[Land-speed] World of Speed vs. August Speed Weeks

[Jon Wennerberg]

On May 3, 2008, at 1:08 PM, Bill Waite wrote:

I'm a new subscriber to the list and would like someone to comment on  
the differences between the "big" SCTA Speed Weeks event at  
Bonneville in August versus the USFRA  World of Speed event in  
September.

I will be making a trip to Utah in September and plan on spending a  
day at he World of Speed event.  This will be my first trip to  
Bonneville.  I've seen plenty of footage about the Speed Weeks  
(August) event.  Just wondering how much "smaller" the World of Speed  
event is and how the meet otherwise differs from the larger August  
trials.  Guess I want to have realistic expectations so if you can  
comment on this, I'd sure appreciate it.

You can respond on list if you think others might be interested in  
this info, or otherwise off list to me directly at  
fordlandia at sbcglobal.net.

Thanks in advance.

Bill Waite
Grand Rapids, MI




Bill, there are a zillion ways to tell you the difference between  
SpeedWeek and World of Speed, but if you need it boiled down to one  
or two -- SpeedWeek will have 400 or so entries, World of Speed will  
have 150 or so.  SpeedWeek is so big that there are no rooms left at  
the hotels, motels, casinos, campgrounds -- and World of Speed  
lodging is at discounted rates.

Nancy and I attend and participate at both.  I don't know if I could  
say that one or the other is a favorite, or is better -- we enjoy the  
big crowds and all of the vehicles, we enjoy the somewhat more  
personal feeling at the smaller event.

The rules and rulebooks are the same at each of those events.  The  
weather at World of Speed is a tad more likely to be poor than at  
SpeedWeek. And both places will give you a chance to catch the  
lifelong affliction called Salt Fever.  We enjoy it -- hope you do, too.


Jon , tall guy with moustache
and two 200 MPH Club hats

PS  We're in Marquette, Michigan, in the U.P.