I got to go to Bonneville, "Grumpy OLd Men" I thank you!!

I just had to post here on this thread to thank all of you that encouraged me to keep trying to find a way to get to Bonneville. I did not book a flight or hotel rooms for me to make the trip alone.
I contacted some friends that had connections with teams that were going to Bonneville. I was waiting for the word from three different teams that somebody might have to bail out of the trip. If so, I was in and I would share driving and expenses and help out with whatever was necessary. I didn't really think that I was going to get to go and expected that I would spend my vacation working on my funny car instead.
At the last minute I got a call, "You are in" and you have to leave the day after tomorrow from West Virginia. I threw a bunch of drag racing tee shirts, jeans, shorts and simpson crew shoes into a suitcase, jumped into my Chevy Tahoe and drove to Pittsburg Pa. to meet up with my friend Ted Brine. Ted is the guy that hooked me up with the ride. The next day we took the 134 Fuel coupe to the flashlight drags for display and met up with Jim Senkewitz. Jim was the track announcer for Pittsburg International Dragway until it closed and now announces at Pittsburg Raceway park.
Jim and I later drove to West Virginia to meet up with Joe Law and drive to Bonneville in his Motor Home.
Joe Law is a 25 year vetran of SCTA racing and a former NHRA drag racer. Joe was a NHRA champion in A/Dragster and AA/Gas Dragster in the sixties. He quit drag racing in 1970. He has set many records in SCTA with roadsters, lakesters and streamliner. He is still in the SCTA record books with his "Grumpy old men" entries.
For me to hitch a ride to Bonneville with him is like going to Indy with Mario Andretti !!! Joe enabled me to ride along with an SCTA race director who took me out to the timing booth in the middle of the course. I got to go on a couple of rescue missions when a lakester spun out at 204 mph.
I was signed on to a crew of a lakester that went over 300 mph. I didn't work on their car but I got to wear a red wristband that enabled me to get into restricted areas. The whole two weeks was fantastic and I can not express enough, my thanks to Joe Law for making it all happen. They may be "Grumpy old men" but they are a lot of fun!!
I s****ed some salt out of the wheel wells of the motorhome and brought it home. I took eight rolls of film home and I earned my Bonneville Speedweek Teeshirt!!
Thanks Guys!!!

 

..............and you didn't take pics.

 

I took eight rolls of film ! I'll post them when I get them uploaded.