Most of Us
On the Salt in 2004, prior to departing Speed week the crew gets together for a photo. There are a couple guys missing, most notably our engine builder Ken Gilmour who misses out on Speed Week while racing his top fuel dragster "Racing for Kids". The gang pictured here consists of; Walter Brooks, Mike Siewert, Don Siewert, Dugie McLean, Dianne Allan, Ted Allan, Bryan Long, Rob Siewert, and Ken Henshilwood.
A bunch of folks working together to have fun and go faster.
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Dianne & Ted Allan  Dianne was a rookie driver in 2004, she made 2 passes in 1149 and collected her D & C Licenses. Ted is the builder of the truck and also drives, he holds his B license and in 2004 piloted 1149 to it's fastest Speed 198.915 mph |
Mike & Don Siewert  Mike was a rookie driver in 2004, he made 2 passes in 1149 and collected his D & C Licenses. Don is the instigator of the 1149 project and also a driver, he holds a B license and was 2003's fastest driver at 196.200 mph |
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Ken Henshilwood  Ken "I can see everything from the truck" Henshilwood is the driver of our push truck. Ken also supplies our trailer and transport to and from the salt. |
Walter Brooks and Bryan Long  Walter and Bryan are engineers. They analyse our performance and help us to plan changes to make N49 faster. |
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Dugie McLean  Dugie is a mechanic on our crew, as a full time employee of Allan Rod and Custom he is one of the persons who knows the truck as well as Ted Allan. |
Zane Southgate  Zane is a mechanic on our crew, as a full time employee of Allan Rod and Custom he is one of the persons who knows the truck as well as Ted Allan. |
Rob Siewert  Rob is our Crew Chef. During Speed Week Rob caters to the crew in our pit making sure that we are all well fed and saving us the huge amounts of time spent chasing necessities. His efforts make our pit a wonderful place to be. |
Dave Ness  "Digger Dave" is the supplier of N49's ignition system, among other things, he also is responsible for N49's wiring and electrical systems. |
John Radermacher  "Roddermonster" has been part of the Crew since before the truck was born. He was infected with the "Salt Bug" in 1998 when a few of us attended Speed Weeks 50th anniversary. Since then he's found himself responsible for parachutes, tires and more. |
Marilyn Siewert  Usually first on the scene when we turn out after a run. Marilyn's red Mustang is a welcome water stop for our drivers. Her enjoyment of the Salt make the events even better for her husband (Don) and sons (Rob and Mike). |
Robert and Annette  Annette can be found helping out in the pit while Robert is a gopher and part time pilot of 1149 when the truck is being pushed. (Grand-kids of Don and Marilyn) |
Brad Heintz  Roberts buddy Brad also joins us in Bonneville as a gopher and part time pilot of 1149 when the truck is being pushed. (It's a Salty job, but someone has to do it!) |
Gina, Kaley and Morgan    More Grandkids! The daughters of our chef (Rob) and his wife "Jake" work extra hard to make sure the crew is cool. They start almost as many water fights as their Grandpa! |
