Coop Shoots the Speed Trials at El Mirage

When Telstar Logistics visits the dusty Mojave desert town of El Mirage, California, we bring a shopping list. That's because El Mirage is home to Aviation Warehouse, a aircraft boneyard and scrap facility where we buy airplane parts to use as interior decor.  But El Mirage is a surprising sort of place that offers several unique attractions. For one, there's a former top secret air base in town that was most recently used by General Atomics to test out the company's Predator UAV drones. And twice a year, the dry lakebed at El Mirage comes alive swarms of hot rodders who bring their cars out to the flats and race them in straight lines as fast as they will go.

One such event, organized by the venerable Southern California Timing Association, took place last weekend, and Coop was there. Here's his mission summary:

We went out to El Mirage to spend the day in the desert with all the cool kids. What with the fluffy white clouds in the sky reflected in all that chrome and polished aluminum, it was a perfect day for shooting photos.

Indeed it was, and he's got the pictures to prove it.

LINKS:
El Mirage SCTA Meet, 5/5/07 (Flickr Photoset by Coop)
Positive Ape Index (Coop's blog)

CODA: Coop had a car accident after his visit to El Mirage... something having to do with "latte-swilling lawyers making left turns against the light." He broke a leg, and his Falcon station wagon took a nasty hit.  Ouch.  Management will be passing around a Get Well Soon card; please sign when it comes to your desk and then pass it around. Thank you.

(Photo above by Coop)