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Xcorps Action Sports Show 39 SPEED seg4 Another all American horsepower episode this one called SPEED featuring Xcorps cameras rolling at The Bonneville Salt Flats Speedway Utah for SPEEDWEEK with the fastest cars on the planet going for world land speed records!X man and guest host Rat Sult rolled the full size X motor coach north from San Diego to Utahs western edge exiting at the historic and beautifully vast Bonneville salt speed track, which extends for more than 30 miles dead flat and ready for speed! The Speed Week event is sanctioned and organized by the SCTASouthern California Timing Association and is held every year at the Utah state park, near Wendover Utah on US80, where an elite group of worldwide motor sports speed enthusiasts meet to go for the records in their custom machines.The show opens with some scenic road shots and a look at the RIVE provided band The Clay People hammering their high octane song Supersonic Overdrive in their cool retro 60s video. Nice fit with those dancing girls! XC host Jason Lazos new show theme song carries the action into segment one with Rat driving his mega coach on the salt and land speed record holder Mike Nish driving the Royal Purple streamliner car full tilt on the flats!After the break Rat checks out the salt track and heads for the starting line where high horse vehicles in all classes from top fuel dragsters to classic street muscle to modified trucks and street bikes lining up for take off! See the full speed runs and hear the actual official times read over the radio sets. Suburban Noize band Dirtball rolls right with the action including a high speed out of control hood losing spin across the tricky salt crystal track. Check out a classic 1970 Plymouth Super Bird ready for takeoff and a 71 Camero doing a spin out at over 250MPH launching the car end over end into the desert air! Close ups of the wrecked rig here too! The next segment takes a look at what the street bikes can do and Rat talks to Richard Thomason owner of Danny Boy 2 a modified airplane fuel drop tank who talks about what its like to drive all out! See his max speed in this unique speed class all overseen by the SCTA.After that the Sub NoiZe records band Mondo Generator jams the flats to a collage of motor cars from Buicks and Fords to rice rockets to turbine powered never imagined vehicles in all sizes and colors. Rat takes a looks at the fastest car of the week the awesome Nish Motor sports Royal Purple streamliner ripping past the 370 MPH mark! All American custom engineered! Rat cruises the pits and talks to driver Mike Nish who talks about his speed runs. Insane shots here looking out the back of his car as well as a POV dashcam showing how big his eyes get at these white knuckle speeds! Its all about adrenaline here on The Xcorps! The action and music continue with a look at the semi truck class of speed demons. Watch a double diesel engine custom modified trailerhauler take off and blast down the salt track at over 229 MPH! Thats truckin! The show wraps with show host Rat Sult on the track with an unauthorized race of his own driving in the motor home class! See his full sized rig roll against a vintage South Wind coach at floor pedal speed! High octane smiles here for sure! Thats the way we roll on The Xcorps! Additional music by Daddy X, and The Xclan. Additional race footage provided by Mark Bruzeau landspeedracingvideo.com. and Nish Motorsports. See The ActionHear The MusicJoin The Xcorps! Close Captioned TRT29:30 11072007 The Xcorps
Burke Mountain, in Northeast Vermont, has new ownership with strong ties to the region.
An ownership group made up of principals in Jay Peak Resort,Vermont has purchased neighboring Burke Mountain. Ariel Quiros, who along with Jay Peak president Bill Stenger bought Jay Peak Resort from Mont Saint-Sauveur Valley resorts in 2008, is heading the group, called Q-Burke. Stenger is involved as well.
"This is a separate company with the same ownership principals," says Steve..