It was sad that the last pass of the season had to be a crash. I hope the rider is doing well and has a speedy recovery. He went into a high speed wobble on his bike right in front of our pit, about the 1/2mi? point and got spit off. Patrol units were there within about 60 seconds, and the ambulance in just a few minutes. He was motionless at first, but starting moving around after awhile.
We had a great season, and I would like to congratulate all the SCTA staff and workers, and fellow racers for putting on another excellent event. We are still having a mystery problem that is shutting the engine off at about 150-160. Everything went fine on the dyno to 198mph, but not at the track. Hopefully we will have it sorted out before the 2009 season begins. We are going to back to drag racing the truck for the winter, and maybe a sled pull or two for fun.
Side note: Somebody drove through the starting line metal barracades and nailed a speaker with a pickup in the middle of the night. Witnesses say he was driving with his lights off at about 1am? Jerk. Probably drunken jerk.
While being an idiot and running into solid objects at night with your lights off is not acceptable behaviour except in certain southern states, it would have been sad if some kid hit one goofing on a bike at night. I will bring a roll of reflective tape to the first El Mirage meet next year and ask if I can put some on the barracades and lights. Yeah, it won't do much if there is no moon, but it would be better than nothing.
