Event Coverage Bonneville Speedweek 2021 Official Thread

Web capture from Gear Head Hobbies video from when he got plane ride over the racing yesterday 8/10/21. It shows the limits of the salt layer too.
All photo creds to Gearhead Hobbies.
I think he had to be back to work today and isn't doing video.

They have the radio going on though SpeedWeek 2021 Day 5 Wednesday | Radio Show | landracing (meridix.com)

 

Cool - thanks foor posting the shot - is the run area to the left of the pits in the picture or is that the main road in ?

 

Here is a description

 

Looks like they have paired down from the 3 or 4 courses, typical mid week

 

Just got home, had to cut it a day short......had a blast though!

 

Shit happens;

 

Damn

 

That should not be allowed period...there is specialized equipment with load displacing tracks...obviously here that is absolutely applicable...or they were where they shouldn't have been...

 

Hahahaha! Boyd got posted more this week from that fiasco than when it actually happened!

Another good example of why you do not stray too far from the pits/race courses.

 

Ro Yale just posted that the #1429 Rear engine 27 roadster ran 261 on a 200 record!

 

What class?

If it had a minimum it wouldn't matter. He's got enuf red hats to open a store.

 

Not his car, the orange/silver one. A friend of his I think?

 

Here's a Codington story about "digging in". . .

 

At least that's better than listing to Ron try to struggle through on the radio.

 

Thanks for posting this for one that's never been !

 

Very well written, thanks for posting !

 

Found out it was C/BGRMR which has a 250 minimum. No idea where the 200 Ro mentioned came from unless someone else already ran that this meet?

 

The record stood at 200.083, set by the Kraut brothers in 2014. To get into the 200 club, one must set a record over 200 mph AND exceed the minimum MPH set by the club. This policy is to make sure that you can not easily to get into the club by exploiting a class with a soft record. In this case, that minimum was 250 mph.

 

I know how the minimums work, see my above posts. I did not look up the record since I had no idea what class he was running. But thanks! The Kraut Bros are impressive competition.

 

No Triple A card? First 5 miles are free.

 

I'm thinking that there was a time when you could bump the record by just a few mph and get a red hat and then your buddy/brother could go bump yours by a couple more and get theirs until the whole gang and gaggle had bumped the record up just enough each time to qualify.

 

You can if there is no minimum in that class. OR, if you are top dog and can run a couple percent faster each time. Bockscar is a good example of earning Red Hats. Same with Ro's Contrivance Eng. Car. Just smart teams that know how to go fast!

 

I remember hearing a crew discuss that very thing some years ago. I'll go, you'll go, he'll go. They thought they had it. None of them got it. Car had the potential though.

 

The Salt, like Mother Nature, is a fickle bitch.

 

This actually shows the long course and the combo course. The short course is around the bend to the right off frame.

 

Thanks to all who helped this year, didn't quite make the 200 mark. 196.288.
See you next year. Still "World's Fastest Y-Block".

 

Today's link for radio coverage SpeedWeek 2021 Day 6 Thursday | Radio Show | landracing (meridix.com)

 

I just listened to #66 BMR B/Fuel Roadster qualify on the own record of 285 at a speed of 308+ recorded in the middle mile.
This makes the 5th roadster over 300. 3 others are modifieds and I other is a 34 bodied. The owner is Doug Robinson and the engine an A Fuel dragster style and limited to 440 cubic inches. This is the first unblown roadster over 300. I’m hoping for another great run in the morning the last day of the meet.

 

Go Eddie and Doug!!! Love following this car.

 

Good job Tim!