Released this AM:
FRIDAY REPORT: 10/02/15
As reported earlier Mike Cook flew to Wendover to make a personal inspection of the track. At 9:00 AM this morning he reports that a storm completely flooded the salt last night and there is no way we will be able to accomplish an event of any kind. It will take weeks to clear, but we will stay on top of it all the way through November as the BLM have given us a green light to do so.
We will continue monitoring and we will try to make a limited use track available as soon as safely possible. We do this because so many of you have asked us to keep it up. One potential plan is to stage an event immediately following the SEMA Show. Some vehicles like the Speed Demon will already be in Las Vegas and thus closer to the salt. It could happen earlier, but that gives us five more weeks to gain a drier, firmer track all the way back to the highway like we had with the Buckeye Bullet in August. Weather permitting of course.
We are all in the same position as many of the speed pioneers like Campbell, Eyston and Cobb faced in the 1930’s, camping out in Wendover for weeks and months at a time waiting for opportunity. We appreciate what you are telling us and we will keep after it. Cook is going out again today to determine how bad it really is and we will post an update on that later.
Good luck to Mike and his team. Many of the LSR records in the early days were set late in the year.
DW
