Show I Backseat Driving J I Continued From Pre Preceding Page Pae but it is doubtful if hell he'll be e able to do any record smashing smashing smashing smash smash- ing until later this summer Considerable moisture has fallen in the vicinity of the salt flats this year and unless the courses dry surprisingly fast it'll be considerable time before the track is ready for sustained driving Meanwhile the engineering force has a world of things to complete and after that another mother crew will face a big task of scraping and marking the course Even after the water now on top of the salt has been evaporated evaporated evaporated rated the salts salt's surface is generally kept moist for a time by bythe bythe bythe the sun drawing the water from beneath the salt to the top That's why the best racing conditions usually prevail in August and September Captain George E. E T. T Eyston it will be re remembered remembered remembered re- re made his record-breaking record run three years ago just before a snowstorm closed in on the salt flats in November What Ab hopes however by starting his preparations now is to have everything in mechanical readiness if he should get geta a break and enjoy a dry course for tor a brief time before the summer heat sets in And in that respect he is wise because prolonged mechanical adjustments with their repeated delays after the racing crews arc are on the scene increase the financial overhead by leaps and bounds i i. J t t r |