The plan at this point is to arrive in Adelaide on March 1st and get picked up by fellow land speed racer and Bueller, Paul Rogers. Paul has offered his hospitality and the use of his new Ford pickup and assorted tools, equipment, and supplies. At this point it looks like I will be dragging a couple of other American motorcycle racers along as they are on the same sort of shoestring budget plan as I am, Jon and Joe Amo along with their 240 MPH Kawasaki nitrous bike. Providing much needed driving skills and pit crew assistance will be another familiar Bueller name - Ross Northwood. A huge thanks to these guys as I/we could not do it without their help.

We will rent a trailer and pick up the bikes at the warehouse on March 2nd, and get all our supplies and such squared away before heading to Lake Gairdner for the racing. The meet is scheduled for March 6th-10th . I know that the Ack Attack guys are planning to arrive early as they are providing their own timing equipment to meet FIM World Record requirements and will need time to set up and I believe they are going to do some practice runs with the streamliner. Our itinerary is not set at this point. I know the Amo's have a satellite link setup to post stuff to their website (www.landracing.com) so I maybe able to post tidbits here or you can follow along at their site. Today I got this e-mail from Mike Akatif of the Ack Attack group and the main impetus to this whole trip. (I owe him a huge thanks for making this possible).

Hi guys good news:

Just got off the phone with Matt Ralph. The Becker Entertainment group, who just released The Worlds Fastest Indian, has come to agreement with Discovery International to produce a one hour program on the Lake Gairdner event.

We will be the major focus of the program. They want to meet us in Adelaide and follow us up to the lake. The program is to be broadcast internationally on the Discovery channel.
Should be great exposure.

Mike