Speed Week 2017 | Bonneville Salt Flats | Day Two | Part One

First On The Salt

Second sunrise here on the salt and nothing feels better than the being at the starting line before the first runs open up. Whether El Mirage or Bonneville, I can always expect to see the man of mystery, Shinya, already warming up the throttle being first in line morning of the races. Right behind the Chabbott Engineering van, Kiyo and Kat were unloading the twin-engine CB1620 "Gekko" going for the 196mph record in their class. Hikaru Miyagi was running the Gekko this time and after 18 runs were coming short from the record at 164mph. As mentioned before, the salt was not ideal especially for the rookie and short courses this year so safety cannot be compromised.

Coming out of impound was The Wild Turkey, piloted by Bobby when after the morning run, cracked the block and decommissioned it for the remainder of the weekend. Go and Sushi, back on their Indians were still trying to get to 100mph but were falling a few notches short of it. Most of my time on the salts is driving back and forth from the starting lines, staging lanes and back to camp in the pits where I usually catch people I've been eyeing throughout the day. As some of you may know, I had to catch the guy running the modified sports Miata. Sam from South Bay, a privateer racer, and Mazda enthusiast was running a 13B Wankel rotary engine from the Miata's sexier older sister, the RX-7 as I was hoping.

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