Wes,
That's a very interesting story, I believe those of you that have raced at
B'Ville before think it gets better each time. As a rookie, I can't imagine
I could have a more exciting time that this one coming.
Grib
----- Original Message -----
From: "wspotter" <wester6935@home.com>
To: "rgribble" <rgribble@carolina.rr.com>; "DrMayf" <drmayf@teknett.com>
Cc: <land-speed@autox.team.net>
Sent: Sunday, July 22, 2001 8:21 PM
Subject: Re: The color of Salt
> Grib,
>
> It's unfortunate but we have missed the time on white cars in the past
> because the lights don't get tripped properly. You might want to put a
very
> wide stripe ... eighteen inches or so just in case. Remember the lights
are
> just 9" or so off the salt. The BMW Streamliner from Virginia ... Steve
> Peiper I think the name was ... is the most prominent one I remember.
That
> was probably a 350 mph run and not only didn't he trip all the clocks, he
> missed deploying the chute and the turnoff for the catch net and ended up
in
> 18 inches of water at a break in the dike. They re-built the dike so the
> hole and pond aren't there any more.
>
> Wes
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