Ready or else, folks. Here comes the real thing, after a winter of looking forward to this. I'll probably turn on the audio stream tomorrow just 'cause I can, and also so you can make sure you can find it easily. Real programming begins Saturday morning.
Let's go racing!!
I'm alive! Not so the power adapter for my MacBook, so I had to get the streaming one going before I could on here.
Status: Yes, it has rained out here today - but basically, No, it hasn't rained. The forecast had earlier predicted rain this afternoon through morning, but that's been moved back a few hours. It's warm, cloudy, and there's almost no wind.
I'll let you folks play with yourselves while I try to start the stream.
Wait - that didn't sound right, did it?
Hands starting to get a little tired. Still waiting for the stream. :-D
Rainy in Salt Lake. 😔 . We need it just not this week.
Hopefully it spares you guys out there.
I think the stream is up and running, playing somebody's (not mine) iPod. The laptop I use for listening/quality control is down right now, so I can't check. Let me know - I think the audio is funky right now but I'll work on it.
At least I'm getting there.
Quote from: Seldom Seen Slim on August 05, 2022, 03:03:59 PM
I think the stream is up and running, playing somebody's (not mine) iPod. The laptop I use for listening/quality control is down right now, so I can't check. Let me know - I think the audio is funky right now but I'll work on it.
At least I'm getting there.
It's working.
where do we find the stream?
Found it............................foxy lady.
It's raining hard, with thunder and lightning (it's very very frightening), here at the Quality Inn in Wendover, and Al just sent a video clip of the downpour at the Nugget car show. If I get reputable reports from the salt (about rain) I'll pass them along.
Thanks for confirming the stream. Ron stays out there overnights, and he gets up and turns on the radio (89.3 FM this year) but I fire up the stream when I mosey in. If you're camped here and hear the radio but not the stream - now you know why.
With the poor weather (wind and clouds don't do much good for great photos) I didn't take pics any today. I'll try to list who I saw - after I go enjoy the fine cuisine that's available around here. Tonight I'm thinking of cheap spaghetti at the Red Garter.
I just drove out to Land's End. They said they just got a few sprinkles, and that it looks good! Lots of mud at the Bend in the Road, and even more in the mud flats between there and Land's End, though.
Jeff from Boise
Is there still camping at the future museum site?
Where do I find the stream?
Quote from: protype on August 05, 2022, 08:56:03 PM
Where do I find the stream?
https://www.meridix.com/channel/?liveid=landracing#/
I was watching the radar over night before I was going to hit the road, word is that Bonneville is a lake!
Sid.
It rained enough that nobody is allowed on the salt this morning. Stay in town - we?ll find out more later on. Postponed, yes, but cancelled - not at all.
Just came back from Lands End. The salt is under water. Saw somebody standing in it halfway down the road, and the water was above their ankles. Talked to Kiwi Steve, who told me that there would be a "meeting of the minds" at 0800MDT (25 minutes from now), and that whatever they come up with will be posted on the Facebook site. Slim may well get the word to post here, too. A snow cat and roll back were already working on pulling vehicles out of the muck at the Bend in the Road. The only good news was that - after five years - I got to see and talk with Pork Pie again!
Jeff from Boise
FB Post from SCTA - Rained off and on all night - 1/2? water on track and pits - Driver?s Meeting Postponed - Weather looks promising - Don?t let the end of the road discourage you, the tracks and pits are at higher ground.
Ron is out there and (onsite observer) and he confirms there's water everywhere (sorta) and SCTA is doing its damndest to minimise traffic on the wet salt so potholes don't appear. You remember the slushy mess right off Land's End, don't you?
I'm at the motel and going downstairs for coffee and a bench-racing breakfast. I'll post updates when I hear interesting stuff.
Sanded and repainted the trailer frame last night.
Glad I decided to wait. Looks like world of speed for me.
