Thread: So, three old farts.........

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.......decided it was time to finally take in the action at Bonneville. If you haven't ever gone there you should, at least once, just for the experience. We went in a motor home and parked in the area just off I-80 near the track alternately called "The bend in the road", or "The corner". It's not a formal RV park with hookups, just a nice flat spot. Lots of folks park there with motor homes, trailers, and tents. From there it's a couple miles or so to the track entrance. We had the Polaris RZR, and a quad to shuttle back and forth to the track, and to go up and down from the starting line to the end of the pits (otherwise it's a looooooonnnnnngggggg walk). Many of you have seen pictures over the years that might try to show the vastness of the salt flats, but no picture can do it justice...........it's incredible! And the white surface do reflect the heat..........wear plenty of sunscreen! Even with a wide brim helmet on I improved my tan, even under the chin (or more accurately chins). I'll post up a bunch of pics here, some in the pits, some in the adjoining spectator areas, and the best of the race cars are in the staging lanes. You'll notice the teams bring along plenty of shade. If you go, take LOTS of water with you too. Most of the teams are pretty laid back about you getting reasonably close in the pits, just respect their working space. In the staging area you can pretty much walk right up and look everything over closely, and if the crew is not close to pushing off you can usually ask all the questions you want.

Back in the camping area the action picks up when the sun goes down. On Sunday night three of the camping groups "decided" to have a fireworks showdown. Well, one of them turned out to be pikers, they had the puny stuff you might do in your yard. The other two though had a pretty good showdown they each had some pretty impressive stuff. For those who don't do the camping thing, the action at night is in Wendover, just a couple miles down the road. Lots of cruisin', a bit of drinking , and lots of socializing.

Now, just need Brother Severson to get that Rancheroo done so I can drive the push truck.............