{"id":4956,"date":"2009-08-17T12:41:26","date_gmt":"2009-08-17T19:41:26","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.myrideisme.com\/Blog\/?p=4956"},"modified":"2010-08-14T00:57:15","modified_gmt":"2010-08-14T07:57:15","slug":"the-61st-bonneville-speed-weekbut-my-first-visit","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.myrideisme.com\/Blog\/the-61st-bonneville-speed-weekbut-my-first-visit\/","title":{"rendered":"The 61st Bonneville Speed Week&#8230;but My First Visit"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"mr_social_sharing_wrapper\">\n\t\t\t\t<!-- Social Sharing Toolkit v2.2 --><span class=\"mr_social_sharing\"><a href=\"http:\/\/pinterest.com\/pin\/create\/button\/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.myrideisme.com%2FBlog%2Fthe-61st-bonneville-speed-weekbut-my-first-visit%2F&amp;media=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.myrideisme.com%2FBlog%2Fwp-content%2Fuploads%2F2009%2F08%2Fsaltview4.jpg&amp;description=The+61st+Bonneville+Speed+Week%E2%80%A6but+My+First+Visit\" class=\"pin-it-button\" count-layout=\"none\" rel=\"lightbox[4956]\"><img border=\"0\" src=\"\/\/assets.pinterest.com\/images\/PinExt.png\" title=\"Pin It\" \/><\/a><\/span><span class=\"mr_social_sharing\"><fb:share-button type=\"button_count\" href=\"https:\/\/www.myrideisme.com\/Blog\/the-61st-bonneville-speed-weekbut-my-first-visit\/\"><\/fb:share-button><\/span><span class=\"mr_social_sharing\"><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/share\" class=\"twitter-share-button\" data-count=\"horizontal\" data-url=\"https:\/\/www.myrideisme.com\/Blog\/the-61st-bonneville-speed-weekbut-my-first-visit\/\" data-via=\"myrideisme\" data-text=\"The 61st Bonneville Speed Week\u2026but My First Visit\"><\/a><\/span><span class=\"mr_social_sharing\"><div class=\"g-plusone\" data-size=\"medium\" data-annotation=\"none\" data-href=\"https:\/\/www.myrideisme.com\/Blog\/the-61st-bonneville-speed-weekbut-my-first-visit\/\"><\/div><\/span><span class=\"mr_social_sharing\"><a class=\"mr_social_share_email\" href=\"mailto:?subject=The 61st Bonneville Speed Week\u2026but My First Visit&amp;body=https:\/\/www.myrideisme.com\/Blog\/the-61st-bonneville-speed-weekbut-my-first-visit\/\" target=\"_blank\"><img src=\"https:\/\/www.myrideisme.com\/Blog\/wp-content\/plugins\/social-sharing-toolkit\/images\/icons_small\/email.png\" class=\"nopin\" alt=\"Email\" title=\"Email\"\/><span class=\"mr_small_icon\">Email<\/span><\/a><\/a><\/span><span class=\"mr_social_sharing\"><a rel=\"nofollow\" class=\"linksalpha_button linksalpha_link\" href=\"\/\/www.linksalpha.com\/social\/mobile\" data-url=\"https:\/\/www.myrideisme.com\/Blog\/the-61st-bonneville-speed-weekbut-my-first-visit\/\" data-text=\"The 61st Bonneville Speed Week\u2026but My First Visit\" data-desc=\"Salt Flat Recap: Story by my Dad, Greg Martin, who I was lucky enough to spend speed week with! I\u2019ve never seen such a group as these speed freak, salt flat hot rodders. I do believe they would all agree with Mark Twain\u2019s adage, \u201cLet us so live that when we come to die even the undertaker will\" data-image=\"http:\/\/www.myrideisme.com\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/08\/saltview4.jpg\" data-button=\"\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<img src=\"\/\/www.linksalpha.com\/images\/social_share_button.png\" alt=\"Share\" class=\"linksalpha_image\" \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/a><script type=\"text\/javascript\" src=\"\/\/www.linksalpha.com\/scripts\/loader_iconbox.js?v=2.4\"><\/script><\/span><\/div><h3>Salt Flat Recap:<\/h3>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">Story by <em>my Dad, Greg Martin<\/em>, who I was lucky enough to spend speed week with!<br \/>\n<a class=\"highslide\" title=\"Bonneville Salt Flat horizon during Speedweek 2009\" onclick=\"return vz.expand(this)\" href=\"http:\/\/www.myrideisme.com\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/08\/saltview4.jpg\" rel=\"lightbox[4956]\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-5048\" style=\"border: 2px solid black; margin: 4px;\" title=\"saltview4\" src=\"http:\/\/www.myrideisme.com\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/08\/saltview4.jpg\" alt=\"Bonneville Salt Flat horizon during Speedweek 2009\" width=\"575\" height=\"133\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.myrideisme.com\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/08\/saltview4.jpg 575w, https:\/\/www.myrideisme.com\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/08\/saltview4-150x34.