Keith,
The blower scheme didn't really work out. Only 80mph. The up side is that
now that we are home I can pull the blower out of the Camaro and put it back
in Bonnies' Geo heater.
Gary
-----Original Message-----
From: Keith Turk <kturk@ala.net>
To: Wester S Potter <wspotter@jps.net>; land-speed@autox.team.net
land-speed@autox.team.net <land-speed@autox.team.net>
Date: Tuesday, September 21, 1999 6:52 AM
Subject: Re: WOS cancelled
>Shoot I was looking forward to see how Gary LaRonge Ran.... we had the
>blower all schemed out and everything...
>
>Oh well I guess the records stand as is and the next meet is Speed Week
>2000
>
>Keith... who is learning just how good real welders are...
>
>----------
>> From: Wester S Potter <wspotter@jps.net>
>> To: land-speed@autox.team.net land-speed@autox.team.net
>> Subject: WOS cancelled
>> Date: Tuesday, September 21, 1999 6:23 AM
>>
>> Sorry gang,
>>
>> On Sunday at 5:00 Bill Bernstraugh, who does a video each year of the
>> Speedway Motors streamliner, had been on the course...said you could
>drive
>> for miles and not even get salt on your tires. The storm hit at 5:15 and
>> lasted for 35 minutes. It didn't put that much water on the salt and it
>> looked like we could survive it but the run-off from the mountains is
>what
>> got us. Monday morning at 8:30 when I arrived at the end of the road
>there
>> was four inches of water over much of the salt surface. The first mile
>of
>> the course was probably going to dry out but with that much water and a
>> north wind that blows it around, we just couldn't see having a decent,
>safe
>> course by the end of the week.
>> Gary Allen called the meet...a gutty decision but one that had to be
>made.
>> We made an attempt to call all the entrants using cell phones and I took
>the
>> entry book and went to the pay phone at the truck stop and called. As
>you
>> have heard we caught some folks before they left. We spent the day at
>the
>> end of the access road. Gary LaRonge came out with Fred Larsen and their
>> crew to see the flooding as did John MacKichan and Tim Shulz and several
>> other racers who had traveled some distance to get there and help us with
>> set-up. Everyone could see that we made the right decision.
>> We were able to cancel some things, people were co-operative, but there
>are
>> some things like the great looking tee-shirts, programs and even trash
>> containers that were already in place and ready to go on Sunday before
>the
>> rain storm.
>> Ellen and Gary Wilkinson stayed in Wendover and will be at the end of the
>> access road today as well.
>>
>> I guess it's next year on the salt flats!
>>
>> Wes Potter, USFRA Secretary
>
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