout. Awesome!

"Lil' Kass" Heublein spending some quality time
with Dalcorp Driver Wyatt Radke and his special
"seat cover" Teresa.

Jeff Hunt, owner of The Finish Line, provided some
great food and drink for many of his clients and friends.

The Good Neighbor Pharmacy/BG Oil Chevelle
got a lot of attention throughout the night. Check
out the GNP logo after it was tuned up a bit by
John McNall, owner of McNall Advertising of
Monrovia. Nice job, John.

Raffle tickets were sold during the afternoon and
evening to help offset the cost of the nitro and to also
give two lucky people a chance to sit in Hansen's T/F
car during the fire ups. Here Mark Wilkerson slides
into the seat for the start up around 7:00pm. Mark was
the first of two lucky winners.

Bob makes a few adjustments as Mark gets his
nitro fix!

Not a lot of room in there, huh Mark? That's Debbie
Nocita in the backround looking on.

Cool cars, cool people and a hot August night...
Does it get any better?

Variety is the name of the game at Carnight. Just
take a look at the three bikes in this picture.

....best time of the day.

Long time friend of Dalcorp, Doug Stokes (l) enjoys
the night with Powersports journalist and photographer
Ken Freund of The Write Stuff. Doug has been
responsible for providing many of the opportunities
that Dalcorp Racing has been a part of and is a
promoter of motorsports in general. He's also the
guy you want to talk to at Gale Banks Engineering.
Thanks Doug for all of your help over the years!
You are and always will be the man!

Another long time friend, Chris Shevlin
(second from the left), wife Becky, daughter Sarah
and friends spent the evening enjoying the action. Chris
is with Chicago Title Insurance and has been on board as
an associate sponsor of Dalcorp Racing since the late 90's.
Oh yeah, and the guy on the right? That's AJ Nocita,
another one of Dalcorp Racing's pilots. AJ was celebrating
his 21st birthday. Congratulations AJ!

Would you believe that Mark Wilkerson also won
the second drawing for the seat in the nitro car
fire up! He was quite the gentlemen,
however, giving the seat to "Colorado" Lauren Paff.
I think she was excited to be in the seat.....ya' think!

Lauren gave out a yell when the motor lit. It was
good to be CO-Lauren.

Bob getting ready to whack the throttle...

No caption necessary.

Lauren never put the rag over her face...she
handled the nitro like a pro. CO-Lauren, you are
"Bad A**!"

I think she liked it!

Hansen and Paff....Not a bad name for a nitro car!

Mernie (l) sold ice cream all night for Tim
"Captain Ice Cream" Gavern who had another engagement
and couldn't attend. Thanks Mernie for all of your
help.

Hansen, Bobby Lee and CO-Lauren talking over
her adventure. I don't know who had more
fun, Bob Hansen or CO-Lauren?

Kimberly Nocita, William Brown, CO-Lauren and
Kelly Brown share a moment at the end of the
night. And yes, that is THE Kelly Brown,
the fashion and costume designer. Thanks for
stopping in and joining the party!

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