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.myrideisme.com\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/08\/saltview4-300x69.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.myrideisme.com\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/08\/saltview4-400x92.jpg 400w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 575px) 100vw, 575px\" \/><\/a><br \/>\nI\u2019ve never seen such a group as these speed freak, salt flat hot rodders. I do believe they would all agree with Mark Twain\u2019s adage, \u201cLet us so live that when we come to die even the undertaker will be sorry.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><a class=\"highslide\" title=\"Mad Max hat seen at Bonneville during Speed Week 2009\" onclick=\"return vz.expand(this)\" href=\"http:\/\/www.myrideisme.com\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/08\/max-hat.jpg\" rel=\"lightbox[4956]\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignright size-thumbnail wp-image-4960\" style=\"border: 2px solid black; margin: 4px;\" title=\"Bonneville &quot;max-hat&quot; at Speedweek 2009\" src=\"http:\/\/www.myrideisme.com\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/08\/max-hat-150x82.jpg\" alt=\"Bonneville high speed hat at Speedweek 2009\" width=\"150\" height=\"82\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.myrideisme.com\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/08\/max-hat-150x82.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.myrideisme.com\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/08\/max-hat-300x165.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.myrideisme.com\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/08\/max-hat-400x220.jpg 400w, https:\/\/www.myrideisme.com\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/08\/max-hat.jpg 544w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px\" \/><\/a>My first impression after riding my bicycle down the three-mile-long pits was that maybe I had stumbled upon a movie set for yet another Mad Max movie. I fully expected to see Mel (Max Rockatansky) Gibson or Tina (Aunty Entity) Turner come screaming down the pits followed by a cackle of hyenaish groupies. Oh, well it must have been the immediate effects of the blazing reflections off the salt \u2013 the old timers told me to make sure you put plenty of sunblock on the bottom of my chin and nose.<\/p>\n<p><a class=\"highslide\" title=\"XF\/PRO 296 at 2009 Bonneville Salt Flats\" onclick=\"return vz.expand(this)\" href=\"http:\/\/www.myrideisme.com\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/08\/bring-what-u-got.jpg\" rel=\"lightbox[4956]\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignleft size-thumbnail wp-image-4962\" style=\"border: 2px solid black; margin: 4px;\" title=\"Bonneville entry from the Bean Bandits -bring-what-u-got\" src=\"http:\/\/www.myrideisme.com\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/08\/bring-what-u-got-150x93.jpg\" alt=\"Bonneville Speed Week 2009 entry from the Bean Bandits\" width=\"150\" height=\"93\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.myrideisme.com\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/08\/bring-what-u-got-150x93.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.myrideisme.com\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/08\/bring-what-u-got-300x186.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.myrideisme.com\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/08\/bring-what-u-got-400x248.jpg 400w, https:\/\/www.myrideisme.com\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/08\/bring-what-u-got.jpg 482w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px\" \/><\/a><a class=\"highslide\" title=\"Doug Herberts Streamliner The Beast at 61st Bonneville\" onclick=\"return vz.expand(this)\" href=\"http:\/\/www.myrideisme.com\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/08\/streamliner.jpg\" rel=\"lightbox[4956]\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignright size-thumbnail wp-image-4964\" style=\"border: 2px solid black; margin: 4px;\" title=\"Bonneville streamliner - brand new, never run\" src=\"http:\/\/www.myrideisme.com\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/08\/streamliner-150x93.jpg\" alt=\"Bonneville streamliner preparing for its frist run ever down the salt\" width=\"150\" height=\"93\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.myrideisme.com\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/08\/streamliner-150x93.