First Report From the Salt

Greetings,

Apologies for the long delay in posting updates. Believe it or not, there are no internet connections in a 40 mile radius of the Speedway. We’ve managed to located an open signal in town and will be posting from there.

We have had a rough start here at the flats. A large rider/participant turnout along with bad weather has slowed down the process of land speed record attempts. Today the 125cc
Special Construction Partial Streamlined (APS) kneeler bike made a full course run at 123mph. While still shy of the existing class record, we have a few more days to get closer to the mark. We also ran the RS125 Modified Partial Streamliner (M-PS) for a complete course run. The 125cc MPS machine managed a respectable first run of 119.5mph, only 5 mph shy of the existing class record. Unfortunately, the 250cc machine was caught up in a rule interpretation debate with FIM and AMA officials. The rules governing the event were ambiguous as to the class the machine was qualified to run. Eventually, after 3-4 hours of discussion, Markertek, FIM and AMA came to an agreement as to which class the 250cc machine can participate. Unfortunately, the day was cut short due to a severe Thunderstorm and high winds.

We had no choice but to dip into the tequila and our paddock of xr100's for some supermoto racing on the flats. Here's to a better day tomorrow. Thanks for tuning in.
Cheers,
Team Markertek