Editor in Chief Scott Oldham sent me this photo of our Dodge Viper in the rain at a point of historical interest.
Got a caption?
We'll post our favorite this afternoon. And don't forget, we have exciting prizes.
Donna DeRosa, Managing Editor
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snipenet says:
03:22 AM, 10/22/10
Dark clouds loom over the future of fun on four wheels.
Cumulocirrus, Cumulostratus, Cumulonimbus, Cumulobama.
85se says:
03:38 AM, 10/22/10
Intended Acceleration.
technetium99 says:
04:02 AM, 10/22/10
Fastest Road in the West...Okay. Official pace car: Toyota?!?! WTF!?!?
technetium99 says:
04:10 AM, 10/22/10
A snake in the rain trumps a boring appliance at the Springs any day.
ergsum says:
04:17 AM, 10/22/10
That time of year again: Viper Springs forward, Toyota fails back.
ocramidajzj says:
04:18 AM, 10/22/10
What the Hell is a Lexus LFA?
ergsum says:
04:19 AM, 10/22/10
That time of year again: Viper Springs forward, Toyota falls back.
technetium99 says:
04:20 AM, 10/22/10
Toyota is the official pace car at Willow Springs? There is a great disturbance in the force....
ergsum says:
04:21 AM, 10/22/10
"Gone in 60:06.050 Seconds"
ergsum says:
04:26 AM, 10/22/10
"Snake on a Chicane"
captobvious says:
04:41 AM, 10/22/10
Viper's calm before the storm
vt8919 says:
04:49 AM, 10/22/10
The weather is not the only thing that bites.
Dodge Viper? Heck, that Toyota won't even have a chance to react!
vt8919 says:
04:50 AM, 10/22/10
It's about to rain on Toyota's parade.
vt8919 says:
04:55 AM, 10/22/10
Oh, shoot, I meant to go to Laguna Seca.
thegraduate says:
04:59 AM, 10/22/10
The only place Toyota keeps pace with Dodge is in recalls.
vt8919 says:
05:01 AM, 10/22/10
A man on a mission will not let anything stop him. OK, maybe one thing.
vt8919 says:
05:11 AM, 10/22/10
The Viper knew it was true because, come on, you can't pull a snake's leg.
throwback says:
05:11 AM, 10/22/10
Going home!
technetium99 says:
05:18 AM, 10/22/10
What's the point of being the fastest road in the west if your pace car is the slowest car in the west?
vt8919 says:
05:25 AM, 10/22/10
Enough is enough! I've had it with these mother(bleep)ing Camrys on this mother(bleep)ing track!
oldchap says:
05:27 AM, 10/22/10
What jackwaggon put a stop sign in a race track?
technetium99 says:
05:31 AM, 10/22/10
Escape from L.A.
vt8919 says:
05:36 AM, 10/22/10
This, literally, is a Snake on a Plane.
technetium99 says:
05:39 AM, 10/22/10
The Viper can't escape all those d*mn Priuses even at the race track.
vt8919 says:
05:40 AM, 10/22/10
He had a Rabbit for breakfast and a Mustang for lunch. And the Viper's plan for dinner was still on track...
ergsum says:
05:45 AM, 10/22/10
Point of Hisstorical Interest
ampim says:
05:45 AM, 10/22/10
British Pace Car Driver: "There's a snake on my boot!"
Crouching Viper, Hiding Camry.
I have my power in my right rear wheel than all of Toyota's lineup!
That Viper just ate my Prius! Look, you can see the shape of it in its belly!
ergsum says:
05:47 AM, 10/22/10
Fangs for the memories, Willow Springs.
technetium99 says:
05:54 AM, 10/22/10
American Hissstory: The greenies have won....
ergsum says:
05:55 AM, 10/22/10
"Snake on a Hydroplane"
ergsum says:
05:56 AM, 10/22/10
"The Fast and the Infuriating"
ampim says:
05:59 AM, 10/22/10
Steve Irwin Memorial Fact of the Day:
Vipers like to play with their dinner.
vt8919 says:
06:08 AM, 10/22/10
Ergsum: Steve Irwin had a Stingray, too.
technetium99 says:
06:09 AM, 10/22/10
With the introduction of the Prius Pace Car, Willow Springs now features only left turns.
vt8919 says:
06:09 AM, 10/22/10
Whoops... meant to reply to Ampim's comment.
technetium99 says:
06:13 AM, 10/22/10
Okay, who is the Yaris-hole who thought that a Corolla could pace a Viper?
technetium99 says:
06:19 AM, 10/22/10
Days of Thunder
technetium99 says:
06:35 AM, 10/22/10
Willow Springs management calls a Prius a pace car; the Viper calls it a speed bump.
dougtheeng says:
06:41 AM, 10/22/10
"Donna needs a new camera"
spektre says:
06:44 AM, 10/22/10
"Daddy's Home!"
plumcrazy2 says:
06:46 AM, 10/22/10
Keep pace with this!
td53 says:
06:51 AM, 10/22/10
"I took the one less traveled by, and that has made all the difference." - Robert Frost
mrryte says:
07:00 AM, 10/22/10
Snake on the Plains
Brutal acceleration meets unintended acceleration
I was expecting to see a rattler out here but not a Viper...
