Need for Speed - 9 mph to be exact
Hello Everyone,
Don & I arrived on the salt on Saturday afternoon and proceeded to set up our pits. Since we usually have about 6 people helping us, this time was quite a shock! We did it though, and only needed a little help from some neighbors to get the car out of the trailer.
We sailed through tech inspection, got fuel & set up the pit area.
On Sunday, Ken & Marilyn Grimes arrived and we headed out to the salt on a cool, perfect morning. After breakfast at the Salt Flats Café, we took the car to the starting line – very short I might add – less than 15 cars in both lines. We waited less than an hour for our first run. AMAZING!!!
Marilyn, our first driver, did a great job, but the car only ran about 153 mph. We need to go over 167 mph to secure a record. After three runs, we determined that we needed to make some adjustments. Don was able to get it up to 158 mph, still short of what we need. So back to the pits to check all the systems. We discovered that #3 spark plug was not firing properly, everything else seemed to be in order. We are going to check the oxygen levels tomorrow before running.
For those of you who have been here with us before, just want to let you know that the high temp today was about 76 degrees. Can you believe it???
Back out to the salt tomorrow for another try. We’ll see!
We really miss our many crew members from past years & wish you all were here with us!
posted by Jane and Don McMeekin @ 8:27 AM
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