I rode my bike out on the salt on the 3 courses (long) at the 5 mile. Had to get off and push it back to the pits.(back Pain) I declared dogmatically that no one would exceed 300. It was so ruff I couldn't keep my feet on the pedals. So the first car on the track runs 420 something. WTF. Then Danny Thompson does him one better. I think I'm in some kind of alternate reality. The next morning I was amazed That Poteet ran even faster(blowing his "A" engine as a result). It broke my heart that Danny blew on his back up. I saw cars bounce off the salt getting on the throttle just off the ruff starting line, which they moved down a mile the next day. I saw a tire roll a couple mile down the salt, many spins and a couple crashes. The people that had success, for the most part really knew what they were doing. The Fallieres, not so much. If you were going after a Seth Hammon record, no track, not even for him. He left his car in town. I looked at several new cars that were built to the highest quality. Many were ingenuous.
Great thing about LSR, all the classes. If you can't afford to race against Marlo, George, Danny and others find a class you think you can afford. Even the Summers Bros. had to hold down jobs, even with all the backing they had, so there are just amateurs in this hobby. Trophy and a red hat, that's all. Some are rich and some are down right poor. But your success is defined by the same thing, a record at Bonneville.