The fastest road in the West!....to nowhere
Ok all you wannabe F&F front-drivers, NOW'S the time to challenge the Viper to a street race.....
technetium99 says:
07:12 AM, 10/22/10
O Viper, where art thou? On the Road to Perdition under the October Sky, to see Matrix Revolutions....
ergsum says:
07:35 AM, 10/22/10
"Herber: Fully Loaded"
ergsum says:
07:38 AM, 10/22/10
Once bitten, Toyota shy.
ergsum says:
07:51 AM, 10/22/10
"Viperidae Fastus Acceleratis" in its natural habitat.
snipenet says:
08:11 AM, 10/22/10
CAN YOU HEAR ME NOW?
ergsum says:
08:13 AM, 10/22/10
Pit Viper Stop
technetium99 says:
08:16 AM, 10/22/10
No!!!! The pod people cars have taken over here too! Drive for your lives! You're next! You're next! You're next....
ergsum says:
08:17 AM, 10/22/10
"The Wind in the Willow Springs: Mr. Snake's Wild Ride"
sherief says:
08:58 AM, 10/22/10
It's Feeding Time.
hybris says:
09:06 AM, 10/22/10
vt8919 says:
05:25 AM, 10/22/10
Enough is enough! I've had it with these mother(bleep)ing Camrys on this mother(bleep)ing track!
Best line in the "Too long to work" category.
Now my line:
"Viper begins its Pilgrimage."
"Viper starts on its Last Crusade" Version 1
"Viper starts on its Last Crusade to the holy land." Version 2
allthingshonda says:
09:08 AM, 10/22/10
LFA meet Viper...and the student becomes the teacher
gregnv says:
09:10 AM, 10/22/10
Nice menu. Viper likes eating Japanese.
ed124c says:
09:27 AM, 10/22/10
Don't worry, my old friend, you will be going to a better place.
Next stop: the Twilight Zone.
Yeah, I know we said you could go there, but...oh Hell. You're just not a race car.
ergsum says:
09:28 AM, 10/22/10
Is Willow Springs' bark worse than the Viper's bite?
felonious says:
09:36 AM, 10/22/10
This image would work for another "it was a dark and stormy..." story contest too. :)
felonious says:
09:37 AM, 10/22/10
Hey kids: History can be fun!
felonious says:
09:38 AM, 10/22/10
Viper + wet race track = A classic "hey guys, watch this" disaster waiting to happen
felonious says:
09:39 AM, 10/22/10
Rain on the track really hisses off the Viper club.
Weather conditions: hissing rain
stpawyfrmdonut says:
10:02 AM, 10/22/10
Vipers on the storm.
deagle13 says:
10:06 AM, 10/22/10
"In a rare display of sanity, Oldham decides to call it a day rather than take on Turn 9 in the rain."
"Home on the range"
gmanaed says:
10:06 AM, 10/22/10
Storm chasers, meet the Storm catcher!
stpawyfrmdonut says:
10:08 AM, 10/22/10
Viper on the storm.
High plains drifter.
stpawyfrmdonut says:
10:53 AM, 10/22/10
I am a Straightline man for the county.
mrmistah says:
10:56 AM, 10/22/10
Damn. Come to the track and I'm still stuck behind a Toyota I can't pass legally.
feloniousmonk says:
11:05 AM, 10/22/10
"Insert hackneyed witticism here!"
"This Moment In History: Murphy McMurphy arrives for his one day a year of track time... then quickly establishes his eponymous law."
"Foreclosure Specialist Jackson Doucherelli discovers the meaning of karma."
"I somehow expected more willows..."
campi3ell says:
11:08 AM, 10/22/10
I'll show 'em what a pace car is SUPPOSED to do
campi3ell says:
11:09 AM, 10/22/10
Even the weather weeps at Toyota being chosen as pace car
snipenet says:
11:34 AM, 10/22/10
Dessert in the desert!
mnorm1 says:
12:00 PM, 10/22/10
Juan Williams hesitated for a moment; then decided a right turn was the right turn.
mnorm1 says:
12:01 PM, 10/22/10
Toyota pace car, my Asp
mnorm1 says:
12:03 PM, 10/22/10
Toyota pace car? Must be Weeping Willow Springs.
mrryte says:
12:28 PM, 10/22/10
That's not thunder-that's how the Viper sounds at startup.
Unfortunately the IL Prius slid right past the photoshoot....
"I dunno...I think the car gods are trying to send us a message."
"Ummmm dude-you DO KNOW that this ain't the track, right? The entrance to it is right around the corner."
greenpiece says:
12:32 PM, 10/22/10
SSSSSSSlippery when wet.
gregnv says:
12:49 PM, 10/22/10
I hope Spring Mountain is more challenging....
saturn95 says:
12:58 PM, 10/22/10
'I'll show them some PROPER acceleration."
Willow springs: where the pace car can't keep pace
The California State Appliance Museum
cello_one says:
01:27 PM, 10/22/10
Fastest Road in the West for Toyota = down hill grade from 9,000 ft
Fastest Road in the West for Viper = ALL OF THEM!
Just Willow Springs? Any road is fastest for the Viper!
Viper - INTENDED ACCELERATION!
Offical Pace Car? w/ or w/Out Unintended Acceleration!?!?
ergsum says:
01:44 PM, 10/22/10
"Vanishing Point of Historical Interest"
mnorm1 says:
01:50 PM, 10/22/10
Willow Springs Internatinal Raceway: Snake Charmer
teampenske3 says:
04:03 PM, 10/22/10
Calm, storm. Which way round is up to you.
Viper Mad Blues
Finally, some signs of civilization.
Zee rain calls for vipers.