Barrett Smith's Pavement Burner

[69911T]

WOW. Check out the new Excellence (November 2008). Randy Wells photos and story insure that I will never challenge Barrett on a hill climb ever again!!! And once we were nearly sorta equal.

No doubt he'll be sited by the Idaho roadways folks for leaving ruts on the Bogus Basin mountain.

[a911s]

Thanks Ed!

Turbo blast indeed. Here's a couple of out takes:

[edmayo]

Randy, since I can see that the front wheels are turned into the slide I can assume that is you driving!!

[a911s]

Ed, that's my photograph of Barrett driving. He can drive that beast sideways better than anyone (and he does it barefooted)!

[turbo3six]

He can drive that beast sideways better than anyone (and he does it barefooted)!

Oh yes he can! First day of R Gruppe Treffen in Santa Rosa (2006?)
A bunch of us left the Flamingo parking lot early that morn towards TRG, Kevin Bucklers shop, I was probably the fifth or sixth car in line with a little yellow 911 in my rear view. We all came to a stop on this two lane road to make a left turn across traffic. Well all the 911's in front of me were able to turn, but I got caught by traffic with 20 or so anxious 911's behind me waiting for traffic to clear. When just the smallest break of on coming traffic allowed, I darted across the lane to an uphill road in a hurry to catch up with the group. Just I had cleared I hear a horrendous screaching of tires behind me. My instant thought, as I looked up in my rear view, Oh no that yellow 911behind me turned in front of the oncoming traffic! Well, in my rear view I see the yellow 911 nearly glued to my ass inches from my rear bumper, SIDEWAYS, the driver grinning at me ear to ear through his passenger window, with smoke boiling from the rear tires!
Initially scared the hell out of me! I laughed all the way to Bucklers. That car and its pilot are awesome!

[70tangerine]

I liked that car alot...and his unique ideas to what he thinks a hot rod should be.....

Ive never seen a turbo in an early car.....

and now I hear he can drive to boot!


....well done Randy......

can you e me a couple of pics?...for my desk top......? interior as well?...

grazi

jrk@jrkchiropractic.com

[BAPhotowerks]

Great article about a great car & driver.

Nice work Randy! The photos are awesome, especially the wheel detail (in motion). You are hitting your stride with this sort of thing!

BA