Next year they may have to move to the parking lot of one of the casino
hotels after everyone eats so they can continue the conversations and
associations. I went down to the Stateline Hotel/Casino where the street
rods were congregated. There must have been twenty or so cars down there
and people hung around and talked until late! Lots of rat rod types, some
carefully crafted to look bad but with tons of money poured into the car
itself to make it mechanically very sound and usable. When I left, Doug
Anderson was still sitting on a front tire and loving the association with
everyone. No one will have a better time at Speedweek than Doug!
The long course cars slowed down a lot this afternoon because of some spins,
motorcycle streamliners that went down and similar problems. Several spins,
reports that the course is a bit slick in spots and everyone appreciated the
91 degree weather rather than the higher temperatures earlier in the meet.
I have some shots I took at Salt Talks and I'll get them posted to the
picture post soon. There have been many cars with problems that packed up
and went home, others are just showing up for the first time. I looked for
three days for Rick Byrnes, knowing he was on the salt and finding I had
missed him half an hour before. It's such a huge affair that it's easy to
miss people. Then there's Tom Bryant ... he flew in this morning after his
wife and boys had driven in and set up the pits earlier in the weekend.
When the car wouldn't start I'm sure he wondered if someone was playing
games with him ... but apparently it was a starter solenoid.
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