When I got to the pits after shutting down stuff at the tower this afternoon the Speed Demon was put away in the trailer, so I didn't have the opportunity to see it at all. I do know that Mike Cook asked me if I'd already shut down the audio streaming -- and when I said "yes" he asked if I'd get it running in the morning so Ron Main can talk for a while about the incident. Bill Guzenski might just interview him and give me the file to stream (easier to do than having Ron sit in the car with me to talk), but either way -- I hope we'll have him on the air to tell us some stuff. I know that George is probably going to be back from the hospital in SLC tomorrow (Saturday, that is) and plans to be out on the salt some more. Then he'll be seeing the car and he and his crew will decide how much can be done and how soon.
I talked with Mike Akatiff and Rocky and Jim True and Eva and others, too. Let's see -- Eva's bike runs about 400-600 amps at 375 volts as she went down the track, she reported. There's maybe 10% more that she's willing to push for more power. She and Bill likened the situation as "walking toward a cliff". They know the bike and systems are fine right now, and that if they push too hard -- the bike will fall off that cliff and be hurt. Better to achieve a goal (today's 250+ run was one of those) and then maybe explore what's still in the bike.
Akatiff and Rocky and a few others in the crew took a leisurely mosey down the track looking for interesting stuff -- like possible divots from the Speed Demon crash (none, much to Mike's surprise, although there were some black marks from tires) and pot holes and so on. Jim True was so deep in thought that he was in his own world. I didn't want to break his concentration so I've got nothing to report from him.
Cook and crew were cleaning up the stuff like signs that have to be taken down for overnight - so they don't blow away in case there's a wind storm, but he did state again that start time tomorrow morning is 9AM. I asked about why he says it's going to be one time and it so often is later and he said that it's the racers that are tardy and he had come up with a fix: He'd ask each team to give him $100 at the end of the day, and if they were on time he'd give it back. But if they were late and stuff started late -- that money would pay for fire and ambulance for the hour or so that the racers held up stuff. Will he do it? Who knoze, but it's a good story. . .
Two photos for you before I quit. Here's a nice shot from the start line - and a picture that raises questions. G'night. I'll check back in in the Ayem.