It's over. I'll leave town tomorrow morning.
I'm so danged sorry that I couldn't stream 100% of the event. Dammit! The JetPack (takes signal from the phone system and creates wi-fi) battery went bad and it seems that there aren't any here in Wendover. I'm very sorry.
In a way, though, it wasn't the best event it might have been if we'd had better weather. The mood was pretty gloomy - can we have an event with this? Yes, we did. The track was funky for sure. I talked with car and bike racers from slow to fast, and many of 'em told about getting sideways too many times going down the track. But yet - there was only 1 spin, and that was the Saab "Flying Pickle") - - which is front wheel drive. We had only one stretch of salt to use for a course, so it had lights at the 1, 2 and three. So to speak we had a short course only. Chris Raschke went 333 on that course of questionable integrity. Jim Hoogerhyde went 254. It wasn't hopeless.
But then - - so many cars and bikes ran way below their record. Lots went about 50% of their usual, be they roadsters or motorcycles or whatever. I don't know why it happened.
Boyoboy I hope the weather in the next few weeks is just right and there's a great course for WoS. More important, I hope the access road heals. It's quite the challenge today after heavy traffic through the mess. In some of the salt potholes mud can be seen at the bottom. I hope it's muddy salt - it doesn't turn so funky and slippery as does unsalted mud.
Thanks to everyone that stopped to chat, to everyone that took pictures/selfies of/with me, to the spectators that gave me snacks and drinks and that stuff, and to everyone in general. It was my pleasure. I'll get the entire frickin' system working before next time.
