Dan
Any word on possibly using the old International course or are we still
back behind the dike?
John Beckett
>Your question prompted me to call Rick Vesco who was out helping to layout
>the course yesterday(7/11/99). So here is the latest news, and its all
>good news! There is lots of good DRY salt. Rick says there is no water
>anywhere. Says the salt is rock hard. There had been concerns that the
>new salt from the restoration project might not bond properly with the
>surface of the old salt, but that seems not to be any problem. They were
>able to layout a 9 mile long course, and a 5 mile short course. Rick says
>that the current layout will allow for runs to be made in both directions,
>which hasn't been avaliable for some time. Last year there was at best a 7
>mile long course, with runs only being made toward floating mountain. So
>unlike last year, the outlook for racing is excellent. Rick says it was
>100 out there yesterday, and that Dave Koehler is out there today working
>also. So when Dave gets back I will get some more bits of info from him.
>Starting to feel like race season.
>Dan Wright
>Dept. of Human Genetics, University of Utah
>dan@saltflats.com
>Utah Salt Flats Racing Association
>"It's amazing what you can do when you don't know it can't be done"
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