Jim Knapp came out for a look this year, and he is looking to bring his car out next year. Could be a good chance to piggy back. The salt at lake Gairdner is like concrete. This year was the hardest and driest I have seen in 12 years. Good air, cool temperatures. Lots of blow ups with engines that can't sustain the revs. Never having been to Bonneville, I don't know what it is like, but I heve seen visitors in past years trying to hammer tent pegs into the lake here for their shade, but it can't be done. We don't grade the lake at all, we drag a large length of steel along it 2 or 3 times, then open the track.