Friday was a lazy day spent sitting by the pool and doing the laundry.
Well, the drag racing was a non event. It seems that it is on but not starting till 5pm – we didn’t learn this until we got to the track and found it pretty much deserted. The track is in the middle of nowhere but close to the airforce base that was used in the film Top Gun. At least it was an opportunity to put the Oldsmobile on the starting line! Saturday night was spent in Winnemucca which is on the way to the salt flats. We were told of a rod run at the ‘Flying A Garage’ which
is currently a workshop and small museum focusing on the 50’s, 60’s and 70s hot rods, customs and race cars with a two storey museum proper being built and ready for opening in 2009. This place was amazing – apart from the beers and BBQ going for all those who turned up it houses historic salt flat race cars, most of the Ed Roth cars and equipment he used while building custom hotrods, historic drag race cars plus the 40 or so people passing through who turned up for the evening and displayed their own hot rods etc in the car park. There are over 200 historic cars in the collection with most of them in storage, but these photos show some of those that were on display for us. Very cool place and recommended if you are ever in Winnemucca, it will be even better when the museum proper opens next year. 
Well, the drag racing was a non event. It seems that it is on but not starting till 5pm – we didn’t learn this until we got to the track and found it pretty much deserted. The track is in the middle of nowhere but close to the airforce base that was used in the film Top Gun. At least it was an opportunity to put the Oldsmobile on the starting line! Saturday night was spent in Winnemucca which is on the way to the salt flats. We were told of a rod run at the ‘Flying A Garage’ which
is currently a workshop and small museum focusing on the 50’s, 60’s and 70s hot rods, customs and race cars with a two storey museum proper being built and ready for opening in 2009. This place was amazing – apart from the beers and BBQ going for all those who turned up it houses historic salt flat race cars, most of the Ed Roth cars and equipment he used while building custom hotrods, historic drag race cars plus the 40 or so people passing through who turned up for the evening and displayed their own hot rods etc in the car park. There are over 200 historic cars in the collection with most of them in storage, but these photos show some of those that were on display for us. Very cool place and recommended if you are ever in Winnemucca, it will be even better when the museum proper opens next year. 
Sunday had us up early and on the road for Wendover which is where I am now posting this update. We had a couple of issue with the Oldsmobile getting here – run out of gas and trouble with flat battery but have made it OK and set up our tent in the camping ground. Not like a camping ground back home – not a blade of grass to be seen anywhere!This will be our base for the next couple of days as it about 10mi to the salt and there is no camping out there. It will be another early start tomorrow to watch the first runs of Speed Week as the salt is opened at dawn (about 5am) and obviously it’s cooler then as well.So, once we’ve been out tomorrow and seen what it’s all about I’ll post and update along with some more photos - till then, Rob.
Two of Ed Roths creations.
Jude got a ride back to the motel with the old feller in this black roadster - nice people all round.
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