[Land-speed] W F today

wester6935 at comcast.net wester6935 at comcast.net
Thu Oct 4 21:16:38 MDT 2007


Sparky had an unfortunate incident on his way to the salt ... he hit a wild horse on the road.  His truck is probably at a repair shop in Las Vegas as a result of the extensive damage.  His car is on the salt but he has been having gremlins according to Mayf.  Speaking of Mayf, he turned a 181 then a back up 174 this morning, on a high 179 record  On his run around noon he popped the chute, it lifted his back end and he spun.  Glen Barrett, from the timing palace, reported that he was driving off the course after the spin but strongly suggested Mike Cook find him and ask for a longer tether line.  Gail Tesinsky, driving the chopped Studebaker blew an engine this morning.  A hole the size of my hand through the block and various shrapnel and chewed up bits of metal in the belly pan.

Our favorite biker (and Port-A-Potty prince) Jon Wennerberg has a new avocation for the meet.  He is the announcer on the radio.  They have a new FM station and Jon was doing an excellent job from the bits I heard.  With the combination of salt jobs I suggested a new nickname for him could be "Potty Mouth".

They ran record return runs at 4:00 this afternoon in anticipation of a front moving in later this evening that could have disastrous effects.  The wind has really come up in Salt Lake in the last hour.  I'd guess gusts at around 35 mph.

The long course was reported to be in GREAT shape.  Hard and good traction.  The short course ... the one on the left looking toward Floating mountain ... was not holding up nearly as well.  The waits have not been that long today.  A few cars were just coming back and getting in line without  going to the pits.  I saw several that made two runs and we had to leave before 4.

Wes


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