Mayf, list:
I remember a driver (or rider, maybe?) named Joe Leonard from US closed-course
racing, 20 years or more ago. I think the guy was a prominent USAC driver
(although it could have been AMA flat track-- I followed them both, in those
days). Anyhoo-- wonder if it's the same guy?
Russ Mack
DrMayf wrote:
> This past weekend, I had the opportunity to take my wife to her niece's baby
> shower in Pismo Beach. Well, what's a fellow to do when the women folk are
> off doing their thing? Well, I found Doug Odom and went to his place. As you
> know from his signature on his emails, he lives in the big ditch (Arroyo
> Grande). Well, actually he does not live in a ditch but up on the Nipomo
> Mesa overlooking the big ditch (Doug, it is part of Nipomo mesa isn't it?).
> He has a wealth of stuff at his place. He has things that it would take me
> years to understand and they are common place to him. Doug's credentials are
> impressive and he really does know his stuff. He took up a lot of his time
> just chatting with me and Mz Cathy (the other Mz Kathy) and I had a ball. He
> is one good guy to know. Thanks, Doug! After messing around with him he took
> me to another place. JC Performance in Oceano. Man on man! I met another
> great guy there. Joe Leonard (owner). He does FORD stuff! Has a small
> chassis dyno (500 hp continous, I think he said). He spent another couple of
> hours futzing around with me, and me asking dumb questions. Turns out he
> sometimes races his 192 mph Tbird at the Silver State Classic. Ed, do you
> know him? Like Doug, they have both forgoten more stuff than I will ever
> learn in a lifetime. Joe, if you got logged on to our list, Thanks a bunch
> for your time! Doug, tell him for me again will you? And Doug, how did the
> tech inspection up at Sears point go?
>
> Anyhoo, it was a hoot! Made my trip to a baby shower interesting..
>
> Another subject...
> Rich Fox was kind enough to share his method of deriving the size of the
> engine air scoop with me. He said he got it from Bones and or Charlie
> Markley some time ago. I put it on the web site also. See
>
> http://www.teknett.com/pwp/drmayf/analyses.htm
>
> hope I got it right this time....
>
> mayf, the rednecked ignorat desert rat in Pahrump where the garage doors
> have been installed and the workshop doors have also been installed and the
> interior is painted although there is lots of touch up gonna have to be done
> and the tile underlayment is nearly all put odwn and some of the septic
> system has been inspected and filled in and some of the water plumbing has
> been installed....
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