>From Dean's book:
1st Muroc 5-8-32 Muroc Racing Association
1st SCTA sanctioned race (at Muroc) 5-15-38
1st El Mirage sanctioned by SCTA 4-28-46
1st Bonneville Nationals 8-22/27-49
Put "The American Hot Rod" on your Christmas wish list, it's a gem!
Ed
Wester S Potter wrote:
> Yes, The American Hot Rod ... didn't even have to move out of my chair to
> look up the dates! Nothing about the first Bonneville exact dates or ECTA
> or USFRA but it does list the dates for pre war dry lakes meets and the fast
> time of the year up to the late eighties. The Pierson Brothers could give
> some interesting details on why the various timing associations were formed.
> Wes
>
> From: "Dan Warner" <dwarner@electrorent.com>
> Reply-To: "Dan Warner" <dwarner@electrorent.com>
> Date: Fri, 15 Dec 2000 04:18:43 -0800
> To: "Glen Barrett" <speedtimer@earthlink.net>
> Cc: <land-speed@autox.team.net>
> Subject: Re: Important dates
>
> I was thinking on the way home yesterday morning that this info is in the
> back of the Dean Batchelor book, American Hot Rodder or a title close to
> that. Of course I forgot to look it up last night.
>
> I'll be off email for a week, going to Sedona. Maybe Glen can look it up in
> his copy.
>
> Dan W
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: Glen Barrett <speedtimer@earthlink.net>
> To: Jonathan Amo <webmaster@landracing.com>
> Cc: <land-speed@autox.team.net>
> Sent: Thursday, December 14, 2000 3:33 PM
> Subject: Re: Important dates
>
> > Jon
> > I have a lot of this information. Let me work on it this week end.
> > Glen
> >
> > Jonathan Amo wrote:
> >
> > > List,
> > >
> > > can anybody tell me what the dates were for the 1st Speeweek, Muroc, El
> > > Mirage, and the Ecta meets?
> > > Have any other dates in mind, what are some historic dates in land speed
> > > history?
> > >
> > > Jonathan
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