Thanks Wes... I am trying to leave here on Thrusday.... Let me know if
there are any more updates....
Keith ( ain't life Grand... hoping to crank the Motor tonight... and Dyno
tomarrow .. Pack and leave the day after.... Ain't Been much to say just
work! )
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> From: Wester Potter <wspotter@jps.net>
> To: Land-speed list <land-speed@autox.team.net>; Gary Allen
<GAllen@williams-int.com>
> Subject: WOS salt condition
> Date: Tuesday, September 12, 2000 9:36 AM
>
> List,
>
> The salt was dry when it was dragged on Sunday, 9/10. The little bit of
> rain on the area since Speedweek has allowed the course to heal and the
> dragging pulled down the fluff on top to fill and smooth the surface.
With
> ten days before racing for the surface to solidify, we should have an
> excellent course. The black lines are still there, there is no water at
the
> end of the access road, the course at the seven is moist but there are
not
> any standing puddles of water. The weather forecasters say temperatures
> will be in the upper eighties and low nineties for the next seven days.
> Temperatures will be in the upper eighties as we set up for World of
Speed.
>
> Morning temperatures could be in the lower forties and upper thirties so
> bring some layers of clothing just in case.
>
> I will be at the end of the access road on Monday for early arrivals to
> register.
>
> The people with the pressure washer to remove salt from the underside of
> cars will be located (at BLM request) at the bend of the road on the
north
> east side of that corner. This will keep any oil from the cars at a
> distance from the salt and avoid a puddle at the end of the access road.
>
> The Red Flame will be set up on Tuesday with food.
>
> We will not run the 130 and 150 clubs and bar-stools on Wednesday.
>
> The BLM Director will be on the salt on Thursday. If you are given a
> chance, please let him know your feelings about the direction the salt
> restoration project is going. Also we need to emphasize that we won't be
> happy until we have a good eleven mile course where we used to race.
This
> seven mile course doesn't allow room for two-way record runs and safe
> braking. There are still 73 million tons of salt in the Reilly ponds
that
> could and should be returned to the racing surface. That's over thirty
five
> years of pumping at the rate they are going. The room is there if the
salt
> is pumped back.
>
> As a side note, we have had wonderful support from Lou Kirkman and Sarah
> Sutherland and the rest of the people from the Salt Lake Office of the
BLM
> this year. They will be on the salt during World of Speed and will be in
> uniform so they will be easily identifiable. Do your best to let them
know
> how much we appreciate their efforts for us. This has not been an easy
year
> for BLM people with the "green" attack on western lands and the
disruptive
> interferences by groups like the Southern Utah Wilderness Alliance and
their
> people. They are dictating to the Forest Service how they should handle
> their lands and being critical of everyone else in western lands
management.
> Not a good year to work for the feds in western lands management of any
> type.
>
> I, for one, appreciate that the BLM people are trying to be fair to all
and
> even handed in the way they conduct their affairs. We can't ask or
expect
> more of them.
>
> Wes Potter Secretary, USFRA
>
>
>
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