Yeah, I know what you mean. I've come to
watching the TV-Land network, with stuff from
the 50s and 60s - -Leave it to Beaver - Mayberry
RFD, Gomer Pyle, etc. No politics! When I get
bored with that, I have about fifty speedvision
tapes. I pick one out without looking, put it
in, and that's my viewing for the rest of the
night.
Dick J
--- Joe Amo <jkamo@rapidnet.com> wrote:
> Please dont mention "party line", Gov, and
> definately not "L _ _ _ _
> r", I am ill with proceedings lately,
> have to leave the tv on
> Speedvision and call it good, another reason
> I like landracing, it
> takes me away from political engines to
> concentrate on internal
> combustion ones
>
> Joe
>
> Dick J wrote:
>
> > Right On Tom. I don't know who he was
> either, he
> > hasn't appeared on the list before, but I
> think
> > he's thinking that everybody will pay $50
> more,
> > no matter where they race. I guess I could
> see
> > his point in not wanting to "subsidize" Muroc
> if
> > he's racing at Bonneville. My feelings are,
> the
> > entry fee has to be whatever it has to be to
> > cover the costs. But hey, that's what this
> list
> > is all about. Everybody, with each his own
> > opinion, can get his opinion out in the open,
> > whether he is in the minority, out in left
> field,
> > or mainstream. We'd never come up with any
> new
> > ideas if everybody was afraid to speak
> anything
> > except a "party line".
> >
> > --- "Thomas E. Bryant"
> <saltracer@awwwsome.com>
> > wrote:
> > > BR,
> > >
> > > I don't know who you are, where you live in
> > > relationship to Muroc, what
> > > your experience with LSR is, etc., so it
> makes
> > > it difficult to respond
> > > to this letter, but it does merit a
> response.
> > >
> > > I have been involved with LSR since the
> > > mid-fifities. I can certainly
> > > afford the sport now better than when I
> > > started, but I too don't
> > > appreciate the rising costs of
> participating.
> > > Really, though, the entry
> > > fees we pay are an insignificant portion of
> the
> > > overall expense of
> > > putting a car in competition. To the best
> of my
> > > recollection in 1960 the
> > > Bonneville entry fee was $75, at that time
> I
> > > was working for about $4 an
> > > hour. In comparison today's $300 entry is
> > > roughly $50 to $60 in 1960
> > > dollars.
> > >
> > > I'm tempted to some day give a history
> lesson
> > > on LSR as we know it. I
> > > don't think many of our participants
> realize
> > > how these meets were put on
> > > in the early years. Bonneville was budgeted
> at
> > > $1000 per day. Daily
> > > Sponsorships were sold to, various Speed
> > > Equipment Vendors, etc. and the
> > > entry fees were the only other income. The
> only
> > > people that received
> > > fees for their work were the ambulance and
> the
> > > timer, everyone else
> > > volunteered. The staff and volunteers
> received
> > > a room and the midday
> > > meal. Later, some times the SCTA Officials
> &
> > > Staff were reimbursed for
> > > fuel expense to and from the meet, if the
> meet
> > > made money. Many of the
> > > racers, including myself, worked at extra
> jobs
> > > to support our racing
> > > expenses. Of course in those days there
> were
> > > fewer entries and therefore
> > > less personnel needed to run the meet.
> > >
> > > Currently, I have no idea how the meet is
> > > staffed, who gets paid, who
> > > volunteers, etc., but I can tell you this,
> we
> > > have many loyal hard
> > > working people that make these meets
> happen,
> > > many giving up running
> > > their cars for a year or more, dedicating
> > > themselves to these events, so
> > > we can race.
> > >
> > > For the use of the real estate, I believe
> that
> > > BLM gets a percentage of
> > > the take at our El Mirage meets, I suppose
> it
> > > is the same at Bonneville
> > > and those in control at Muroc are asking
> $5000
> > > per day ($10,000 for the
> > > weekend), this is a bit different than it
> was
> > > in yesteryear. At
> > > Bonneville the fee was reimbursement for
> the
> > > insurance that the
> > > Bonneville Board, out of Salt Lake City,
> had to
> > > carry. It could be $1000
> > > or so if we were the only ones using the
> salt,
> > > or it could be a share of
> > > the total fee according to how many used
> the
> > > salt that year. Let us not
> > > lose sight of the facts in this discussion.
> No
> > > one is suggesting that
> > > fees be raised just for the sake of more
> money
> > > in the till, my
> > > suggestion of a $50 increase in entry to be
> > > able to run is to offset the
> > > greedy demands of the landlords, our
> > > government. I guess we could call
> > > it a tax!
> > >
> > > Tom, Redding CA - #216 D/GCC
> >
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> > * * * * * * * * * * * * * *
> > * Dick J *
> > * (In East Texas) *
> > * # 729 *
> > * C/GRS E/STR *
> > * * * * * * * * * * * * * *
> >
> >
>
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