Frogasaurus Rex at Clearlake California 2004

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Clearlake decided to creat two races in addition to the parade. The first race was a "Racer's Race". Longer and more intense.

The second race was for the benefit of the spectators. Short so that the spectators could see us the whole time.

The Racer's Race

The Racer's Race was first. First we drove around in a small circular path for the land race. Frogasaurus Rex held its own during that part of the race.

Henry Ford Goes Surfing and El Wobblor. Those are auto racing tires on Henry Ford, used once and discarded. [Pictures provided by Dave Neiman.]

Next came the water. While the other KSRs quickly trundled into the water and started off, Frogasaurus Rex waded in and began the long conversion.

	That's A Mower, Eh? and Drum Roll in the lake. [Pictures provided by Elliot Naess.]
	El Wobblor and Henry Ford Goes Surfing in the lake. [Pictures provided by Elliot Naess.]
	Frogasaurus Rex was by far the last into the water. In fact, the other KSRs were about 1/3 of a mile away when we hit the water. Nevertheless we passed them all. We exited the water and crossed the finish line ahead "by a country mile". [Pictures provided by Elliot Naess.]

The Parade

That tow truck needed a tow. Well, we have some very low gears! I hooked up a tow rope and...

That's A Mower, Eh? in the parade.
[Picture provided by Elliot Naess.]

Frogasaurus Rex doing a donut in the parade.

From our experience in 2003 we knew that a squirtgun would be handy in the parade. It's hot in Clear Lake, and folks like to get sprayed. In fact the main problem would be running out of water. This year I bought a spray unit and converted it into a squirt gun. With it's 4 gallon tank, it had the capacity to last the whole parade.

[Picture provided by Elliot Naess.]

The Spectator's Race

	Last was the Spectator's Race. This was very short. I wasn't sure we would be able to hold our own in the water. [Picture provided by Dave Neiman. --->]
	The race lineup. That's A Mower, Eh? [<--- Picture provided by Elliot Naess.] Frogasaurus Rex. [Picture provided by Dave Neiman. --->]
		And they're off! [Pictures provided by Dave Neiman.]
	Driving in low gear range on our ATV wheels, Frogasaurus Rex is much slower. We take the rear position in the road race. [Pictures provided by Dave Neiman.]
The reason we chose our ATV wheels for the road race was to reduce water conversion time. It still takes a long time, but much less. [Pictures provided by Dave Neiman.]
	In shallow water I can't lower the prop all the way. That really churns up the water. [<--- Picture provided by Dave Neiman.] [Picture provided by Elliot Naess. --->]
	But we did OK after all. We passed several contestants in the water. Notice the color of the water. It makes the name of the town ironic. [<--- Picture provided by Elliot Naess.] [Picture provided by Dave Neiman. --->]
	Frogasaurus Rex emerges from the lake. Not first, but not last. Combined with our performance in the first race, and in the parade, we are in first place. [<--- Picture provided by Dave Neiman.] [Picture provided by Elliot Naess. --->]