After to much himming & hawwing about going to the Salt , this morning I finished deciding and am GOING !! It will be similar to going out these days and being around people who know what it takes to function with unusuals .. Building race cars ,getting them to do what you built them for in spite of what it does otherwise .. Face mask use and keep that space will work out just fine . The details will sort themselves out . Will drive up Wed. , stay at the Bend , and being inspecting Thursday on . SEE YA STEVE A..
Good luck Steve!
If SW actually happens, SCTA would need to rule face masks mandatory or all the "Karen's" won't give a $hit about you!
I just can't imagine having to wear one in that heat so my decision is to stay safe & stay away.
Sid.
"Get busy living or Get busy dying".
I am still planning on going just to spectate.
My woman has to cover at her work, so I'll most likely be all by myself.
Probably going to ride my motorsickle over and just pitch a tent at the bend in the road.
I'm at the Alamo Motel right now,,,, should be at the Bend in the Road Thursday morning,,,, big white Holsum Bred truck,,,,, stop by and say Howdy ! Crow. ( that's Me ! ) 1drink
The 608 is going. Two Suburbans. Two pickup trucks. Two trailers. Two golf carts. And one Race car that needs 5 miles of good salt. Motel 6 here we come!!
Stay safe, stay healthy, have fun, go fast.
Ed
It's Saturday, 1 August 2020, and I'm about 10 minutes from hitting the road to Wendover. YIPPEE!!!!!!!!
SEE YOU ON THE SALT!
Jon, and anyone going to Bonneville,
Have a safe trip, and please use a mask, social distance, don't shake hands use elbows and have plenty of hand sanitizer with you. This virus is the invisible enemy of our age group and is transmitted so easily. It will be hard to do, as seeing old friends the first thing you want to do is say Hi while shaking hands and some instances giving a hug. After Bonneville I don't want to see any Go Fund Me topics on this website to help bury someone who got the virus from going to Speedweek.
Everyone please use common sense, stay safe, have fun, come home without the virus.
Tom G.
I've made 40 or so Landracing.com/SpeedWeek 2020 face masks and will have them with me (as well as a few dozen Landracing.com/SpeedWeek 2020 pocket knives). I hope you won't need the knives to stay away from others, but the masks will help protect you (if you use it).
They're fundraisers for the site, but the masks are also for common sense. Yes, I even have some hand wipes in the truck, and I use doctor gloves for eating snacks while I drive.
Watch out for the handles of the gas station window washer squeegies!!
Later --
If you dipped your hand in a bucket of paint then went about doing your thing, that would leave a pretty long paint trail. If everybody there had a different color you could imagine the rainbow effect but which colors are dangerous to you? :?
An active N95 mask can protect you from airborne transition but a non N95 mask will not protect you from a virus donor who is not wearing a mask. It will however prevent you from touch transfer to your mouth or nose by hand. Your eyes are also an exposed location that you need to be conscious of not touching without effectively sanitizing your hands so staple your sun glasses to your head. 8-)
All this is going to be tough to do while sweating your butt off & running a race car so for those willing to take the risk, be safe & go fast.
Remember the days when all you needed to be safe was a rubber! :mrgreen:
Sid.
We're loading the truck and the 222 into the trailer Sunday and leaving Wed staying in Elco and on the salt Thur morning.
Interesting to see how liability waivers are handled at end of road. Hope they have a sticker and another lane so you don't have to prove every day.
Still invision a long wait to get on salt.
JL222
I'll be there Saturday and Sunday. probably leave my house Saturday morning about 6:00 to get there by 8:30.
Quote from: Seldom Seen Slim on August 01, 2020, 08:00:56 AM
I've made 40 or so Landracing.com/SpeedWeek 2020 face masks and will have them with me (as well as a few dozen Landracing.com/SpeedWeek 2020 pocket knives). I hope you won't need the knives to stay away from others, but the masks will help protect you (if you use it).
They're fundraisers for the site, but the masks are also for common sense. Yes, I even have some hand wipes in the truck, and I use doctor gloves for eating snacks while I drive.
Watch out for the handles of the gas station window washer squeegies!!
Later --
I'll take a mask if you have some left when I track you down on Saturday. How much?
How much? Hey, I'm giving them out as swag for your support for landracing.com. I made a bunch earlier for some of the racers and sold them, but these are special SpeedWeek 2020 event masks!
DIG DEEP!!
Well guys all of us Brits and other International racers will not be there. There is no way unless you connected to the President can we get in. So, please stay safe and well. Go fast safely and above all get home in one piece. GOOD LUCK Everyone.
Hey Jon
Please reserve a 2020 mask for me - I know you are knee deep in SW but once the salt settles I still want some masks and tees.
Ironically the race number I reserved for the Lakester when we were at SW2019 with Geoff 7707 was 2020 (as in 'with hindsight ....') but I had left my crystal ball at home (too heavy for hand luggage) and had no idea what that number / date would come to mean. :evil:
Stay alert for viruses people. Wear your nomex head sock and helmet (visor down) when at the casino bars. :cheers:
Quote from: 7707 on August 02, 2020, 09:59:13 PM
Well guys all of us Brits and other International racers will not be there. There is no way unless you connected to the President can we get in. So, please stay safe and well. Go fast safely and above all get home in one piece. GOOD LUCK Everyone.
Can racers from NZ (which is almost free of Covid-19) get in? I notice Reg Cook has two vehicles entered.
Quote from: TrickyDicky on August 03, 2020, 03:25:33 AM
Can racers from NZ (which is almost free of Covid-19) get in? I notice Reg Cook has two vehicles entered.
I think their concern would be more about getting back into NZ, not the US. They have mandatory 14 quarantine for all returning travelers (even citizens) and this is not a self-quarantine or quarantine at home, you are taken to a government facility where you stay for at least 14 days when you return. That is assuming they let you in which is definitely not assured since they say the border is closed to all but essential travel. NZ is not taking any of this lightly.
They can get in from NZ. Going back is compulsory 14 day quarantine in a hotel at your own expense. A friend has just got in to LA from NZ a week or so ago.
I'll start a new topic later, but for now:
I got on the salt about 5 this afternoon. It was a hazy 100F. From Land's End to the pits is about 3 miles of hard and pretty smooth salt, with it getting a bit damper as I got closer to the pit area. I'll get a pic up for you later tonight.
The start line is only a quarter-mile or so off Land's End, and all the salt is pretty hard. I didn't see anything scary (like a year or two ago) on the way to the line. I could discern where the underground river crossed the area - but only by visual cues -- no soft spots. Course 2 runs kinda parallel to the dike - maybe a half mile or more off it (I didn't look carefully).
That's enough - gotta go check into the motel. Later - -