Been a lot that has happened this event!!!  Check out our Facebook page for some of the info! Been very busy especially with me getting injured. We did qualify for the record today AND ran faster on B50 with our algae biodiesel today with a backup driver in the car. When we get back I will update the blog here much more fully!

We added new photos from the Cruise-In taken by Terry D Call Photography to our facebook page. Check 'em out!  Utah State University Biorenewable Fuels Project on facebook!

Last year at the World Finals event we met the Jack Rogers team as we pitted next to them.  They were awesome and helped us out with tools etc. and even another set of tires/wheels that we tried when we were working on gearing last year.  This season we will be pitting with them starting with the SpeedWeek event!  They will be fielding multiple cars and we will be helping them out where they need and we are grateful to them for getting a hold of us this year and inviting us to join them!  Just look for their beautiful 18 wheeler and our USU trailer parked along side! 

Come see us at the salt!




Check out the Jack Rogers 757 Camaro at the link below!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Gx20WFKFnvE

SPEEDWEEK IN ONE WEEK!!!!!!!!!

Hey Followers!!!!!!

Sorry it's been a little bit since we have added more here!  We have been digging in deep to get the car and everything needed for the car ready so we can get ourselves out to SpeedWeek to set another record! ;) 

As I write the vacuum distillation is happening on our algal biodiesel so that it is pristine, perfect, beautiful, ready to rock, etc. etc.!!  We should be in the 1.35L ballpark for algal biodiesel ready to go to Bonneville!! 
 

We have also been bust our hides to get a transport trailer done as last year was miserable flat towing the car especially with it being so wet last year.  We ended up being able to get the trailer done for pennies!  It has a winch that lifts the trailer so the car will load easily and the same winch also loads the car on for us!  This year is going to be 1000x nicer!  We will also be able to use the battery on the trailer to start the streamliner as we do not run a battery on board the car rather than having to use the pickup anymore.

Last week we were down at Utah Chassis and Machine working on the streamliner getting things finished up and ready to pass technical inspection and be ready to run down the salt!  We were able to get the firewall back in the car and modified to work with the changes over this past winter.  The flywheel shield has also been modified and is remounted in the car.  We also were able to get the throttle and manual fuel shut off finished for the car.  Still a little bit left to do to get the clutch handle etc working smoothly and nicely and we also have to make some modifications to the fire system to get it back in place.  Still some work to do but we will get back down to SLC and get it finished up so we can see you all ON THE SALT!

We also really want to thank Sunrise Designs for all their help in getting our vinyl done and in our hands!  They have been awesome to us and have taken care of everything we have needed!!  Please check them out if you are needing vinyl done!  We will get the vinyl put on the car next week and we will be ready to rock!

Just one month now!  We are trying to scurry and finish everything up so we are ready in time.  The fuel looks like it should be ready to go and the car was delivered back down to Utah Chassis to finish the updates needed to pass tech after the upgrades since last season.  Can't wait to be back on the salt! Looking forward to this seasons A-Salt (assault) on the salt!

4th of July Cache Valley Cruise-In

Thanks to the Cache Valley Cruising Association we were given a spot to take the car to the Cache Valley Cruise-In this last week.  We had a lot of great conversations and it was fun to meet a lot of new people.  Thanks to all those who stopped by and also those who helped out!  Right now we are just 32 days away from SpeedWeek and still have some work to finish up on the car.  Racing is just around the corner now!  Make sure to mark SpeedWeek and World of Speed on your calendars and come hang out with us!

Looks like we got the video working on here now.

World of Speed Sponsor!

We are pleased to announce we are officially going to be attending the World of Speed event held by the USFRA in September!  Apogee Instruments has paid our entry fee to attend the event!  We are extremely grateful for their support and help!  Without their help we had no way of attending the event.  Make sure you check them out for your instrumentation needs! Especially environmental instrumentation!  Thank you Apogee!

 

http://www.apogeeinstruments.com/