(Above) Clockin~ and tuning without pressure ; Vesco suits up at Bonnev ille "s hort track." (Below) 0-36 Mxers Lesniewski (94) and Karl (96) push each other in recent SOHVP race.
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Utah speeders Ellis Lehmberg (above) and Ron Benoit (below) hit t he salt .
Mini Speed Week
at Bonneville
By Dorde Woodruff.
WENDOVER, UT., SEPT. 25-26
The last of a sum mer-long monthly series of Speed Trials was held
-by the Utah Salt Flats Racing
Association. Rules are basically
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the same as at Sp eed Week in August.
The co urse is shorter, three m iles, and
the distance t hro ug h the traps 132 feet
at the en d of the third m ile. Times are
not official records but the meet enables
racers to check out their equipment,
new drivers to gain experience. Riders
and drivers, for t he $I 0 charged can
purchase a very acc urate speedometer
check, or just
enjoy running.
Entries we re mostl y cars, with only
motorcycles
six
wildly
assorted
participating. T he m eet in gs provide a
cheap er,
u ncrowded , low pressure
alternative to Sp eed Wee k. Entrants are
lucky
to
have
discovered
this
opportunity in its infancy. If the
meetings had the attendance they
deserve they w ould b ecom e crowded,
not as much so as Speed Week, perhaps,
when the line at the start now stretches
a half mil e. Drive rs this weekend
ha ppily exclaimed t hey had run as much
in o ne day as in an entire year
T he clu b would like to see more
moto rcy clists co m e out. O nly the u sual
leat h ers, helmet, gogg les and gloves are
requ ired for speeds u nder 150 mph.
Faster b ik es m ust h ave road racing tires.
Rick Vesc o ch ecks out bikes to make
sure they're safe.
Don Ves co brought his "World's
Fastest
Motorcycle,"
the
TZ 750
powere d Silver Bird . He had reinstalled
the two ยท300 mph p lu s. engines, having
