Bill, since we are talking religion, thou shall not tease Keith.
JBackus
>
> From: Bill Smith <WmTSmith@landracing.com>
> Date: 2002/04/17 Wed PM 08:06:43 EDT
> To: land-speed@autox.team.net
> Subject: Re: NON LSR --Bonneville religious Experience
>
> KT,
>
> It is a religious experience to out on the Salt when the sky is just going
>light
> pink in the East and you are headed to the compound area!!!!!! wmts
>
>
>
> Gary.... my problem with this is WHY NOT?
>
> Okay it's in the Rule book.... But why is it in the rule book... I thought
> we were racing cars... and searching for the outer limits of our classes...
>
>
> I guess someone is going to tell me that Traction control is a Safety
> issue.. that is the single reason I can come up with.... I don't find it to
> be accurate... but it was the ending reason last time we had this
> discussion...
>
> Unless I misunderstand the concept of Bonneville... entirely... which I'm
> finding to be the case.... it's about Going as fast as you can within a
> certain set of rules... Yes it happens to be an amateur organization...
> and all volunteer which we all applaud.... BUT... does that change the
> focus?... does that mean we have to artificially limit the speed of the
> cars to XXX.... because we are not professional racers? I'm totally lost
> on that... Are we going to see restrictor plates Next?
>
> Why can't we have traction control on our cars? Someone tell me... is it
> because it doesn't work?.... is it because we are testing Drivers??? ( now
> that is Silly ) This is about Man... AND MACHINE....
>
> Everyone here on this list and who show's up in the pits at Bonneville has
> their own perspective on the place.... to each of us it means something a
> bit different... For me personally it's almost a religious experience to
> race at a place where all my hero's have been... to be part of the quest
> for speed... to be a small part of the History of the Bonneville salt
> flats.... I feel privileged to have the honor of racing there.... Some day
> I'll put my name in the record books... But even if I never accomplished
> that.... I feel like I'm part of it... what more could I ask for in life...
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