Just saw the Absolute Vodka TV commercial. Yeah, strange, but it was just another day at the dog track with a touch of the funky future at Bonneville. I used to see similar crowds at the Florida dog tracks, especially on Friday night, pay day. At least someone in production knew about the salt flats. I have to speculate that the extra metal trim on the high-tech greyhounds was because of getting through tech, no?
While on TV time, I think it was the show Storage Wars, they shot a piece of the program during BUB 2012. One of the main bidders, grey haired Barry Weiss, was shown bidding on storage units in Wendover. And just by chance his purchased a unit which had some motorcycle parts. He drove out to BUB on the salt, camera crew in tow, in a red cab-over pick-up and asked a friend what the value of the tires were. Saw some nice background shots.
BTW, Barry Weiss and other bidders ate dinner at the Rainbow that night. We were at the next booth. They sure knew how to have a good time. I'm glad to see Bonneville still seems to get its foot in the door of TV "places to be seen at."
I also heard that on the TV show American Invention, last November, there was a stand up scooter reviewed as a new invention. The designer will be running this "as seen on TV" stand up scooter at the 10th Anniversary of BUB this year.
Only three more days until the NW Bonneville Reunion in Portland.
I only get to visit Bonneville for a short time each year, but I am getting reminders all year long that it is still there and it has peoples attention. Save the Salt.