I'll be listening at work this week. Kind of a tradition here , the boss always asks if it's playing. 👍
Just returned from Land's End again. The rain has stopped, and the paved road is now dry, but the salt remains under water. Still no official word on status. The rumor mill at Land's End has it that supposedly racing will start on Monday... Deja Vu all over again!
Remember 2019, when it rained on Friday, racing was postponed until Tuesday, and the quagmire in the staging lanes? A few records were actually set then (with the course being moved nightly) but nobody earned a new hat. Nothing to do now but wait until we see what happens. I'll be pulling for sun and wind!
Jeff from Boise
SCTA-BNI just announced (on Facebook) that racing is postponed until at least Monday. We'll try again then.
Jeff from Boise
Gives a few competitors an opportunity to finish their car. 1drink
Anyone from Phoenix that could bring a set of heads to me. Thanks Sparky 602-762-2211
Nice photo from the BSF camera...except for the water. :x
I have a set of heads that need to go to Sparky in Phoenix. I?m still in Wendover at the Nugget. Anyone going back to Phoenix who could take these to him?
Gord Driedger
403-619-3624
No racing tomorrow (Sunday) says SCTA. Monday? Maybe, if the water goes away and the track comes back. In the meantime - we wait and hope. C ya tomorrow.
Anyone know if last night's rain storm hit the salt? Definitely killed the car show :? aktion086
Current water level on the salt at the camera.
Tom G.
It's all very quiet from SCTA other than trying to sell t shirts! The bend is a real mess will take days for some rigs to move again, plenty of water at the end of the road. Only my 4th year but I doubt we will race.
CANCELLED
OFFICIAL ANNOUNCEMENT FROM THE SCTA BNI
Due to unforeseen weather conditions Speedweek 2022 is officially cancelled.
Please take the following route to the pit area to pick up your equipment from your pit.Drive down the return road from the staging lanes to the pit area. It is marked by red swooper flags.The speed limit is 10 mph or less.
We are doing our best to recover what we can find out on the lakebed. Missing items can be found in the registration area.
Pat McDowell-SCTA President
Bill Lattin-BNI Chairman
If anyone needs to store anything until the next meet (fingers crossed ) I am in Boise Idaho only about 4.5 hrs from the salt. I have some room in garage and room along the side of my house (RV parking). I was unable to race this year and I know it sucks hauling everything home if you intend to come back soon.
Well, that didn't turn out right, did it? In one way, though, I'm okay with the cancellation. A new, bigger, better, etc air conditioner was installed in the announcing trailer. The sonuvagun didn't work as well as the much smaller old one had. But - - no event, no sweaty afternoons. Maybe the a/c was still on the break-in oil.
I've got a few pics and some video from today. Most impressive of all was the catastrophe called "Bend in the Road". Wait 'til you see.
I'm gonna shower off this morning's salt now. Later- -
A big shout out to all of the volunteers, who did their best in spite of the weather.
We enjoyed catching up with old friends and taking in the sights.
We'll start getting ready for next year.
Scott
QuoteMost impressive of all was the catastrophe called "Bend in the Road". Wait 'til you see.
Was this part of it?
I hope someone posts photos from the bend and down towards roads end. Entertaining I presume
Quote from: jimmy six on August 07, 2022, 10:00:32 PM
I hope someone posts photos from the bend and down towards roads end. Entertaining I presume
Yes, like watching the boat ramp on a weekend....
Looks to me like it is raining again. I can not believe this weather pattern. This is sad. :-(
The first 2 - delivering salt to Land's End - was from the 2014 Shootout. The racetrack was okay but the access was a hassle. The pic of Nancy and me and the trailer -- all three standing in water - is from WoS '06. Also: The photo of Nancy and me and Floating Mountain is from October '08 and the ucky weather pic says it's from November of 2009, but I've never been there in November, so what can I say?.
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I can't find the photos or the dates of the Shootout when we and the vehicles were all huddling in one of the hangars at the airfield, waiting for the rain to stop, but I was there. And there was the WoS when the salt was too wet - but would probably dry out in time so we teched on the pavement approaching Land's End. I don't remember that date.
