Jon:
the M/PS/G 250 record is one of those "stealth" records. The MC inspectors
keep a few "aces-in-the-hole" to screw-over folks who haven't been competing
since the '50s. Then they use the excuse that they don't want to make the
Rulebook too thick.
Keep hammering away at it. We're faster than they were (WERE being the
operative word.)
Russ, #1226B
-----Original Message-----
From: owner-land-speed@autox.team.net
[mailto:owner-land-speed@autox.team.net]On Behalf Of Jon Wennerberg
Sent: Wednesday, October 22, 2003 8:41 AM
To: Jim Dincau
Cc: land-speed@autox.team.net
Subject: Re: Missing Records
No, that is not correct. There are records that have been set that are
not listed in the rule book. For instance, last year Nancy ran 102 in
M/PS/G 250, thinking that there was no record in that class. She made
a backup run at the speed, and only when showing up in Impound for the
second time did someone reach for the "official" record book and show
us that there was indeed a record in that class -- it just wasn't
listed in the rulebooki. The record still sits there, the record speed
is still not listed in the rule book.
I've learned to ask the officials for a look at the "official" record
list before I assume that no listing means no record.
By the way, the unofficial story is that the record is/was held by a
racer that "has so many records that we thought we'd leave this one out
of the book."
Or something like that.
Jon
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