Ps.... and you folks leave my NON Leather Teddy alone... Poor Teddy.. his
ears are burning... Wait... Damn I left him by the welder... NOT GOOD.....
K
----- Original Message -----
From: "Keith Turk" <kturk@ala.net>
To: "John Beckett" <landspeedracer@email.msn.com>; "Bill Bennett"
<benettw@earthlink.net>; "Wester S Potter" <wspotter@jps.net>
Cc: <land-speed@autox.team.net>
Sent: Thursday, October 05, 2000 8:33 PM
Subject: Re: Walter Mitty Goes to the WOS
> I didn't get anywhere with the Trip home.... Took me like 3 and a half
> days... which is a Ton for that trip for me... I was just mentally and
> physically exhausted... and I refuse to drive when I am tired... ( I have
> seen First hand what that can do..) if I am not alert I will pull over
and
> sleep a couple of hours rather then drive tired....
>
> at least Now I have Proof that I do that....K
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "John Beckett" <landspeedracer@email.msn.com>
> To: "Keith Turk" <kturk@ala.net>; "Bill Bennett" <benettw@earthlink.net>;
> "Wester S Potter" <wspotter@jps.net>
> Cc: <land-speed@autox.team.net>
> Sent: Thursday, October 05, 2000 7:16 PM
> Subject: Re: Walter Mitty Goes to the WOS
>
>
> > Oh, so you want me to tell the teddy bear story, OK.
> >
> > Well during our September exodus from Wendover and in an effort to avoid
> the
> > treacherous I-80 in Wyoming we headed South on Hwy 6 to Green River. So
> > about three or four hours out we see Keith's truck and trailer in a pull
> off
> > on the side of the road. Well we figure we need to see if he's alright.
> > Since Lionel doesn't have a trailer he turns around and goes back.
> > There Keith is, parked, doors locked, motor running, lights on,
> stacking
> > Z's by the cord. And we like to add, hugging his teddy bear. Makes the
> > visual picture complete. Just exhausted after his LSR marathon. But no
> diet
> > coke or cigarette, good boy Keith.
> >
> >
> > ----- Original Message -----
> > From: "Keith Turk" <kturk@ala.net>
> > To: "Bill Bennett" <benettw@earthlink.net>; "Wester S Potter"
> > <wspotter@jps.net>
> > Cc: <land-speed@autox.team.net>
> > Sent: Thursday, October 05, 2000 7:05 PM
> > Subject: Re: Walter Mitty Goes to the WOS
> >
> >
> > > I gotta tell ya... I had a REALLY Crappy Day in the Business.... you
> just
> > > made it wonderful Bill... Thank you for the Kind words..
> > >
> > > This is simply the way I see our Sport and it comes to me honestly...
> Lots
> > > of folks did the same with me in the begining.... I want to share a
bit
> > of
> > > this Credit to guys Like John and Lionel and Joe ... Bill Mackey and
the
> > > Rest of our yahoo Regulars for setting up that Method of doing
> business...
> > > You don't reckon Guys Like Tom Bryant and the rest of those folks out
> west
> > > aren't the same exact way? It's a Great sport....
> > >
> > > Keith ( okay now whoever it was that started the Teddy Bear Story
> ...Step
> > up
> > > and take your medicine... John... you better handle your side of this
> > Little
> > > Story.... and Leave my Teddy alone.... LOL)
> > > ----- Original Message -----
> > > From: "Bill Bennett" <benettw@earthlink.net>
> > > To: "Wester S Potter" <wspotter@jps.net>
> > > Cc: <land-speed@autox.team.net>
> > > Sent: Thursday, October 05, 2000 5:45 PM
> > > Subject: Re: Walter Mitty Goes to the WOS
> > >
> > >
> > > > Wes I have said from the very first time meeting Keith that he
reminds
> > > > me of John Force. Very excitable when things go right. Years ago
John
> > > > Force after winning a final round would spout out 100 words before
> > > > taking a breath. Then start gasping for air between words. I also
have
> > > > found another similarity between the 2. John Force is one of the few
> > > > that would actual take time to stop and talk to fans between rounds
> > > > while others would walk around with there heads up in the clouds or
> > > > some other dark cavern. This weekend was a great demonstration of
> > > > Keith's personality. While we were elbow deep trying to swap heads
on
> > > > the girlie Camaro no less than a dozen times people would stop by
just
> > > > to say hello. That they were there for the first time after reading
> > > > the Hot Rod article. They weren't given a glance and a brush off but
> > > > rather Keith would stop what he was doing, shake their hand, and
> > > > welcome them, some times chatting for long periods of time. He took
> > > > the time to actually be interested in what they had to say and
answer
> > > > their questions in depth. No one would have known that Keith was in
> > > > the middle of a heated points battle, trying to get a decent run
laid
> > > > down that weekend, the way he was leisurely chatting with everyone
> > > > stopping. Mentally he might have been a wreck, but physically he
> > > > wasn't showing it. Made me proud to be hanging around someone like
> > > > that this weekend.
> > > >
> > > > Bill Bennett
> > > > (Wondering what little Brown Teddy Bears have to do with Land Speed
> > > > Racing)
> > > >
> > > > ----- Original Message -----
> > > > From: "Wester S Potter" <wspotter@jps.net>
> > > > To: "Keith Turk" <kturk@ala.net>; "jon amo"
> > > > <webmaster@landracing.com>; "DOUG ODOM" <popms@thegrid.net>
> > > > Cc: "Joe Amo" <jkamo@rapidnet.com>; "Joe Timney"
<joetimney@dol.net>;
> > > > <land-speed@autox.team.net>
> > > > Sent: Thursday, October 05, 2000 10:33 AM
> > > > Subject: Re: Walter Mitty Goes to the WOS
> > > >
> > > >
> > > > > Keith,
> > > > > If you ever get as "antsy" as John Force you'll know why that suit
> > > > of his
> > > > > doesn't get washed. If there was ever a classic example of ADHD
in
> > > > an adult
> > > > > and needing Ritalin, John Force is it. He could never run seven
> > > > miles at
> > > > > Bonneville. His attention span isn't that long. I sat near him
at
> > > > the SEMA
> > > > > show one year for thirty minutes and had to go get a drink of
water
> > > > and calm
> > > > > myself just because I had watched him. The man is the embodiment
of
> > > > the
> > > > > term hyper-active.
> > > > > Wes
> > > > >
> > > > >
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