NEXT.
*KEN* NEW AT 7.... IN
UTAH.. THE " BONNEVILLE SALT
FLATS " IS KNOW WORLD- WIDE AS
A POPULAR RACEWAY. AND THIS
YEAR... DURING IT'S ANNUAL
SPEED WEEK IN AUGUST... A
VALLEY DRIVER AND HIS TEAM HAD
A WEEK TO REMEMBER. SCOTT
BEMIS JOINS LIVE WITH THE
INSPIRING STORY. SCOTT.
SCOTT YEAH... IF YOU LIKE
SPEED... BONNEVILLE IS THE
PLACE TO FIND IT. EACH YEAR...
ON THE WIDE OPEN SALT FLATS...
A BUNCH OF LAND SPEED RECORDS
ARE SET IN ALL DIFFERENT KINDS
OF MOTOR VEHICLES. AND THIS
YEAR... A DRIVER FROM THE
VALLEY PUT HIS NAME IN THE
RECORD BOOK... DURING A WEEK
THAT WAS FILLED WITH EMOTION.
AS A MEMBER OF THE FRESNO CITY
FIRE DEPARTMENT...
SPECIALIZING IN URBAN SEARCH
AND RESCUE... FRANK SILVA JR.
IS ALWAYS DEALING WITH HIGH-
INTENSITY SITUATIONS. (SOT
Frank Silva Jr.) "you can't do
anything 90 percent. You gotta
do it 100 percent when it
comes to firefighting" WHICH
ALSO HELPS AUBERRY RESIDENT IN
HIS MAIN HOBBY... TRYING TO GO
REAL FAST ON THE BONNEVILLE
SALT FLATS IN UTAH. (insert
1st cg, SOT Frank Silva Jr. -
Fresno City Firefighter) 11-16
"it takes about ten seconds to
go a mile at 350 miles an
hour" AND DURING THE ANNUAL
SPEEDWEEK IN EARLY AUGUST AT
BONNEVILLE... THOSE MILES WERE
WHIPPING BY FRANK FASTER THAN
THEY EVER HAD BEFORE. (insert
2nd cg, SOT Brandon Carter -
Crew Chief) 42-44 "oh, I mean,
the word we're throwing around
is fairy tale" (SOT Frank
Silva Jr.) "we went a lot
faster than we thought we were
gonna do" DRIVING HIS TEAM'S
23-HUNDRED HORSEPOWER
LAKESTER... FRANK AND GOT SALT
RACING BROKE THE RECORD IN
THEIR CLASS BY NEARLY TEN
MILES AN HOUR... BY AVERAGING
OVER 353 MILES PER HOUR ON TWO
RUNS DOWN THE SALT FLATS. (SOT
Brandon Carter) "we had the
right recipe. We had the right
people on our team. And we had
the right driver in the car" A
DRIVER WHO WAS CARRYING A LOT
OF SPEED WITH HIM.. AND A LOT
OF EMOTION AS WELL. (SOT Frank
Silva Jr.) "you know, I had
more people come up to me and
say, your dad is smiling right
now, and it chokes me up just
talking about it" BECAUSE
FRANK JR GOT HIS LOVE FOR
BONNEVILLE SPEED RACING FROM
HIS FATHER... FRANK SILVA
SENIOR... WHO WAS AN ORIGINAL
PARTNER... AND DRIVER... IN
THE 32- FOOT LAKESTER. (SOT
Frank Silva Jr.) "he started
taking me when I was 18" FRANK
SENIOR PASSED AWAY IN 2013...
AND SEVEN YEARS LATER... HIS
SON'S RECORD- BREAKING RUNS
WOULD COME AFTER THE TEAM HAD
MEMORIALIZED FRANK SENIOR IN A
SPECIAL WAY EARLIER IN THE
WEEK. (SOT Frank Silva Jr.) we
ended up releasing his ashes
on our first 300 mile an hour
run, and it was emotional. I
had tears in my eyes." (SOT
Brandon Carter) "to see his
son go out there and do
something that was driven by
the same passion that he had,
was really cool" (insert 3rd
cg, SCOTT BEMIS STANDUP in
car) 2:08-2:12 NOW BOTH FRANK
SR. AND FRANK JR. HAVE BROKEN
RECORDS IN THIS COCKPIT, AND
WHO KNOWS, MAYBE ONE DAY, WE
MIGHT SEE ONE OF FRANK'S THREE
DAUGHTERS DO THE SAME. (SOT
Frank Silva Jr.) "(Bemis) and
were you serious earlier when
you said, you think your
daughters might drive it one
day? (frank) I hope they
do..." would absolutely love
it. If they could reach the
pedals, um, I would think it
would be one of the neatest
things to watch them go"
BECAUSE THE SKILL AND
KNOWLEDGE IT TAKES TO SET
RECORDS... AND DRIVE SAFELY AT
BONNEVILLE... IS IN THIS
FAMILY'S BLOOD. (SOT Frank
Silva Jr.) "one thing my dad
always said, 'the pedal goes
both ways. If it doesn't feel
right, pull your foot out, you
know. So yeah, I'd love it, if
they wanna drive it, the door
is there, the door is open"
SCOTT AT BONNEVILLE...
JET-POWERED CARS HAVE GONE
OVER 600 MILES AN HOUR... BUT
NO OPEN WHEEL CAR LIKE
FRANK'S... HAS EVER GONE OVER
400. FRANK SAYS THAT'S THE
NEXT GOAL... AND AFTER DOING
WHAT THEY DID THIS YEAR... HE
THINKS IT MIGHT BE POSSIBLE.
GUYS... BACK TO YOU.
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