I'm almost home from the Top Speed Challenge and WoS -- will pull into Marquette in time to have lunch with Nancy tomorrow. Finally. This being separated stuff ain't for me, that's for sure. Of course -- the reunion oughta be dandy.
Here comes the next issue about land speed racing at Bonneville - and landracing.com. Read along for a minute, please.
I have been asked if I'll attend WF/SW to do streaming audio and other in-person coverage of the event. Yes, I can do it -- but it'll mean that I get home on Thursday (tomorrow) and need to leave Sunday - three days after I get home. The toilets arrive Wednesday and racing starts Saturday. If I have to go out there again -- my aching butt will be crabby as all get out at me. I'm at 4,000 miles in two weeks - and the next round trip will move the total for one month to 8,000. And those miles don't come cheap. Fuel, lodging, food, etc.
I'm considering one arrangement to stream (won't tell you all about it now -- too cornfusing at this point of planning), but said "deal" might require me to forgo any outside funding - like having one or more real sponsors pay the costs. But I don't want to NOT have sponsors because I don't want to ask you folks - the Forum regulars - to fund my travels to and from Bville. You donors have been more than kind in supplying the $$ it takes -- and it's your turn to sit back and let someone else spend the money. I mean it -- thanks, but it's somebody else's turn.
Back to the travel time. Sure, I could fly out there and back and rent a car in SLC -- that'd give me about four days that I wouldn't have to be driving, but I don't know if it'd be less expensive. I'm not going to chase airline costs now -- gotta get to sleep - but I'll figure it out tomorrow once I'm at the house.
I want to be there for WF, but don't want to be gone from home for another two weeks. Speaking of being gone and events -- I'm going on the assumption that Mike Cook is NOT going to do the "real" Shootout in October right after WF. That was the plan I heard before leaving Wendover. If he does run the Shootout after all -- cripes, not waht do I do>
Thanks one more time for the support you've shown. Maybe I should ask you to get on the email and phone and help find a big-time sponsor to get me out there -- and screw the rule that says I'm not allowed to have said sponsors.
G'night.