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.myrideisme.com\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/08\/streamliner-300x186.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.myrideisme.com\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/08\/streamliner-400x249.jpg 400w, https:\/\/www.myrideisme.com\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/08\/streamliner.jpg 602w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px\" \/><\/a>I was amazed by the diversity of cars and syckles that ranged from the do it yourself bring what ya got to the high-tech, hyper-slick long blown fuel streamliners with a million secrets beneath their perfect skin.<\/p>\n<p>The best spot to see the action is definitely the starting line. Bonneville has three courses: a three mile for rookies and <a class=\"highslide\" title=\"Bonneville 200 mph club\" onclick=\"return vz.expand(this)\" href=\"http:\/\/www.myrideisme.com\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/08\/200mph.jpg\" rel=\"lightbox[4956]\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignright size-full wp-image-4972\" style=\"border: 2px solid black; margin: 4px;\" title=\"Bonneville 200mph club t-shirt\" src=\"http:\/\/www.myrideisme.com\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/08\/200mph.jpg\" alt=\"Bonneville 200mph club t-shirt picture shot at Speed Week 2009\" width=\"241\" height=\"153\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.myrideisme.com\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/08\/200mph.jpg 241w, https:\/\/www.myrideisme.com\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/08\/200mph-150x95.jpg 150w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 241px) 100vw, 241px\" \/><\/a>those not expected to exceed 175 mph top speed. The five mile is a must if you are going to attempt to gain entry into the prestigious 200 Mile Per Hour Club. And if you are driving something nasty enough to really get scootin\u2019 they have an eight mile course that runs along the mile long spectator area, the pits and beyond. They say that if you make a wrong turn at the end of your run on the middle track you can get lost because you are surrounded by nothing but an ocean salt and there is no way to gain a sense of direction.<\/p>\n<p>So, the best spot to see the action is the starting line (did I say that already), cause you cannot get any closer to a car going down the track than about a quarter of a mile away at the end of the pits.<\/p>\n<p><a class=\"highslide\" title=\"Bonneville Bob Jackson's 1926 Ford Modified Roadster at 2009 Speedweek\" onclick=\"return vz.expand(this)\" href=\"http:\/\/www.myrideisme.com\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/08\/bonneville-bob-start.jpg\" rel=\"lightbox[4956]\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignleft size-medium wp-image-4967\" style=\"border: 2px solid black; margin: 4px;\" title=\"Speed Week 2009 bonneville-bob-start\" src=\"http:\/\/www.myrideisme.com\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/08\/bonneville-bob-start-300x76.jpg\" alt=\"Speed Week 2009 bonneville-bob-start line picture\" width=\"300\" height=\"76\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.myrideisme.com\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/08\/bonneville-bob-start-300x76.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.myrideisme.com\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/08\/bonneville-bob-start-150x38.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.myrideisme.com\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/08\/bonneville-bob-start-400x102.jpg 400w, https:\/\/www.myrideisme.com\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/08\/bonneville-bob-start.jpg 901w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a>A lot of cars are geared so high that even with well over 500 foot pounds of torque it is not enough to start rolling down the track without a push. Once they get going fast enough to put their foot in it,<em> screamin\u2019 is the only word I can come up with to describe the feeling of watching a mobile invention that may go over 400 miles per hour away from you. <\/em><\/p>\n<p><a class=\"highslide\" title=\"sign seen at 61st Speed Week\" onclick=\"return vz.expand(this)\" href=\"http:\/\/www.myrideisme.com\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/08\/grumpys.jpg\" rel=\"lightbox[4956]\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignright size-thumbnail wp-image-4975\" style=\"border: 2px solid black; margin: 4px;\" title=\"grumpys\" src=\"http:\/\/www.myrideisme.com\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/08\/grumpys-150x49.jpg\" alt=\"grumpys\" width=\"150\" height=\"49\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.myrideisme.com\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/08\/grumpys-150x49.