In September 1962 Glenn Leasher died in an attempted run in ajet car. Mickey Thompson refused to try Donald Campbell, Malcolm's son, rolled his car but escaped with a minor skull fracture Andy Brown, who was part of Campbell's team and had also been with his father's team in 1935, told reporters that the salt was in "much worse condition" than it had been when Malcolm Campbell raced there. Athol Graham died in his attempt to set a land speed record. It was sunny all the way there and back until we hit very heavy rain in Bellingham.Besides the broken records, there were also accidents and deaths during the 1960s. The rest of the trip was good we stopped in Boise Idaho, Spokane Washington, and then home via US highways.
100 mph was all I could get out of the Dyna as it wasn’t jetted for the high elevation. Finally I was able we did a bunch of runs up and down the flats, there was nobody there just us! Not sure if we were supposed to be out there or not. I’ve always wanted to go to and run my bike on the salt flats. Our first stop was probably the best stop for me.
We stayed in the area for a few days visiting Jen's parents.Ĭoming back we took 3.5 days, not so rushed. We stayed in Kayenta, a little desert community under the big red mountain. From Jackpot we rode down the 93 to Wells, and through Ely, Pioche, and finally into St. Our next overnight stop was in Jackpot Nevada. Still not sure how that happened, I knew we needed to turn off on to highway 90 but I was following. We might have made it a little farther If we didn’t get side tracked to Seatac International Airport by our friends GPS. Our first overnight stop was in Ellensburg, Oregon. Jen was on a 1993 Dyna Lowrider that has been converted into a Trike with a Frankenstein rear end, and our friends were on a Can-am Spider with a trailer. George Utah this past August (2018) with my love Jen and a couple of friends.
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