The balloons need to be anchored down with a spike or a weight. Not a good
thing to run over, very time consuming to put down and replace during the
event.
The clean up takes additional hours to add to the list of things to do. Dave
is right on his approach. I think us left coast racers have an advantage as
that's how we run on the dry lakes.
Glen
----- Original Message -----
From: "Richard Fox" <v4gr@rcn.com>
To: "wspotter" <wester6935@home.com>; <land-speed@autox.team.net>
Sent: Wednesday, August 29, 2001 4:08 PM
Subject: Re: Speed Week concerns
> What happened to the ballons that were in use for awhile? Rich Fox
> -----Original Message-----
> From: wspotter <wester6935@home.com>
> To: land-speed@autox.team.net <land-speed@autox.team.net>
> Date: Wednesday, August 29, 2001 02:46 PM
> Subject: Re: Speed Week concerns
>
>
> >John,
> >
> >If you can come up with an affordable material we can use for a center
line
> >we would be happy to listen. So far the costs involved with everything
> that
> >has been suggested are so prohibitive that we can't even consider them.
> >Jack Costella would second your concerns over a line. Another part of
the
> >problem is that with one line the drivers beat up the salt so bad over
that
> >narrow space that it rapidly becomes a hazard and needs to be moved.
Even
> >had problems with that when they ran for endurance records in the 1930's.
> >Ab Jenkins reportedly ran over 100 yards outside of his line as the salt
> >went away on him.
> >
> >Always open to suggestions and solutions.
> >
> >Wes
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