Bonneville - report from Sweden

[Björn Carlsson <bjorn.carlsson@sapagroup.com>]

It has already been mentioned on the list but here is some more information:

Kjell Holgersson and Bjorn Carapi went back to Bonneville to take the class record that is around 250 mph (400 km/h).
http://www.scta-bni.org/Bonneville/Speedweek%2005/photos_13_4/IM009564.JPG

The did not get a chance to do it.

The salt was very hard (last winter to blame) so it was difficult to prepare the track. Not good conditions for a record attempt. They did a test run (with more appropriate rear tires from a hot roder that already had given up) and reached 169 mph (270 km/h). It felt good despite the lousy track.

Then it started to rain on Tuesday night so everything was cancelled on Wednesday morning.
This is what it looked like:
http://www.scta-bni.org/Bonneville/Speedweek%2005/photo_17/IM009648.JPG

The Pantera stood in deep water...

But the Kid was there too:
http://www.scta-bni.org/Bonneville/Speedweek%2005/aug_15_2/IMG_2877.JPG

And he did an excellent job with 209 mph (334 km/h)!
http://www.scta-bni.org/Bonneville/Speedweek%2005/results_15.htm

/BC, Pushbuttons rules!