""""so at least we had something to watch --
> saw a falling star, too. Won't tell you what else we did in the dark
> truck. . .).""""
alrighty then.......its john and nancy's fault about the
"slippery" salt........heck, prolly caused the bumpyness too......
Joe
Quoting Jon Wennerberg <jon@infodestruction.com>:
> On Saturday, August 20, 2005, at 07:44 AM, Thomas E. Bryant wrote:
> >
> > George Fields said that they tried to use a grader, but when the blade
> > was put down it lifted the tires off the salt. This was the hardest
> > salt I have ever seen and the most uneven surface I have seen. I just
> > hope that we don't see this again!
> >
> > Tom, Redding CA - #216 D/FCC
>
>
> Nancy and I had the (dubious) pleasure of driving one of the trucks
> dragging the course (dubious 'cause it was the unit without working
> lights -- and we ran it from 6.30 'til about 10.30 Thursday evening,
> seeing only by following the taillights of the drag truck in front of
> us. No lights, no radio -- but a pleasant lightning show over the
> mountains to the northeast, so at least we had something to watch --
> saw a falling star, too. Won't tell you what else we did in the dark
> truck. . .).
>
> The truck in front was pulling the "big" drag -- the one with ballast
> and dubbed the "cutting" drag. We pulled the "polishing" drag. After
> our shift Roy Creel - who spent his evening keeping track of us,
> coordinating the project - stopped us to say that our work wasn't
> making much of an improvement. The salt was that hard. Dragging
> continued all night, anyway, I guess using just the bigger drag.
>
> Next morning the motor grader came into play -- but George (who drove
> the truck before I did) is right -- no real results were gained. I
> guess the grader eventually got put into service creating access roads,
> return roads, spectator roads, etc.
>
> The pits were so bumpy that observance of the "5 MPH in the pits" speed
> limit was universal -- you'd shake the fillings out of your teeth if
> you went faster.
>
> Roy sure put his heart into trying to provide us with a decent race
> course. So did everyone else.
>
> But good course or bad, we sure had a fine time.
>
> Jon Wennerberg
> Seldom Seen Slim Land Speed Racing
> Marquette, Michigan
> (that's 'way up north)
>
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