Bonneville Speedway 'Dried Out to a Point'

   With an eye on the condition of one of the world's treasures, how are the Bonneville Salt Flats? I spoke to Wendover Mayor Mike Crawford and learned that more events were canceled this year than in any year previous. But, then, they didn't have so many events in years past, so there were more to be canceled this year than back then.
  Yes, the big events such as Speed Week, World of Speed, and the Bonneville Motorcycle Speed Trials were canceled due to the condition of the Salt Flats. But some events were not lost, including Mike Cook's Bonneville Shootout, which bills itself as featuring the world's fastest cars and motorcycles. Look for that Sept. 17-21.
   Some rumors have suggested that while Speed Week was canceled just weeks before it was to take place, by the time that date rolled around, the Bonneville track was dry. Is that true? "It dried out to a point," the mayor said. He said the usable track areas this year include a spot that is wider than it has been in a long time, but there are other sections that are not so well off.