We've got a jet on our hands now!
First I'll talk about the positive that happened today. Weather was beautiful and that's always a plus here on the salt. And on the first and only run this afternoon the car was running and shifting perfectly....until it started to attempt to liftoff when Ron started to increase the speed around the 2 mile marker.
Maybe Ron shouldn't have tried to tighten his pants and lose all that weight before the race. Lead we need lead, stat!!! And I specifically remember the conversation Ron and Matt had while packing the trailer for the race.
"Ron, do you think we need to leave all that lead shot in here just incase."
"Ah nah Matt, we'll be fine I don't foresee us having a weight issue at all."
WRONG! So we've came across some lead that Jack Costella gave us, and tomorrow we're visiting a local shop to fabricate some brackets to mount some wings on the back of the car, leftover from the dragster actually.
We have some work to do tomorrow but we're sure it's easy enough we should have time to get at least one run in tomorrow. Other then that Ron is feeling great about Salty. There's no doubt he'll be entering the long course in the week to come. We need some down force and weight and 200mph is within reach.
On another note, Jack Costella, Ron's ex brother-in-law (and one of the main influences that got Ron into racing at a very young age), one of his cars broke another record today. A naturally aspirated flathead streamliner that he built ran 278mph breaking another record once again.
AND finally here are some pictures of Salty!
