Hello to all who are reading this blog post. Sorry I haven't been posting as often as I had hoped. The day starts early at 6 am. We eat, head out to the salt, racing starts. Before I know it, time for bed and start it all over again. This week has flown by and tomorrow is our last day here.
On Sunday a storm blew in. There was plenty of lightning in the hills, but it didn't bother us on the salt flats. By the time we drove back to the hotel, it started to pour rain and the lightning was striking very near in the hills behind the hotel.
The next morning, Monday, the salt was wet driving to the pits, but the race course was dry enough to run cars.
Here's Dennis getting out of the car after a run. This week has been a challenge for the 777 Team. The car first went 264, then the next run was 263, then the next run was 262.
On Sunday evening, they took 265 pounds of lead out of the car for Monday's run; still slower.
They changed the gears on Monday evening for Tuesday's run, did not go any faster.
Grant and Shannon, both are big helps. Grant's official job is lifting and reaching. Ha Ha.
Me with Dawna, we both try really hard to stay out of the sun.
On Sunday, Mike and Art Chrisman and friends drove up to Bonneville. They showed up to our pits on Monday afternoon. They will be attending the Bonneville 200 MPH Club banquet on Wednesday, then head home. We will also be going home on Thursday.
Tomorrow is Wednesday. The guys made new exhaust pipes for the car to see if that may help with speed. I'll let you know how that goes.
I'm going to sleep.
2 comments:
Kathy, for us overseas your report is very welcome. It is great to see the pics of the racecar and you all in the team. Give my best regards to everybody and tell Roy and Pat that I miss the good days we had at the PRI show in Indy.
Olle, I will tell them this morning. Thank you, Kathy
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