For some reason this blurb from the printed story just cracked me up.

"the man was racing on the salt flats with some sort of vehicle contraption
when he wrecked."

I know Scott Griswald the driver of the Chevette that crashed. He
would get a good laugh out of this pitiful piece of reporting. The car
is, of course, a Chevette in name only with a much modified body that
looks closer to a streamliner than a production automobile.  Scott, as
well as others, have driven that car at Maxton many times over the
years. It holds a lot of records. It is now toast. A complete loss,
from what I have been told. It was for sale prior to this. I don't know
what Ace Allen, the owner, is going to do with what is left of it.
  The word I have received is that Scott flew home Saturday, I think.
Bruised and battered, but doing well. The results could surely have
been m uch worse. Those of us associated with ECTA  held our collective
breath when news of the crash got out. After last year we were afraid
to think of could have happened.
  Joe Roberts

Salt racers hate when the media muddy the waters with poop like
this.....

And do you think this is an accurate discription of the Chevette that they
are reporting?

"According to the Tooele County Sheriff's Office, the man was racing on the
salt flats with some sort of vehicle contraption when he wrecked."