Doug,
Thanks for the kind words. I respect and admire all of my fellow racers who
have set records and those who will go on to set records in the future. We
are truly a unique group who only get to see each other a few times a year,
can have a lively discussion about some nebulous (sorry Jack) problem, and
still pitch in and help each other in our quest for speed.
I do not advocate a return to the three run system. It worked then and
probably wouldn't work now. It does bother me though to see someone sitting
on the starting line ready to go, waiting for a tail wind to make his down
run. I talked with a fellow on the line who was doing that in 1998.
Illegal? Probably not. Just working within the system to get an advantage.
When you had to show up in the o-dark thirty morning and make two runs
regardless of headwinds or tailwinds it was a lot tougher. I am too much of
a purist for my own good.
We must put safety first and like Mike said, hopefully we can go back to
two runs in opposite directions for future records.
( I'm sure that will happen this year since we will have a competitive
engine in the car.) Suits me fine, I won't complain.
I'm also not picking on our sanctioning groups here either. They do a good
job of keeping some logic and discipline in our sport.
Howard
P.S. If you need a riot started give me a call. Apparently I'm good at it.
----- Original Message -----
From: <ARDUNDOUG@aol.com>
To: <land-speed@autox.team.net>
Sent: Wednesday, January 31, 2001 9:50 AM
Subject: Re: International Records
> In a message dated 01/31/2001 8:07:39 AM Pacific Standard Time,
> nafzger@vtc.net writes:
>
> <<
> Doug,
> I guess what we are looking at here is just an honest difference of
opinion.
> If you are getting records against different stsndards, they should be
> classified different. It dilutes th accomplishments of some to combine
them.
> I have stirred up enough conversation here, I guess I don't fit in to
our
> "feel good" society as well as some others do.
> This is not a great big issue with me, Bryan and I know what we
accomplished
> and how we did it on a shoestring. There is room here for everyones
opinion.
> Howard
> >>
> Howard,
> You're right, it's just a difference of opinion. No one can ever deny
the
> accomplishments of you and Bryan with your streamliner.
> You fit just fine in our "feel-good" society.
> Regards different conditions, as I said before, records set in the
heat
> of August on a sloppy race course with a density-altitude of 8000' go
into
> the same record book as the guys marks set in October on a great surface
with
> a density altitude of 4000'. The records set in 2000 using the latest SBC
> technology and the best aerodynamics available run against the 1955 SBC
> records that were set using many stock engine internal components.
> Last summer I ran against the oldest car record in the SCTA book, set
in
> 1969 by Cramer & Taylor (Bill Taylor, our short-course starter) with a
258ci
> Ardun (running in E/FMR) in an "aerodynamically(sp) challenged" roadster
> running on "the-can" for three passes. I had a 294ci engine with all
modern
> internals running on 55% in a chassis that had the body work designed by
an
> aeronautical engineer. I only had to make two passes. Not necessarily my
> choice, just the way Mother Nature and Riley Chemical forced SCTA-BNI to
run
> the meet...............Ardun Doug King
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