Doug
Great to see you on the salt with the new red roadster. Looks like with a new
block and a little more nitro that record will be yours. Man what a meet, anyone
not their missed the last of the century and one heck of a good meet. These are
more fun for me in the timing trailer as they are more relaxed then speedweek
that is very busy from daylight to dark.
IM sure by now that all interested parties are waiting for the results. They
should be out in a few days. I just re-ran all of the numbers and have sent them
to Pam Manghelli our webmaster. As soon as the record cert cards are finished we
compair and post them.
I know that no one was bored during the event and if they were they have a
personnal problem. Georgr Potter is OK after his 200 mph crash and has a heck of
a winter project to build a new car. On a sad note one of our El Mirage and
Bonneville bike racers had a heart related problem right after arriving on the
salt and passed away the next day. Mike Burns ran a fule Yamaha with a side car,
he will be missed by all.
There should be a lot written about this meet as the Vesco Turbinenator with a
427 mph record and 4 FIA records along with all of the BNI records in the books
all will have something to shoot for. The 254 mph electric car was impressive
for
sure as was the T-2 turbine car. Lots of neat stuff as always on the salt.
Hang in there and bring that roadster to El Mirage.
Glen Barrett
Chief Timer SCTA/BNI
ARDUNDOUG@aol.com wrote:
> Hi Everybody,
> Just got back at midnite from Bonneville. We ran a 178 or so on alky on
> Tuesday after having no problems with tech.
> Wednesday we ran a 193 and 198 on 50% (on a 201+ record) before splitting
> the #3 cylinder wall. The engine didn't grenade, but I probably will have to
> sleeve or replace the block.
> The car handled great and all systems worked including the entry and exit
> handicapped procedures. I wnat to put a dry-sump system in for next year
> (Rhys, give me your thoughts on where to mount the tank) plus make a few
> other minor changes.
> The meet was probably the best one I've ever attended. Not a cloud in the
> sky until we passed Battle Mountain on the way home. Good salt, temps in the
> 30's-40's at night and the 50's and 60's in the daytime hours. No lines (75
> cars), only one rollover (#906 Modified Sport from Ohio), several spins
> (always prevalent with roadsters of any kind), the Crosley AA/FCC of Wooden's
> went 295 on alky unblown, Teague went 37?, many, many runs over 300 by
> various cars, density (corrected) altitudes of 4000 ft, + every day, lots of
> time to bench-race and visit.
> Doug King
> XXF/FMR #1313
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