Speed Week: Rick Pearson hopes to join list of fastest Brits
By Tom Wharton
The Salt Lake Tribune
Published Aug 15, 2011 11:52PM MDT
Bonneville Salt Flats ? Two years ago, Great Britain native and Switzerland resident Rick Pearson came to Speed Week with his father-in-law as a tourist.
As he stood near the starting line, a race official from the Southern California Timing Association, which sponsors the annual event, handed him a rule book.
?I don?t need it,? Pearson recalled saying.
?I see salt in your eyes,? the official replied. ?Put it in your bag. I bet you reach for it on the plane.?
The official read Pearson correctly....
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