I told you "to say the salt was pristine
would be an understatement"
You now heard it from "the man"
Tom Bryant, now do you believe me?
If he says it was the best salt he has
ever seen, how many years do you
suppose that covers.
Way to stay tenacious ALL week
Tom.
PS. look out we were gunning for your
speeds with our 1liter rat bike:):)
I can relate to the excitement of
flogging a machine big time, and having
the satisfaction of taking it home running
I think I will take the bike up the road
to school today, and pick up my daughter
for the ride she has waited a long time for:)
It was simply Heaven on the salt last week
Joe :)
"Thomas E. Bryant" wrote:
> List,
>
> We arrived at home at 5:30 PM Sunday Evening. Here is my story and I am
> sticking to it!
>
> It was with the usual "Great Expectations" that we set out for the
> "Salt" for the third time this year. I feel so fortunate to have the
> opportunity to make the trip each time there is a meet scheduled. We
> have arrive where we are in the performance arena by making these trips.
> I know that those that run Maxton understand this, you learn something
> each time you run. It is difficult to answer the questions that often
> come to mind if you can't test the car.
>
> 2001 has been a great year for the Bryant Racing Team. Barry, my
> youngest, has gained a lot of seat time, which will eventually lead to a
> "Red Hat" I suspect. John & Joe can fly the D/GCC Record Flag for yet
> another year, but we did come close with a 228.570 mile and a 228.801
> exit. This was done with a TH350 missing 2nd gear. Barry still pulled a
> 208 quarter mile time picking up high gear at 3400 RPMs.
>
> After changing the transmission, which cost us a day of running because
> the spare had a shorter tail shaft requiring a trip to Salt Lake to have
> the drive shaft retubed, we eventually worked up to a 212+ quarter but
> still fell short on the other end by a couple of MPH. We were
> experiencing some kind of problem with the ignition. While attempting to
> set it, it would jump around so that we could not be sure what we had.
> Something wrong in the MSD box I think. We ended our day on Saturday
> with the driver's door coming open at the top of 2nd gear (150+mph). It
> was strictly my fault, I didn't firmly close the door as I usually do
> and give it a test pull on the handle, I just shoved it toward the car,
> it slammed shut firmly, but not firm enough it seems.
>
> This meet was without a doubt the best course I have seen at
> Bonneville. The salt was so dry that it hardly picked up on the car. The
> weather was cool, the track was smooth and the lines were short. There
> were no incidents, not even a spin. Even though we did not do what we
> came to do, it is really difficult to come away with my head down. Sure
> we have to do some fiberglass work to fix the door, but the engine has
> over 150 miles of flat out runs and is still ready for the November
> Lakes Meet. Just have to find out what is happening with the ignition.
>
> Tom, Redding CA - #216 D/GCC
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