Andy Sills, the fellow who's riding the BMW S1000RR and for whom we're crewing, managed to get it into impound this afternoon. He made three passes earlier, running on the Randall Parker 194.546 P/P 1000 record from a few years ago. Andy's runs were all close -- 194.0, 193.8, 194.05, but not quite. Late this afternoon we did a few more things to try to find that last mph -- and he put down a 196.48. He's in impound and we're hoping the cool morning air will give him enough to back up the run with another good one. Geez, though -- be at Land's End at 6.45 for the parade to impound by 7, then the parade to the line at 8. Ah, what the heck -- helping someone else work on a record is almost as much fun as doing it for ourselves.
Here are the qualifiers from today. The usual format -- number, name, class, fast mile. I'll post the racers that back up those records tomorrow morning, after the runs are complete.
9392 Jeff Bailey Racing A/PG 3000 180.535
9997 Salt Cat Racing XXO/BFCC 189.080
Bike 3379 Greg Waters A/PS/BG 750 228.770
Bike 3412 Jack LeVie-Scott Guthrie Racing A/PG 100 53.444
(Don't have the other bike's number) Jack LeVie-Scott Guthrie Racing M/PS/PF 50 54.952***
4226 Kamphuis Racing M/PS/PBG 350 43.615
7272 Carter Family Flyer A/FMS 271.553
7571 Jack Rogers Racing A/FALT 248.836
396 Utah Valley University AA/CBGC 190.255
745 Blast of the Past/Ragsdale E/CBFALT 215.716*
136 Machikan & Schulz D/FS 324.127
348 S C H Racing Heads/Dave Sarno B/PROD 231.447
503 PRO PER Racing G/BFMR 207.364
Bike 3182 Forstall-Knecum-DeLuca Racing A/PS/G 2000 249.827**
Bike 1440 Dean Sabatinelli M/PS/BF 1000 223.784
31 Burkdoll/Hawley Racing I/MMP 108.826
*Bob Ragsdale was telling me as we got back to the motel, that vibrations in the motor shook the headers bad enough to break 'em up some -- so they pulled them (in impound) and got them welded up in town. Now they've got the pleasure of getting to impound at 7 and installing the headers in the early light - and being ready to run by 8. Good luck, Ragsdales.
**Mark qualified in both the first and second miles. The first mile is the speed you see above. I don't know which speed he's going to choose tomorrow, though.
*** I don't know which of these two bikes of Jack's did it, but he powered through to the five mile, I hear. Glen, you would have been having purple stars shooting in front of your eyes if it had happened on your watch -- taking all of about 5 and a half minutes to make the entire run. I'm told the rider has been asked to turn out by the 3 1/8 or so from now on.
Finally, Ray Buck had to boogie back to SLC late this afternoon -- to shoot photos at another event this weekend. He sends his greetings -- and remind everyone that he (and all of us) will be here Monday for the beginning of the Shootout.
Speaking of the Shootout, Mike Cook was sitting on the tailgate of our pickup tonight and expounding on the cars that'll be at the Shootout (so far). Poteet and Main, of course, and the Nish Family is on the trailer waiting to head out here. You've already read something about Lynn Goodfellow and the Mormon Missile, and I guess the story is that if he gets in two good runs tomorrow -- he'll probably run at the Shootout. Amir Rosenbaum and the Spectre (nee Kenny Hoover streamliner) is "maybe" -- hasn't checked in in a couple of days. No word about bikes, other than Mike Akatiff and the Ack Attack will be here, and I hear Scott Horner has probably got something heading out here -- something in the way of sit-on bikes. We'll see.
The Shootout will begin with meetings on Sunday morning, and runs starting first thing Monday. It'll run on the International course -- which will be at least 11 miles of good salt.
Jim Burkdoll, president of the USFRA and race director for World of Speed, says the meet will end tomorrow. Record return runs in the morning, qualifying all day, with final record runs to end by noon -- no, 'til 2PM, but later word has it that maybe the return runs won't start 'til later so everything is done by 4. Lots of entrants are still here, and the weather and the track are both superb -- so let's run as long as we can ('til the volunteers say "That's Enough!" We've gotta get going to get all of this stuff picked up so Mike Cook can run."
That's enough for me, too. It's 20 past ten and we've got to get Andy and Erin (his lady/co-rider) to Land'sEnd early. I'll see you all tomorrow. G'night.
