Event Coverage Bonneville Possable SpeedWeek event

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Attention all SpeedWeek Pre-Entrants, SCTA Members and BNI Members:

Dear SpeedWeek Compe***or,

As the President of the Southern California Timing ***ociation and this year’s Bonneville SpeedWeek Race Director it was very difficult having to admit, that there was just not enough good salt to run on. No matter how long we would've waited for Mother Nature to cure and dry the salt flats, SpeedWeek was just not going to happen this year.

We are very much aware of how much effort every one of you Compe***ors has invested in the building of your race vehicle. Many of you have spent years getting ready for an event like this one. Then finally comes the moment, where you get to ship and transport your race vehicle to the event you have planned for, just to find out it has been cancelled.

Having taken a closer look at our SpeedWeek Pre Entry list, it has made us realize how many overseas compe***ors have already shipped their vehicles and they are currently sitting here in Southern California with no where to race. Furthermore, looking at social media and some of the popular racing forums it has come to our attention that there are also many more landspeed racing vehicles that would like to have an event in August.
The board was considering having an event at El Mirage Dry Lake, but last Friday the BLM closed it due to rain and there is not enough time for it to dry. Our racing ***ociation has spent decades looking into other venues as an alternative to El Mirage without much success.

After days of consideration, we contacted the Event/Race Director of the Mojave Mile to see if there was a possibility to have a landspeed race at their facility. We are excited to report that there is an event date available the same weekend that SpeedWeek was scheduled to begin.

This letter is intended to notify you of a survey that we are conducting to find out if this is feasible. We would need a minimum of 130 confirmed pre-entries with a maximum of 160 total entries. All SCTA & BNI members that are interested in participating at this event are welcome to fill out a survey form. However, all of the SpeedWeek Pre-Entries will be considered first.

The survey link will be posted on the website’s Home Page under "News Flash". The survey will end on Sunday, July 26th at 5:00 pm PST. (USA) - (Please vote via the Survey Form)

Spectators are limited due to the venue.

Event Info:

1. Location would be Mojave Airport in Mojave, Ca.

2. Registration would be Thursday Afternoon, August 6th

3. Inspection would be held Friday, August 7th starting at 8:00 am

4. Driver's Meeting & Track Tour would be on Saturday, August 8th at 7:30 am

5. Racing would be Saturday, August 8th from 8:00 am to dusk and Sunday, August 9th from 8:00 am to 6:00 pm.

6. The Entry Fee is $425 due to the expense of renting this private track, especially on such short notice. You can apply your $425 SpeedWeek Pre-Entry refund check for your entry to Mojave Mile. We will not be charging an Additional Drivers Fee at this event. Each Compe***or will receive (1) Timing Tag, (2) Event T-Shirts, (2) SpeedWeek 2015 Participant Hats and (5) Event Armbands.

7. All Drivers/Riders need an Event Armband to enter Airport Property.

8. All Compe***ors must be an SCTA or BNI Member.

Race Track Info:

1. The runway is 12,500' long x 200' wide.

2. The race track will be 1 mile with a 132' laser trap.

3. The run out/shut off is 1.3 miles.

4. All Race Vehicles must comply with all of the current SCTA Rulebook Rules. Including but not limited to Vehicle Cl***es & Safety Requirements. I.E. All cars are required to have a minimum of two rear brakes, etc.

5. All vehicles competing in car cl***es with an established El Mirage record of over 160 mph are required to have one parachute.

6. All confirmed pre-entries will be contacted by an SCTA Official due to the specific requirements for the brakes, parachute, tires, etc.

Looking forward to your responses,

Bill Lattin
SCTA President / Race Director

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http://www.scta-bni.org/mojave-mile-survey.html

 

Wow - a lot of pressure to make something happen. be real interesting to hear from builders that set up their race vehicles for a salt surface and what they will have to do to run on a hard surface.

 

I talked to Bob about it yesterday. He said turn the traction control all the way up and add funny car chutes

 

Ha!-sounds good to me

 

Well I don't got a dawg in this hunt but I would sure give it some serious thought if it were me that was going to miss my racing for the year. I don't know that any records will be broken this year though will they?

 

Sure be nice if they could still go to the flats and set things up for photos. Some of those guy's from across the pond may never get back here. Wife and I were out there in 2001 as spectators. Still haven't been able to make it back and we live in the states!!

 

Great news for lots of folks for sure.Ya'll' deserve thanx for finding a place.

 

No records will be set at this meet. Timing is by laser. BNI records need to be set as mile average with two runs . This is just someplace to burn some fuel and make some noise.

 

www.mojavemile.com gives basic info on course, and the lack of events scheduled there for 2015.

 

Thanks for that update Rich.....

 

I wish every ***ociation would go to that much trouble! Bravo...

 

I agree with you 100% here. I would hate to have shipped something from say OZ and be on my way myself to get things sorted out just to find that I couldn't do much more the light a fire in it at someone's shop.

 

Mojave Mile Event Is A Go!