I talked to Denis Manning a couple of hours ago. First. Denis has made three salt sleds instead of one. I received wrong information from Delvene. The first skid didn't have a knife edge. There are half inch grade 8 bolts every three inches on the leading edge of the sled. They are adjustable. This sled hasn't been tested yet, but he believes it will break the crust on the bumps. He had to get off the phone as he was getting a report on his engine dyno results, which were being conducted in Reno, Nevada. He did say however, the following things.

He worked on the Bub course before the work was done on the Speed Week course. A few of the fast boys went over and inspected the Bub course and said the course was much, much better than the Speed Week course. They said they wished that they could have made runs on the Bub course instead. He said that the pictures posted on landracing.com didn't really depict the situation. The wind had blown the water shown from the mountains base, where it is always wet. He's been keeping track of the wind, and the wind has shifted towards the mountains. If this condition can be sustained for three or four days, i.e., wind direction, it looks pretty good. There are only two days forecast of possible rain for the next 10 days. I think it was around 35% for those two days. He'll be going out with a large crew one week before the meet, which would make it the 29th. We're just going to have to wait and see how all of this turns out. He expressed confidence that he will be able to get a high speed course prepared; however, after saying that he said he isn't God and has no control over the weather.

Now. What have I been doing on the streamliner for the past week? Spent about $475 on pills, nozzels, and a diaphram pressure regulator by Kinsler for the high speed fuel pressure. I've got it all dialed in and the fuel curve is better than it ever has been. Low, medium, and high speed torque and horsepower is truly awesome.

Finished touching up and plugging up some of the holes in the body. Painted and buffed. I have balanced the bike. I had to add 36 pounds 5 ounces to the left side. This was done by burning out three half inch steel plates that fit around the exhaust pipe of the front engine. I welded the plates together, and with four 3/8 grade 8 bolts, bolted it to the frame. I thought it was going to look pretty ugly, but it doesn't. I ground down the ugly, painted it flat black, and actually the shape of the weight is quite pleasing to the eye.

Speaking of pleasing to the eye. Two large Vincent logo scrolls, in brilliant gold leaf, now adorn both sides of Lambky's Liner/Black Lightning--the official name of the liner under which I registered it way back in 1996 when I first took it to the salt with the late Don Vesco in the rider's seat.

Lambky's Liner/Black Lightning, when registered in 1996, was registered also under the number 785 in the BNI/SCTA registry. Three digits are set aside for streamliners. When asked what number I would like for the liner, "I said can I just use 785?" He said, sure, "Let me check if 785 is being used by another vehichle". It wasn't. Hence 785.