COOK SHOOTOUT NEWS. Please read this entire post for important info. The formal Cook Shootout scheduled for September 17-21 is canceled because the track may look okay, but we feel it won't currently support very fast high powered streamliners. We still have our October rain date (October 12-16) open for the Shootout and will continue to groom the track toward that date for the full streamliner Shootout event right up till until the last minute. Current entrants please call Mike for updates.
In place of the scheduled Shootout (September 17-21) we will still run the motocycle entries and call it Cook's FIM/AMA Speed Trials with certified two-way FIM/AMA record timing available for sit down motorcycles. These are bikes that were already entered for the Shootout plus a few others. It is not an alternate or substitute for the Bonneville Motorcycle Speed Trials which were also forced to cancel. It is for FIM record entries only. We have been fortunate that the international course was spared most of the damage that
ruined the other courses, and while it also will not currently support a large event, we can accommodate the smaller group of motorcycles from the Shootout entry list.
Motorcycle streamliners over 300 mph will be able to test and tune one-way, but will not be able to run both ways for records because we don't want them coming back toward the highway at those speeds. A limited number of cars will also be accepted for one-way test and tune only as we did last year. Call Mike Cook direct for cost and signup information. 951 675-3070.
IMPORTANT: If you even think you want to get in on the motorcycle event for FIM we need your name on the list before Monday 8/31/15 so we can tell them who is coming. They may not accept last minute entries that just show up. Call Mike on the weekend and at least leave a message as we will update our confirmation list to them on Monday.
Some of the confirmed entries now include:
Al Lamb
Jamie Williams
Scott Kolb
Valerie Thompson
Leslie Porterfield
Eva Hakansson
Kazutoshi Mizutani
We will continue to update you as this unfolds and hope that the additional time for the primary shootout will help the bad spots on the course come around in time for mid-October so the big boys can run for records.
