[Land-speed] Tearing up the salt

[Glen Barrett]

Being somewhat farther east this area is thin from the mining. We warned 
people about the thin salt and to not take heavy vehicles down the #2 return 
road. I guess they didn't have a radio on and missed the info we gave out.
Glen
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Tom Bryant" <saltracer at awwwsome.com>
To: "list LSR" <land-speed at autox.team.net>; "Wester Potter" 
<wester6935 at comcast.net>
Sent: Wednesday, August 22, 2007 3:30 PM
Subject: Re: [Land-speed] Tearing up the salt


> Wes,
>
> I don't know where Coddington's motor home  bogged down, but the salt is
> very thin in many places. A few years ago, I believe at a WOS Meet, a 
> motor
> home got buried near the starting line near the dike.
>
> I also remember a Diesel Semi-Trailer that came into the pits a few years
> ago and got buried. The driver had nothing to do with racing, just curious 
> I
> guess. But I am sure he had some explaining to do to his boss.  We had the
> pits just off the end of the access road on the mountain side of the
> International Course. The crust was very thin in that location.
>
> There are many other places where the salt is thin. I suspect that one of
> the big problems with the salt thickness, at least around the access road,
> is the building of the freeway and the access road which does not allow 
> the
> water to move freely back and forth as it did in the past. I suspect that
> there is a salt layer with mud on top and a salt layer on top of that mud.
> It would be interesting to take a core sample and see just what is under 
> the
> surface salt.
>
> Tom, Redding CA - #216 D/FCC
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