Wes:
I saw those ruts from the hi-horse rubber-tired vehicles on last year's
(softer, I think) course, also. There were quite a few of them, and some
were more than a couple inches deep. However, Bill Smith and I drove slowly
over all four courses after this year's SpeedWeek, looking for interesting
signs. And we got out and walked quite a bit of the (west-most) Long
Course. Although we saw many "chugholes" and lots of black tire streaks, I
don't remember any rut or indentation from a rubber-tired vehicle extending
more than a foot or so (and that was near places that had apparently been
repaired with softer salt). Near the starting lines may have been the
exception, but I wasn't taking notes there, and I don't really remember if
there were significant ruts there.
Russ
-----Original Message-----
From: owner-land-speed@autox.team.net
[mailto:owner-land-speed@autox.team.net]On Behalf Of W S Potter
Sent: Thursday, August 22, 2002 11:53 PM
To: land-speed@autox.team.net
Subject: FW: Metal Wheels Ruts-gouges & chips
Funny, the high horsepower streamliners and roadsters leave grooves/deeper
tracks in the salt too and I have followed them for miles. Do these also
get banned? As hard as the salt is now, where are the ruts? In which mile?
Who, in addition to Speedway and Costella, are the cars running metal front
wheels?
Breedlove ran aluminum alloy discs with around a 3" flange riveted to the
outer edge of the disc with miles of carbon fiber wrapped around the
outside. The carbon fiber wrappings were installed at the Hercules (now
Hexcel) plant in the Salt Lake suburbs. I used to see the man who was the
go between rather frequently and a former neighbor also worked on that
little project. They used the same kind of wrapping technique as is used in
rocket boosters.
Wes
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