Yep, this one is personal. My BangShift.com blood brother Chad is literally cruising toward the crucible of speed right now, and me? Well, let’s just leave it at, “I’m not”. Lots of our readers and forum members are land speed racing enthusiasts, so they may be migrating that way as well. To that, we raise two frosties, place them in our beer helmet and nod in jealous approval.

Chad will be bloggin’ straight from the salt, bringing us the best, most up-to-date info on the event as the days pass by. At night? We can’t vouch for Chad at night, so all bets are off there. During the day, however, he’ll be manning our space-aged mobile internet broadcasting unit. Fabricated with parts from an old DeSoto and four Mustang II’s, that thing can catch a signal anywhere on Earth.

If you’re headed to Bonneville this year as a racer we wish you the best of luck, the safest trip to and from the race, and the smoothest runs down the course. We also wish that records rain out of the sky for you.

For the rest of us schlubs, we need to stop at the local liquor purveyor, fire up the computer, and stick with BangShift.com for the best Bonneville reporting you’ll find anywhere on the web. When you’re sauced up, you may actually believe that last statement.