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Re: Tachs one more time

To: <ARDUNDOUG@aol.com>
Subject: Re: Tachs one more time
From: "Dan Warner" <dwarner@electrorent.com>
Date: Mon, 24 Jan 2000 05:57:57 -0800
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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