Bolivia 2025

[TrickyDicky]

It seems Cook Motor Racing (CMR) are ready to run this week.  :clap

Is there anyone on the salt who is also on landracing.com, and can provide us with a first hand account?

[TrickyDicky]

According to the most recent news item on the cmrchallenges web site

The FIA  LSR event is from 20th Oct 23rd  Oct

So is it now all over, at least in terms of official record setting?

[desotoman]

Disclaimer: I only get about 30 seconds to look at Facebook before it cuts me off, so my information is limited to what I can see in that time frame. This post says it is one day old. The pictures show they are very well organized and doing well for what little time they have left. I wish them the best.

Tom G.

PS. To all the thousands of Facebook members, how about some updates and pictures?

The following came from Facebook.  https://www.facebook.com/CMRBolivia/

CMR Bolivia
1d
?
Getting REAl!
Cookie is altitude tuned and ready to go!
Wairua 1 s turn for the Dyno!!
Days late 😩😩 and under time pressure ⏰but course grading
finally underway!
Bring it on!! 💪

[ack]

       The word I am getting
The course was slow to prepare
His crew is dwindling due to other commitments
It is getting hard to have the FIA officials available
Needs to get it done in the next few days

[TD]

Most recent FB post shows a video of the 2L NA Nissan coupe "Cookie" running on the "partially completed" course, 199 on a 174 record, unclear if officially timed or not.

Tim

[desotoman]

Thanks everyone for your posts.

Tim, yes an 8 second video testing the course posted 18 hours ago.

Tom G.

https://www.facebook.com/CMRBolivia/

CMR Bolivia
18h
?
Course partially completed?..
Very 1st Exploratory Test Run by Reg with Cookie today - unofficially cracks World Record for 2 litre, unlimited class, non turbo, normally aspirated (current 174 mph) hitting 199mph 💪💪
CMR KIWI CAN DO at Its Best

[stay`tee]

The CMR Team have been in Uyuni for about three weeks trying to get some salt action happening,

Interested to know if M&M have been acting as their Bolivian fixers ??

[ack]

Reg pulled the plug today on his event.  The logistics issues were too much to overcome.

Been there done that but with a lot less people. We were always able to run but never for the full event days. Jamie Williams and I are fully committed to putting on a professionally run event next year.

Boliviaspeedtrialsn.com

[ack]

Oops it?s

boliviaspeedtrials.com

[TrickyDicky]

So close!

What next?

[Stainless1]

Well they have a new government.... maybe the new guys will try to drag them out of the third world although delaying Reg and team there for a month was probably an economic boom to the area  :x   aktion086
I think the only way for racing there to work is have the containers escorted (that means a guy with a stack of 100'$) through customs in Chile and the Bolivian border.  That will keep them at the front of the line.... or at least in the line. 
You can't race somewhere if your stuff doesn't arrive 

[noboD]

Dum question from the peanut gallery, why not just stay in America? Why is it " better" to go there?

[kiwi belly tank]

Obviously you don't know that Bonneville is at deaths door as far as a racing surface is concerned.
  Sid.

[noboD]

I think I read here quite often. Is it better to have your car stolen or pay outrageous fees to keep what you paid for? I remember the discussion from last year. I'm not real big on third world country's politics.

[TrickyDicky]

Still a glimmer of hope?

CMR Bolivia now saying:

Blunt Reality.
S O S  !!!!!! S O S..... Help!!!
Good news is CMR team in six days have built Camp and have four cars READY to break FIA Records.
(Have broken one un-officially in test run already.)
AFTER weeks of adversity all the ducks are in a row to push go!
BUT REALITY: Due to freight and other critical delays, we have not only had to postpone our FIA event 3 times  - BUT have incurred massive extra financial $$$$$ costs.
GOOD NEWS is that we have secured another date with FIA in approx. 2 weeks!!
BAD News: PAST delays means we have NO funds left to stay!!
This amazing KIWI CAN DO Adventure is going to end in 2 days
without immediate financial assistance.
Working with Wairua 2 is going well but AT THIS POINT we will have to stop EVERYTHING to start packing to return to NZ in 48 hrs.
SOS Need Financial $$$$$$$$ Now 
Sadly Go Fund is not the answer at the moment.