IMO, the third course does not have a good return for the investment in
time, people or equipment. My suggestion about licensing elsewhere has one
big perk that a third course will not solve: it cuts down the number of
people coming out once just for fun, or once just so they can send a press
release about their company racing at Bonneville. I think WOS and World
Finals can handle those.
And, Keith, you'll note that I had not suggested El Mirage as a place for
Bville licensing.
DF
-----Original Message-----
From: Ed Weldon
To: Keith Turk; Freiburger, David; land-speed@autox.team.net
Sent: 10/14/2006 10:29 AM
Subject: Re: Fast Lane
Keith and others--I like your third course idea for license passes and
practice. Following resources are needed:
1. More salt real estate. More support for Save the Salt. Send your $.
2. SCTA/BNI Practice Course committee. Anyone want to volunteer to lead
(an
SCTA insider with lots of experience) or be a grunt (like me)? Anyone
willing to draft and submit a business plan (or 2 or 3) for
consideration or
to just be a framework for talk?
3. Survey a large group of racers: How many of your runs at the salt
(up to
say 200 mph) would you purposely have taken on a 1 mile practice course?
1.5 mile? 2 mile? Note there would only be simple timing equipment
good to
maybe the nearest one mph. Or you could use your own GPS.
4. Investment money for timing and course equipment. How much?
5. Consider the economics of putting record quality timing equipment on
that
course at some later time.
6. Consider practicality of staging other low speed events on that
course at
a later time. Let's be creative........
I like the idea of approaching this problem objectively and in a
businesslike manner. It may take a while and some good fortune to
accumulate the resources. Are we willing to be patient and work at it?
Ed Weldon
Captain Eddie's Day Old Fish Market -- Featuring the modern miracle of
mechanical refrigeration.
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