Hey John you have asked that International course question a couple of
times... indicating to me that it must be a better deal....
could you take a sec and explain the advantages of the International
course... where is it set up and how is it better?
Just curious is all.... Keith
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> From: John Beckett <johnbeck@blueridge.cc.nc.us>
> To: Daniel Wright <daniel.wright@genetics.utah.edu>;
land-speed@autox.team.net
> Subject: Re: Salt conditions
> Date: Tuesday, July 13, 1999 10:36 AM
>
> Dan
>
> Any word on possibly using the old International course or are we still
> back behind the dike?
>
> John Beckett
>
>
> >Your question prompted me to call Rick Vesco who was out helping to
layout
> >the course yesterday(7/11/99). So here is the latest news, and its all
> >good news! There is lots of good DRY salt. Rick says there is no water
> >anywhere. Says the salt is rock hard. There had been concerns that the
> >new salt from the restoration project might not bond properly with the
> >surface of the old salt, but that seems not to be any problem. They
were
> >able to layout a 9 mile long course, and a 5 mile short course. Rick
says
> >that the current layout will allow for runs to be made in both
directions,
> >which hasn't been avaliable for some time. Last year there was at best a
7
> >mile long course, with runs only being made toward floating mountain. So
> >unlike last year, the outlook for racing is excellent. Rick says it was
> >100 out there yesterday, and that Dave Koehler is out there today
working
> >also. So when Dave gets back I will get some more bits of info from
him.
> >Starting to feel like race season.
> >Dan Wright
> >Dept. of Human Genetics, University of Utah
> >dan@saltflats.com
> >Utah Salt Flats Racing Association
> >"It's amazing what you can do when you don't know it can't be done"
> >
>
>
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