Louise,
Well stated.
Tom, Redding CA - #216 D/CC
Landspeed Louise Ann Noeth wrote:
> Read the section in my book about the formation of the 200MPH club for the
> historical facts. When I investigated this point I went directly to Alex
> Xydias, Greg Sharp and Bill Quinn for the facts. The origins are well
> documented, memories are viscous.
>
> Short version: Dean Batchelor dreamed it up, Bill Quinn funded it and the
> only thing you had to do was exceed 2 bills 2 ways under the eyes of a
> recognized timing authority (SCTA, USAC, AAA) of the day.
>
> Since then, the all-volunteer group has made a variety of amendments to what
> constitutes membership qualification, the biggest is the setting of a record
> in addition to attaining a speed. There are few written records of when, or
> who made the changes. Greg Sharp discovered this when he tried to write a
> historical recap of the club about a decade ago. Old-timers get cheesed
> because they recall the original tenants and have not kept up with the
> political nuances and changes. In defense of the 2CLub board, it appears
> all the changes were made TRY to maintain an air of exclusiveness, making it
> harder was intentional so that once someone made it, they would feel they
> had actually achieved something.
>
> Speedy Regards,
>
> "LandSpeed" Louise Ann Noeth
> LandSpeed Productions
> "Telling stories with words and pictures"
>
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