WF is on!!

[Seldom Seen Slim]

Howdy!  The salt sure looks great.  I have not driven the course* yet, but the access roads and other areas are hard and dry and not very bumpy.

*One course this year for WF - a combination short and long course.  No, that won't make for long lines because so far there are 53 (or so) entries.  But those entries - oh, my, maybe some of youse guys should hi-tail it out here.  We've got the new Burkdoll 'liner that Jim and his family have built.  It'll be running on a #444 Rick Vesco record of 335+ in C/FS.  Ed Umland is here with his B/BGS, Bals-a-Salt in the 135 AA/GALT, Mariani Farms B/GS, the Wolf-Strasburg team and their D/BFL are pitted right across the pit road from me.

There's a new (to me, at least) lakester - XO/BFL with a GMC 6 in it.  I'll try to get some photos.  Big Tim is here in the new C/DS powered by a Cummins 5.9L motor.  Chet Thomas and his B/BSTR and the Cummins-Beck-Davidson-Thornberry AA/BFR are registered, Nish Motorsports is here in the 998 D/FS, and the 1000 Bockscar will show us whether Stainless and Ross and Johnboy and the rest of them made improvements on it since SpeedWeek.  The Tradup D/GL, Jack Iliff and his G/GCC, and the Jesel B/BGMP are here.  I've seen two cars built in the Jack Costella mode -- Rick Yacoucci's 788 and Jim Hoogerhyde's 2020.

There are fifteen or maybe 20 bikes and I'll get a look at those next.  In the meantime, I'll refer you to the cars I just listed - maybe 20 of them, and that leaves maybe an other 15 I didn't list.

Do you think that any of them are short course cars?  I doubt it, and that means some fast times if the salt races as well as it looks.  Stay tuned  for more.

[racergeo]

  OK all we're lacking is Arley and the77 car for a 400mph dream shoot out. I can't wait. 

[STR389]

I made Speed week  but couldn't do WF.. Maybe next year -    Lots of luck to you all  -  that 82 degrees sounds great !!

[Seldom Seen Slim]

I took a few pics today.



















































We start running tomorrow morning, so I probably won't get out to take lots more pics.  Please post 'em if you've got 'em.

[racergeo]

    Some pretty trick cars have shown up, I just wish Rex's was one of them.

[Seldom Seen Slim]

Here's the schedule for the first day of racing at World Finals 2020.

[deepindebt]

It was cool meeting you today Slim,our pleasure,The Hutchinson?s

[ratpatrol66]

Well since I'm unemployed what better thing to do than go to World Finals! Rolled into Wendover at 11:00pm.

[Seldom Seen Slim]

I took some pics at the far end yesterday, and right now Photobucket's site is down so I can't post 'em.  I was gonna show you that even the turnouts have a blue line to follow, and that even at the 8 mile it's all salt, no dirt.  Dragged to about the 8 1/4, packed for another 1/4, and if you're still moving when you're that far you'd best have some contingency plans in place right now!

I drove all the way there and back and the inner fenders were still almost all metal/very little salt at all.  That's hard salt.

Drivers meeting starts in about 45 minutes.  It'll be at the registration compound, NOT the start line.

[Seldom Seen Slim]

The worksheet I got this morning show 77 entries -- 26 bikes and 51 cars.  Pre-reg was 43, and there you can see the power of good salt to draw in some more entries.  This oughta be a fast event.

Right now the drivers meeting is done, drivers are going down the course to see it, and Debbie (chief timer) says she'll do a roll call of c ourse workers abnout 8.45 and there we'll be ready to race.  At that time is when Bill Lattin and Pat McDowell get to make the momentous announcement:  "Let's Go RACING!!!!"

[gowing]

Streaming is coming thru loud and clear.
Sounds like it is gonna be a great day for racing. 
Man I wish that I was there.
My wife just came in, heard the broadcast and asked if Slim was announcing,
she said good, I like that guys voice.

(....... I didn't even know she was paying attention during the speedweek livestream)

[trimmers]

Slim:

Got you loud and clear!  First run a qualifier for 7703-B! Take it to impound! 
Jeff in Boise

[LindaH]

Good Afternoon Slim...Glad to be back online with you.  Ed said "Hi" too 

[Seldom Seen Slim]

How's the salt, you ask?  Well, in impound tonight after the first day of racing there are 16 cars and 8 bikes.  That's 2 dozen qualifiers out of a field of about 80 entries.  I took pics in Impound before I left the salt this evening and will post them after I get some food.  Red Garter here I come.

[wickedwagens]

I can hear you loud and clear for record return runs this morning.  Thanks again Slim for the pictures and updates!