No pics from the times we got a call (six calls, in fact) as we were in Kansas headed for Bville: "Turn around and go home", they all said. Another time we arrived at Land's End only to be greeted with the same "Turn around and go home." That particular rainout is the one that convinced me to get my first cellphone.
And there was the time it rained just before SpeedWeek but we thought it'd dry out enough if we waited around for a few days. When I think of that one I think of sitting around the patio at the motel and shooting the breeze with Fred Dannenfelzer and a bunch of other SCTA folks. Just not the date.
In early October '04 I was out there on private time for a photo session. There was enough dry salt to make the runs they wanted, but while the helicopter was flying around with the photographer hanging out of it -- the dude spotted standing water (between the mountains and the access road we use to get to the pits) and asked me to ride THROUGH THE STANDING SALTWATER so he could video it. Yeah, I did it - - - but they were paying me well as "talent" so I could hardly refuse. BTW, the bike wouldn't run the next day. Many wiring connections had mysteriously turned green.
And then there was the famous year when everything flooded - so we moved the whole dang event - courses, equipment, and everything -- a mile or two to find and make a racecourse. That was 2007, I believe. And everybody agrees that we were skunked by rain in '14-'15.
There may well have been other times when the salt was too wet, and some of the events listed here might overlap. I'm listing these to show that rainouts aren't all that uncommon. All of these were since SpeedWeek '01. That was our first visit to the salt.
are dated Sept '09. The second pair
PS World Finals is cancelled by weather about half the time.
I remember teching on US-80 as it wound thru town.
Plus a World Finals when they told us they'd start the meet as soon as the wind died down. It did while we were all standing there. And then the rain started. The bastards sent that real fast yellow 4WD Mitsubishi down in the rain and we thought those SOBs want to call the meet -- what a damned trick. Then they sent 2 roadsters down and they almost drowned by the one. Meet's over.
There ain't any odds. You just play the hand you're dealt.
(It's traditional.)
Sometimes the mountain actually floats! :x :x :x
That's a great picture Slim of you and Nancy and floating Mountain.
After the rain last week, looking at the camera, and the 14 day weather predictions, I've bailed out on WOS- cancelled my reservations and have not sent in my entry to WOS. I might have risked the trip if it was next door but it's too much $$$ to take the chance.
Well we didn't get to race this year... so how about memories from last year
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aLNl8hOzhBQ&t=348s
:cheers:
Yuk!!
USFRA just cancelled WoS... things are looking a little bleak for 2022
I'm ready for WF or SpeedWeek 2023 whichever comes first... :cheers:
WORLD FINALS CANNCELLED see SCTA Facebook
Looking forward to seeing everyone at Speed Week 2023!
Steve
I just saw this road closure at Land's End on Facebook on one of the Bville pages. It can't hurt, and maybe will cut down on the yah-hooing going on out there.
By the way, I've seen a few comments implying that the local folks (whomever that might be) are leaving those tracks in the mud and salt. Yeah, maybe - but I've met enough Wendover residents that say "I've never been out there at all" and/or "I know about the mud, the salt, the price for a tow by the Salt Cat". I tend to lay most of the blame on travelers.
Suum cuique.
Quote from: Seldom Seen Slim on August 30, 2022, 07:52:52 AM
I just saw this road closure at Land's End on Facebook on one of the Bville pages. It can't hurt, and maybe will cut down on the yah-hooing going on out there.
By the way, I've seen a few comments implying that the local folks (whomever that might be) are leaving those tracks in the mud and salt. Yeah, maybe - but I've met enough Wendover residents that say "I've never been out there at all" and/or "I know about the mud, the salt, the price for a tow by the Salt Cat". I tend to lay most of the blame on travelers.
Suum cuique.
I'm sure you are right, Jon. The nitwits are not local folks.