THAT"S GREAT! I'll save a special place on my
wall for mine. Running at Maxton was a true
dream come true to me. One step closer to
Bonneville, and that's been a dream for me since
about 1954 - when I bought my first copy of Hot
Rod magazine and learned what Bonneville was!!
Thanks,
Dick J
--- Keith Turk <kturk@ala.net> wrote:
> Hey John has a really really nice certificate
> for setting a record...
>
> John Beckett does a ton of stuff on his own....
> the records are just one of
> them..... he usually hands them out the next
> meet unless his Personal life
> (you know work / wife / kids ) get in the way
> of his racing...
>
> Keith
>
> ----------
> > From: Dick Jurkowski <lsr_man@yahoo.com>
> > To: John Beckett
> <johnbeck@blueridge.cc.nc.us>; John Linville
> <bellytk@nh.ultranet.com>;
> land-speed@autox.team.net
> > Subject: Record Certificate
> > Date: Monday, July 19, 1999 10:28 AM
> >
> >
> >
> > --- John Beckett
> <johnbeck@blueridge.cc.nc.us>
> > wrote:
> > > John
> > I was just reading through the mail (E) this
> > morning and followed the prompts to Team Amo.
>
> > They had a deal to click on so you could view
> > their record certificate. Have you thought
> about
> > issuing certificates for ECTA? This would be
> a
> > great momento for competing and setting a
> record.
> > Even a certificate just for competing would
> be
> > great. (Blue border for a record run, gray
> > border for just competing?) After all,
> anybody
> > who goes through the time and effort to run a
> car
> > at an LSR event needs something for their
> effort.
> > Right now, all I've got is a photo collage
> with
> > my timing card and a copy of the record out
> of L.
> > Mayfield's site. I made up a display in a
> frame
> > to put on my wall (along with a small piece
> of
> > broken fibreglass wing that was the only part
> of
> > my stolen wing that the Laurinberg police
> found
> > in the parking lot at the motel.) Anyway,
> this
> > ECTA memory collage is hanging there with two
> > rows of my "competed at Daytona"
> certificates.
> > It would be so nice to have an ECTA
> certificate,
> > and the cost would be very minimal. You can
> even
> > buy blank certificates at Staples for a few
> bucks
> > a box, then print them up on a home computer
> if
> > the cost of having a print shop make custom
> > certificates is too high. All you guys that
> have
> > been lucky enough to compete on the salt may
> not
> > need that little "recognition" but there are
> a
> > lot of us just starting out, and running at
> > Maxton has been the pinnacle of our LSR
> career.
> > Just a thought.
> > Dick J
> >
>
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