Jon sorry I never got a name but I will find out tomorrow I do no that they ran at bub maybe that will help
I did not know that open bikes were available to run for FIM at the Top speed shootout... 
Mike..?
John
We decided to allow an open bike to run at this meet for a couple of reasons.
The first was the fact that there were only one bike and a snowmobile that were going to run for FIM records. This brings the cost up greatly for the entrants. Sam’s aluminum wheel is working well and he is making major modification to his bike over the next year and is not running. We are not running this year because we have the record and at Bub Denis said there was no way he could get the bike together for the Shootout. I have never seen the logic of running against your own record especially on what may be a track that is not as good as last year.
We would need to work on the bike steadily after Bub up until the event to get it ready so when it looked like the record would stand for another year the crew and I decided to bag it for this year. Two key crew members took off on vacation. So when Denis called and said he wanted to run we had lost several days and crew members. We went back and forth trying to decide if we would go but in the end it just didn’t make sense with the time we had left.
There will be no cable network coverage of this year’s event. The video of last year’s event will broadcast later this year on a major cable channel it’s really a professional well done program that captures the spirit of the event well. I have a commitment from a major documentary director to produce a program on next year’s event for broadcast. There should be at least 3 bike streamliners and as many as 5 next year going for the record.
The second reason was that Richard Assen who has traveled at great expense from Australia and ran 260 at Speed Week using 80% throttle was unable to get anywhere near the absolute FIM record for open bikes at Bub because of track conditions. I met his sponsor who has been a great supporter of land speed racing and it just seemed right to offer him a chance to set this record while they are here.
Remember this is a private invitation only event and the Mike has the best interests of the entrants as a top priority. Helping out a serious FIM record contender and reducing the cost for all entrants seemed the right thing to do. Streamliners will always come first if there are enough of them to justify the costs of the event.
