Shoot I was looking forward to see how Gary LaRonge Ran.... we had the
blower all schemed out and everything...
Oh well I guess the records stand as is and the next meet is Speed Week
2000
Keith... who is learning just how good real welders are...
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> From: Wester S Potter <wspotter@jps.net>
> To: land-speed@autox.team.net land-speed@autox.team.net
> Subject: WOS cancelled
> Date: Tuesday, September 21, 1999 6:23 AM
>
> Sorry gang,
>
> On Sunday at 5:00 Bill Bernstraugh, who does a video each year of the
> Speedway Motors streamliner, had been on the course...said you could
drive
> for miles and not even get salt on your tires. The storm hit at 5:15 and
> lasted for 35 minutes. It didn't put that much water on the salt and it
> looked like we could survive it but the run-off from the mountains is
what
> got us. Monday morning at 8:30 when I arrived at the end of the road
there
> was four inches of water over much of the salt surface. The first mile
of
> the course was probably going to dry out but with that much water and a
> north wind that blows it around, we just couldn't see having a decent,
safe
> course by the end of the week.
> Gary Allen called the meet...a gutty decision but one that had to be
made.
> We made an attempt to call all the entrants using cell phones and I took
the
> entry book and went to the pay phone at the truck stop and called. As
you
> have heard we caught some folks before they left. We spent the day at
the
> end of the access road. Gary LaRonge came out with Fred Larsen and their
> crew to see the flooding as did John MacKichan and Tim Shulz and several
> other racers who had traveled some distance to get there and help us with
> set-up. Everyone could see that we made the right decision.
> We were able to cancel some things, people were co-operative, but there
are
> some things like the great looking tee-shirts, programs and even trash
> containers that were already in place and ready to go on Sunday before
the
> rain storm.
> Ellen and Gary Wilkinson stayed in Wendover and will be at the end of the
> access road today as well.
>
> I guess it's next year on the salt flats!
>
> Wes Potter, USFRA Secretary
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