Milwaukee Midget

[fordboy628]

Oh, and Fordboy, the spare spare thermostat is back where it belongs. 

Sorry again about that!!   I guess that's what happens when you let a non-cheese eater work on your race car . . . . . .   

Let the countdown begin . . . . .                  Best of Luck buddy, wish I could be there . . . . . .
 
Fordboy

[Milwaukee Midget]

We made Kearney, Nebraska - Ready for some sleep.

Open trailer - seems we can't stop for gas or coffee without talking to somebody about the car.  That's okay - it's looking the best it ever has, and now when they ask "How fast does it go?", I can show them the dash plaque.

No flies on it this year, and I don't have to say, "I don't know".

Mark, you will be missed.

Lunch with Jack - wish I could have been there.

[fordboy628]

Bona fortuna, frater!

We made Kearney, Nebraska - Ready for some sleep.

Lunch with Jack - wish I could have been there.

Jack & I met up at Al's Beef in Tinley Park.   (EZ off & on I 80)

The conversation was as tasty as the beef.     Bona fortuna to you as well Jack!

Many Happy Return roads to all competitors attending SpeedWeek.
 
F/B

[fordboy628]

Chris,

You need to check this out:

Better than GoPro And FREE!     http://www.landracing.com/forum/index.php/topic,14267.msg257672.html#new


Worth the time to look.   See if you have the right phone, because there is more free stuff to the first 25 members of LR.com who sign up.
 
F/B

[Milwaukee Midget]

Well . . .

Last night, we stopped in Evanston, Wyoming for coffee/Redbull/provisions.  I had this brilliant idea of pressing on to SLC and staying somewhere closer to Wendover.

We got to Park City, only to find that there's some convention of outdoor retailers in SLC - not a room to be had. 

But the girl at the desk at the Best Western said they had a room in Wendover.

So we rolled into town about 2:00 AM Mountain time, after leaving Kearney at 9:30 AM Central time.

That's a lot of time staring at the windshield.

Kate opted for the late check-out - she's still sleeping.

I took the Midget to the car wash to get the road kill arthropods out of its teeth.

Thank God we brought beer.

[Dr Goggles]

Whoa, good effort!

Have a decent soak. And some suds

See you soon.

[Milwaukee Midget]

A bit of frustration, what with the water, but we're making the best of it.

My dad got in yesterday - he was supposed to have rented a Mustang GT, but few rental resources were available in SLC.  At least the Buick is turbocharged.

Sometimes boredom can work to your advantage.  The tech guys were bored, so they went out looking for cars to tech.  I just happened to be hanging out by the FlatCad team, who were getting inspected, and I said, "Let's get this behind us."



4-Barrel Mike on the camera here.

They were only teching cars that had been through tech once before - no new cars - but I'm grateful to have this behind us.  I expect when things do start happening, it's a line I'm not going to want to be standing in.

[tauruck]

Great Chris.

I'm enjoying all the photos. It's as close to a tour I'll get.

I hope all the guys get to run.

[Milwaukee Midget]

It's still a wait-and-see, but the short courses are drying nicely, which is good news for velocity challenged cars such as mine.  Worse case scenario, Doc's on his way, I've got a Telecaster for him, I brought my Les Paul, and Wayno's got a case full of harmonicas.

We'll just sing the blues . . .

[Rob]

It's cancelled Chris   Not sure where to from here for us.

[fordboy628]

CANCELLED!!

DA**!!


On the good news front:

Leinies  Oktoberfest on sale today!!!

Guess I'll have 1or 2 or ?   I'll try not to cry into it . . . . .

DA**!!
Fordboy

[Tman]

Sorry to hear Chris, swing through the Black Hills and I will buy the Beer and killer Pizza!

[Seldom Seen Slim]

Chris:  In case we don't get together before you leave (this is typed after us deciding not to eat supper with the two of you)  how 'bout considering our route towards Wisconsin - if only for the different scenery and a bunch less traffic?  I80 gets crowded and all you get to see is corn on the left and soy beans on the right, with the occasional sunflower field for the sake of Farmer Jones being different.

We come across I-94/I90 through Fargo and then start dropping down into mid-Minnesota - before we turn left and go up to Duluth.  You could follow 94 to the cities and then head due east.  To get to 90/94 you go north from SLC and right close to Yellowstone to Bozeman - and then turn right and you're on the way.

It's about 20 miles farther for us that way - and yet an hour or so quicker and lots less traffic headaches.  You also get to miss Little American on our chosen route - and that's worth quite a bit right there.

However you decide to drive home - drive safely and make plans to get back here to gt the record that you missed your shot at this time around.  Best wishes - and see you around Labor Day when you're way up north.

Nancy & Jon

[Speed Limit 1000]

Thank You Slim and Nancy for all you do for us. Wish you good travels home.

John

[wheelrdealer]

Chris:

Sorry to hear.

Travel safe.

BR