I'll add a personal thought to what Keith wrote. Unless a person has been to
the salt flats and experience an early morning sunrise, one can only imagine the
feeling of peace and tranquility that overcomes us. As we stand alone and look
into the sky, we immediately feel an inner peace within us as if we are
surrounded by a protective magetic shield - surrounded by friends. The love
that everyone feels, the lasting friendships, just several times a year pack so
much camaraderie into this short time, it becomes a life long memory. There
isn't a day that goes by that something triggers our memory of being on the
salt. From a smell of a storm blowing in, or the wind whispering in our ear,
to the sound of an engine roaring down the street. I'm sure without Bonneville,
your life joys would be much more shallow than they are now. Those of us who
have salt in our blood understand how precious this place means to us as
individuals. And if you have never been to the salt flats, always keep that
dream of some day visiting. Cris, who was just for a moment sprinkled by salt
dust.
Keith Turk wrote:
> Tough question bud.... I will ask MJB about the total number again.... last
> I checked we had 145 folks on the list.... I think it's up from that today.
>
> Personally I think it is fair to say that we represent the Mainstream land
> speed racer though.... I think we have about all the classes covered.... up
> to and including the BAR STOOL....( knew you would love that )
>
> We also have something Bonneville doesn't... which is lots of folks who have
> NEVER BEEN TO THE SALT... I know that doesn't sound impressive but it is to
> me. Each and everyone of us has had this as a dream at one point... a
> focus.. something that we wanted to accomplish in our life.... after that we
> have all designed our own goals... these folks speak for the Future of LSR
> and Personally I welcome them to the community... without new folks the
> hobby would go away...
>
> Keith ( now there was an answer to a question not asked)
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Dave Dahlgren" <ddahlgren@snet.net>
> To: <land-speed@autox.team.net>
> Sent: Friday, December 22, 2000 6:24 AM
> Subject: representation..
>
> > Does anyone know how many cars and bikes the members of this
> > list represent?? i guess what i asking is are we the
> > mainstream so to speak or just a few out of the many that
> > race at all the LSR meets??
> > How many people are on this list??
> > And how many cars and bikes does this account for??
> > Dave Dahlgren
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