day two at the salt starts with record runs at 7 AM. record runs are for cars that broke a record the day before.
if you break a record you have an hour to get to the impound area and then you have four hours to work on your car. the car spends the night in impound and runs the next morning. if i understand the record setting process correctly, it goes something like this………

say the record is 200 mph and you go 205 in mile 2, you break that 200 mph record. during your record run you need to go over 200 mph again in the same mile, in this case mile 2, and the new record is the average time of your two runs. sounds like one of those problem solving questions from math class right?!

did i mention there was a fair amount of waiting while at the salt? the main attraction in the pits this year is a phenomenal car by Triet & Davenport called the Target 550. it’s not running at this meet, maybe at the Mohave Mile in Sept. or at the Bonneville race in October. i can’t wait to see this baby run, she is a beaut!
a windstorm hit mid afternoon, causing a flurry of activity in the pits, taking down the tents and packing up. the course was shut down for awhile, but eventually reopened. sadly we did not end up in impound today. we made one run late in the day, and ended up spinning out right after the start.

damn soft salt! driver and car are fine, and we received the official okay from inspection, so we should be in good shape for tomorrow. thunderstorms are on the horizon though, fingers crossed they just bypass Wendover.