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.myrideisme.com\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/08\/grumpys-300x98.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.myrideisme.com\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/08\/grumpys-400x131.jpg 400w, https:\/\/www.myrideisme.com\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/08\/grumpys.jpg 516w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px\" \/><\/a>I did run into one grump but everyone else I meet at Speed Week seemed happy to be there and anxious to get to know you.<\/p>\n<p><a class=\"highslide\" title=\"Small car at Bonneville to get around in\" onclick=\"return vz.expand(this)\" href=\"http:\/\/www.myrideisme.com\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/08\/tg-sr-tg-jr.jpg\" rel=\"lightbox[4956]\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignleft size-thumbnail wp-image-4978\" style=\"border: 2px solid black; margin: 4px;\" title=\"tg-sr-tg-jr\" src=\"http:\/\/www.myrideisme.com\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/08\/tg-sr-tg-jr-150x150.jpg\" alt=\"tg-sr-tg-jr\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.myrideisme.com\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/08\/tg-sr-tg-jr-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.myrideisme.com\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/08\/tg-sr-tg-jr.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px\" \/><\/a>With no salt under my finger nails yet, <em>I was drawn-in more by non-technical aspects of this sport. <\/em>Like the fun you can have naming your car and team when you don\u2019t have some big sponsor paying all the bills. The result is entries like the So What Speed Shop, Larry Old Volks Home, Low Sodium, Fine Art Racing, Never Paid For Racing, Loose Screw Racing, Saltbiscuit and of course Old Men Can Fly 2.<\/p>\n<p>I did notice a lot of gang activity which was surprising \u2013 you had The Fat Boyz, The Barbee Boys and Fuzzy Logic for California, the Prairie Drifters and the Salt Dogs from Wisconsin, from Washington it was the Hudson Boys and the Nobody\u2019s. Then there were the loners like Seldom Seen Slim, The Avanti Kid, Evil Tweety, Bone Evil and cousins Bonneville Bob and Bonneville Bobber.<\/p>\n<p>And so my two days at the 61st Bonneville Speed Week were far too short of a week and more fun than most of the things I\u2019ve done in <a class=\"highslide\" title=\"Bonneville dream car\" onclick=\"return vz.expand(this)\" href=\"http:\/\/www.myrideisme.com\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/08\/bitmap-in-blown-fuel-competion-coupasakicdr.jpg\" rel=\"lightbox[4956]\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignright size-large wp-image-4982\" style=\"border: 2px solid black; margin: 4px;\" title=\"bitmap-in-blown-fuel-competion-coupasakicdr\" src=\"http:\/\/www.myrideisme.com\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/08\/bitmap-in-blown-fuel-competion-coupasakicdr-400x145.jpg\" alt=\"bitmap-in-blown-fuel-competion-coupasakicdr\" width=\"400\" height=\"145\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.myrideisme.com\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/08\/bitmap-in-blown-fuel-competion-coupasakicdr-400x145.jpg 400w, https:\/\/www.myrideisme.com\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/08\/bitmap-in-blown-fuel-competion-coupasakicdr-150x54.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.myrideisme.com\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/08\/bitmap-in-blown-fuel-competion-coupasakicdr-300x109.