Third day of World Finals at Bonneville.

We made adjustments on the clutch yesterday and we were all ready to make another run.
It rained over night and salt at the entrance was wet with a lot of puddles. I didn’t think we would get any runs in today, but as we went closer to the pit, it was dry. They had to move the long course over 1 mile, but we were able to use both courses.
We put 30” tires on this morning. The temperature was a very cool 57 degrees (F).
I took off and went through the gears, taking it easy, worried about the clutch.
First run of the day was almost the exact duplicate of yesterday’s time. 201.243mph.
We changed the timing to 34 degrees with 28” tires in the afternoon. Didn’t run quite as good and with 13mph crosswinds, I was drifting to the center of course and getting loose. I backed out of it and pulled chute.
I was sideways, but the chute blossomed just in time and got me straight. 190.949mph.

After looking at 3 timing slips, the time at each timing station is almost identical to each other. Even after changing tires.

We are going to kick the timing back to 36 degrees with 28” tires, but pull it a little harder and see if we can go any faster tomorrow.

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