I ran the rooky course just to get a tune and avoid a long wait [still long] and so rough couldn't give much throttle.
Ran long course and same deal, afraid I would spin, bumpy and loose. Gave up before the three. Told Troy you can try it but I'm not driving on that crappy course again So $150 driver change.
Troy now believes me 
Got up to 185mph at the 21/4 and 163 in the 3 but got very side ways and loose all the way. Packed up and left.
Its unbelievable how bad a course the BNI thinks its acceptable to run cars down. The course had been moved over and down a mile so we were waiting on a dragged 
course. I laid my tape measure on edge over a hole an inch deep and the holes were all over. With holes you have bumps.
ThunderSalt shredded his Mickey Thomson tires after a 235 mph pass 
There was a bad roll over early in the week and the driver was taken to Salt Lake.
Were not going back until Conditions and grading improve.
I talked to Seth Hammond and after driving the course on Thursday on the 10th he said the course was to rough
for them to attempt to go fast enough to set a record
So he left the car parked in Wendover.
JL222
Here is how the long course was described to me on a Friday drive down the course. " If you were holding a full cup of coffee in your hand when you left the starting line in the push vehicle by the time you completed the five mile course you would be lucky to have a half a cup left. There were two half mile sections that were smooth, but not together."
Some vehicles are better in those conditions than others, but I did notice that team speed demon did not run again even though they qualified for a record. That run was enough to give George his name on the Hot Rod trophy.
The SCTA did their best under the circumstances. There is just not enough salt to work with.
Tom G.
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