Doug and list,
My 2000 rulebook, pg. 8, sect. I-6 tells me that any streamliner is
automatically qualifed to run the long course. I have a phone in my ear
right now but, will post a message about the SCTA banquet this past weekend
and touch on the 2000 rulebook at the same time.
Dan W
----- Original Message -----
From: <ARDUNDOUG@aol.com>
To: <mdthom@radiks.net>; <land-speed@autox.team.net>
Sent: Friday, January 21, 2000 11:07 PM
Subject: Re: Tachs one more time
> In a message dated 01/21/2000 6:20:50 PM Pacific Standard Time,
> mdthom@radiks.net writes:
>
> <<
> Group
>
> I think the use of a tach to hit the shift points is overrated. We ran
the
> Goldenrod streamliner one year in high gear only (after a gearbox
> malfunction) and it made no difference in 5 miles- 181.5 mph on gas with
an
> unblown flathead. It chugged for a mile and a half and hit the quarter
time
> very close to the speed we had with a 4-speed.
>
> In my old age I have gone to a shift light so I don't have to use my
> bifocals to see and mount the light way out on the hood scoop. This is
also
> a good way for the rookie driver to set his speed.
>
> Dave in Lincoln
> Ask me what my state motto is.
> #322 XXFBFMR
> >>
> Dave,
> That 181 run must have been in the "good-old-days" when streamliners
were
> automatically long-course qualified. I don't recall seeing that perk in
the
> rule book lately. Anybody know if it's still the case?
>
> Ardun Doug, XXF/STR, near the Left Coast in CA
>
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