"N ot G ood E nough "
World Records On The Salt
Ralph Hudson
A
n undertaking of extreme proportions, much
the same as the 2017 event, the 2018 Top Of
The World Land Speed event was fraught with
numerous issues.
As the date grew closer it was clear the orig-
inal intent to have over a dozen entrants was
never going to be met, only six of these unique riders
would make the effort to take on the salt at Bolivia’s Salar
de Uyuni. A little disappointing!
A variety of reasons; health, shipping, customs, only
three of us were able to get our equipment to the salt
flats.
Jamie Williams had to pull out and Jim Knapp had
issues with customs and was not able to ship his four-
wheel streamliner out of Long Beach. We’d shipped our
containers earlier than last time but as we arrived, we
realised that the containers weren’t waiting for us. Our
Bolivian contact, Marcelo Alvarez Garcia had his hands
full, attempting to get our equipment trucked from the
port to salt flats.
Marcelo finally prevailed. Mike Akatiff, Erin Sills and
myself were lucky enough to get our containers in time
Pic: Jean Turner / FIM
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