As some started to pack up and start the journey home, some chose to stay and finish out the weekend in Wendover.  It was easy to spend an afternoon wandering the parking lots checking out what people had brought to run on the salt. A few teams still went through tech inspection with SCTA officials in the parking lots at the hotels and casinos.  Being able to watch and listen to the officials as they go through their check lists with the crews wass interesting and made for large crowds around the cars.  From seat belts to race suits, nothing goes unchecked, it is serious business, yet the pace is slow and easy. Race team members who are usually busy in the pits had the time to talk with everyone and answer questions.  Like Neil Candy from Kingston, Ontario.  He drove 2,300 miles to the Salt with his belly tank in tow, where he met up with his long time friend and team mate Bob Owens from Wellington, Texas. Them and their team had been hoping to run their tanker with a 1958 GMC straight six truck motor, 180mph in the vintage engine category (XO/GL) this year.  “Driving past Lake Bonneville and observing a small wake of 3”- 4” on top of the Salt” says Neil, will be one of his best memories from this year.