I've read these comments both here an other places and most of you must not know Mike Cook or George Poteet. They are some of the most honest, nicest people I know. Mike would never allow anything to be posted to his site under any condition that was not approved, period end of story. George Poteet is another of those same people. He could have kept it all to himself and his team but that's just not George. He is all about helping all who race on the salt, and I'm sure posting his crash, he felt was in the best interest of helping people understand just what can, and does happen. It's there so we can all look it over and learn from it. The Poteet and Main team are the best this sport has to offer and the rest of us can only hope to be as good and nice as they are.
Our team was lucky enough to be pitted next to them a few years back at the Cook Shoot Out when we broke the FIA record for our class. The car rolled into the pits and had some damage after the first leg of the record run. Mike Cook was one of the first there giving us a time line we had to get it turned around and asking if he could help in anyway. George and Ron were right behind Mike offering anything they could do to help us get things fixed, checked and the car turned around for the second run. We had minor body damage due to the exhaust burning the glass body around the exit. Well, as we started to take it apart George walked back to his pit pulled his entire crew off his car and sent them all over to help. I can assure you all that without there help we would not have been able to get it done in time. Well not only are we all fixed and back on the track with spare time but then, it gets worse. As the car comes of the push bumper of the push truck the turbo's hit hard and spun the tires and here goes the liner round and round off the track! We get very lucky and it stayed upright and on all fours, tires are fine. I get to the car and the drivers telling me push me back, have we got enough time? By the time I look up here comes Ron, George and the whole Speed Demon crew to help us again. As were pushing the car by hand back out of the junk salt to get it to where the salt is good enough for the push truck not to sink in, Mike Cook there asking what are we going to do. When we tell him were still going to make the backup run he gets on the radio and makes sure to get his entire crew back into place so if there is time left we can make a run. Again the Speed Demon crew helps us go over the car quickly and does it running along side as were pushing it back out of the junk salt and back to the starting line.
Well the fact that we have the class record pretty much let's you all know we made it in time but, without the commitment of Mike Cook, Ron Main and George Poteet we wouldn't. These guys are there to help improve the sport and enjoy it for themselves as well along the way and my hats off to each and every one of them.