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.myrideisme.com\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/08\/bitmap-in-blown-fuel-competion-coupasakicdr.jpg 900w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 400px) 100vw, 400px\" \/><\/a>two days. It did get me think\u2019n though \u2013that Nissan Versa I\u2019ve been dreaming about with 24s and a chopped top \u2013 suppose it turned into my entry in next year\u2019s Speed Week. I\u2019ve always thought I would call it the \u201cDinky Donk\u201d but perhaps I would have to call it \u201cAin\u2019t Nobody\u2019s Business\u201d. <em>After all, if you don\u2019t have the right name it won\u2019t go as fast.<\/em><\/p>\n<p>We&#8217;re anxious to hear your impressions from Bonneville too. Feel free to leave a comment.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Don&#8217;t miss a thing from 2010 Bonneville Speed Week:<\/strong><\/p>\n<h3><a title=\"first pictures from Speed Week 2010\" href=\"http:\/\/www.myrideisme.com\/Blog\/bonneville-speed-week-2010-first-look\/\" target=\"_blank\">Bonneville Speed Week 2010 \u2013 First Look<\/a><\/h3>\n<h2>Bonneville Salt Flats Pictures linked below:<\/h2>\n<p><a title=\"Salt Flat People\" href=\"http:\/\/www.myrideisme.com\/ViewEventImages\/2009%20Bonneville%20Salt%20Flats:%20Speed%20Week%20People\/\" target=\"_blank\">The people and drivers from Bonneville Speedweek 2009 Picture Gallery<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a title=\"Nuggest Car Show Picture Gallery\" href=\"http:\/\/www.myrideisme.com\/ViewEventImages\/Bonneville%20Salt%20Flats%20Car%20Show%202009\/\" target=\"_blank\">Nuggest Casino Car Show Bonneville Speedweek 2009\u00a0Picture Gallery<\/a><\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"mr_social_sharing_wrapper\">\n\t\t\t\t<!-- Social Sharing Toolkit v2.2 --><span class=\"mr_social_sharing\"><a href=\"http:\/\/pinterest.com\/pin\/create\/button\/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.myrideisme.com%2FBlog%2Fthe-61st-bonneville-speed-weekbut-my-first-visit%2F&amp;media=&amp;description=The+61st+Bonneville+Speed+Week%E2%80%A6but+My+First+Visit\" class=\"pin-it-button\" count-layout=\"none\"><img border=\"0\" src=\"\/\/assets.pinterest.com\/images\/PinExt.png\" title=\"Pin It\" \/><\/a><\/span><span class=\"mr_social_sharing\"><fb:share-button type=\"button_count\" href=\"https:\/\/www.myrideisme.com\/Blog\/the-61st-bonneville-speed-weekbut-my-first-visit\/\"><\/fb:share-button><\/span><span class=\"mr_social_sharing\"><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/share\" class=\"twitter-share-button\" data-count=\"horizontal\" data-url=\"https:\/\/www.myrideisme.com\/Blog\/the-61st-bonneville-speed-weekbut-my-first-visit\/\" data-via=\"myrideisme\" data-text=\"The 61st Bonneville Speed Week\u2026but My First Visit\"><\/a><\/span><span class=\"mr_social_sharing\"><div class=\"g-plusone\" data-size=\"medium\" data-annotation=\"none\" data-href=\"https:\/\/www.myrideisme.com\/Blog\/the-61st-bonneville-speed-weekbut-my-first-visit\/\"><\/div><\/span><span class=\"mr_social_sharing\"><a class=\"mr_social_share_email\" href=\"mailto:?subject=The 61st Bonneville Speed Week\u2026but My First Visit&amp;body=https:\/\/www.myrideisme.com\/Blog\/the-61st-bonneville-speed-weekbut-my-first-visit\/\" target=\"_blank\"><img src=\"https:\/\/www.myrideisme.com\/Blog\/wp-content\/plugins\/social-sharing-toolkit\/images\/icons_small\/email.png\" class=\"nopin\" alt=\"Email\" title=\"Email\"\/><span class=\"mr_small_icon\">Email<\/span><\/a><\/a><\/span><span class=\"mr_social_sharing\"><a rel=\"nofollow\" class=\"linksalpha_button linksalpha_link\" href=\"\/\/www.linksalpha.com\/social\/mobile\" data-url=\"https:\/\/www.myrideisme.com\/Blog\/the-61st-bonneville-speed-weekbut-my-first-visit\/\" data-text=\"The 61st Bonneville Speed Week\u2026but My First Visit\" data-desc=\"Salt Flat Recap: Story by my Dad, Greg Martin, who I was lucky enough to spend speed week with! I\u2019ve never seen such a group as these speed freak, salt flat hot rodders. I do believe they would all agree with Mark Twain\u2019s adage, \u201cLet us so live that when we come to die even the undertaker will\" data-image=\"\" data-button=\"\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<img src=\"\/\/www.linksalpha.com\/images\/social_share_button.png\" alt=\"Share\" class=\"linksalpha_image\" \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/a><script type=\"text\/javascript\" src=\"\/\/www.linksalpha.com\/scripts\/loader_iconbox.js?v=2.4\"><\/script><\/span><\/div><p>Email Salt Flat Recap: Story by my Dad, Greg Martin, who I was lucky enough to spend speed week with! I\u2019ve never seen such a group as these speed freak, salt flat hot rodders. 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