Mayf; Thanks for the great update on the goings on at the salt.
Doug in big ditch
DrMayf@aol.com wrote:
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> Just returned from B'ville. Totally awsome! Best Salt in a long time, they
> say. Al Teague ran a 383 with his B motor, don't know if he ran after
> qualifying. Met a lot of people, missed even more. Lots of excitement. As to
> Keith, he'll tell you himself but he cooked a piston. Met the Nebulous
> Theorum III people - they rebuilt their little, but very fast, liner at my
> motel back door. Wonderful people! Ed Van Scoy broke his record one day, went
> back and broke the new record next day. He comes to race, no if's ands or
> buts about it. Just him and his wife, Linda, I believe. Not a lot of
> wrenching, he changed one plug wirte. Saw so many cars that I lost count.
> Talked to the owner of the pumpkin seed..got the complete history in about 30
> minutes. SAw the Radon boys and chatted with them. Wonderful car! Well
> constructed as anything I saw. HAd some teething problems but they kept at
> it. One run I remember was 196 through the third mile. Met Mz Kathy and also
> Keith's mom. Neat people. Ditto Dave Dahlgren. Dave knows his business. Met
> both Jon and Joe Amo. Wow, what a dynamic duo! Joe took his bike apart in the
> triler at the motel after munching something and put it all back together and
> kept on running. Jon had more wires in that motel room than ma bell. I have
> learned that this is a humbling sport. I thopught I knew a thing or two about
> this sport..but you know what. I only know 10% of what I thought I knew. I
> have to push my reset button and do a lot of rethinking...
>
> In any case, a wonderful vacation. More later afdter reflecting some
>
> mayf
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