Dennis, congrats on your personal best, that had to be very exciting. You are very consistent and usually have great RTs, they can't keep you down forever.



Royce, it is looking dim for the October 3rd salt run. The deadline for the $425 entry fee is 9/22 with no refund except in person at Windover. The fee is $625 at the gate. I am close, but I just cannot afford to gamble at this time. However, I have every intention to run in either the October 21 or the November 10 & 11 El Mirage events. If the stars line up just right, I will be at the September 15 El Mirage race for a pre inspection even though the truck will not be ready to run that day.

Charlie Burns Laton, Ca (South of Fresno)



BurnsRacing981@gmail.com

Bla

Lawrenceville, GA

Thanks Charlie.

  Dennis in Lititz PA

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Charlie Burns Laton, Ca (South of Fresno)



BurnsRacing981@gmail.com

Looks pretty serious Charlie.

So your plans are for World Final's in October?

Best of luck to you.

                 Keith

its not how fast you go, its how you go fast.

Keith, how I wish, but it looks like El Mirage is the only race I will be able to make this year. I know however that I will be at Bonneville next August. You coming back?



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Charlie Burns Laton, Ca (South of Fresno)



BurnsRacing981@gmail.com

Good luck @ El Mirage.

Yes I will be back.

We have a few more tricks for some speed................

its not how fast you go, its how you go fast.

Charlie:    I know you're itching to fire it up.....engine pictures next???

                                                Bill

Bill

Pelham,Al

Are you going to have another piece of bed cover ahead of that and cut around the roll cage pipes? just wondering if any air getting under that would create it to act like a pocket/parachute and slow you down?

55 Vicky & customline

58 Rack Dump, 55 F350 yard truck, 57 F100

59 & 61 P 400's, 58 F100 custom cab, 69 F100, 79 F150, 82 F600 ramp truck, 90 mustang conv 7 up, 94 Mustang, Should I continue?

Hi, Billy



No, what you see is all there is. It is intentional and it would be hard for me to abandon the design as it came from a reputable source.



In 2009, while at the SEMA show in Las Vegas, I met Gale Banks in the lobby of our hotel. I struck up a conversation with him and asked about his GMC pickup Sonoma pickup that had previously gone over 200 mph. I specifically asked about the bed cover and why it was only partially covered. He told me that he had used wind tunnel testing to calculate coefficient of drag using different bed cover lengths. His best cd came from only covering the last 2/3 of the bed. He said the deeper and wider area for the circular low pressure area allowed the air stream to make a gradual downward slope to the end of the truck. I didn't understand half of it, but the 2/3 bed cover stuck pretty good. At the time I was running the "brick" and we talked about having a bed cover of perhaps 1/2 the length of the bed due to the taller cab.

Charlie Burns Laton, Ca (South of Fresno)



BurnsRacing981@gmail.com