From the SCTA site.
08/01/08: Salt Up Date
This just in from Larry Volk (Our very reliable source) :
Today, Thursday he took a trip out onto the salt. He reports the salt to be dry,
hard and mostly smooth. The water that hit during our last trip in mid July is gone
and additional dragging will be needed to fine tune our courses prior to SpeedWeek.
Larry drove out to the 8 mile and reports that the courses look good for their
entire length, that's all three courses, one long and two short. The water that
stood on the salt for the past week or so has improved conditions over and above
what they were during mid July before the storm hit us while we were there working.
There were two film companies on the salt shooting commercials today. Our work force
will arrive, in mass, a week before SpeedWeek and begin the final touches to not
only our race courses but all the other things necessary to stage your event. On
behalf of the entire SCTA and BNI Board, we look forward to seeing you all at "The
Greatest land Speed Event Of The Year", SpeedWeek 08. Mike Waters Chairman BNI
