You can knock the FIA all you want, but don't belittle what the French army
and NAVY did for us 400 years ago, Without them we would still be bowing to
the union JACK
dale
ssuunnyy and 50 in pahrump
----- Original Message -----
From: "W S Potter" <wester6935@comcast.net>
Subject: Re: WORLD RECORDS
> Having watched FIA record certification in action on the salt and also at
> boat racing events some thirty five years back, some things are certainly
> clear to me;
>
> The certification from Glen Barrett and SCTA and the esteem in which that
> certification is held among the racer's peers is, near immediate and at
> least timely.
>
> FIA certification is slipshod from their record keeping to issuance of
their
> certification. It is much slower than is necessary and issued by people
who
> are at best, disinterested in those who set the records. Even when Graham
> (sp?) Light from NHRA was the person doing the certification some years
back
> at World of Speed, the delay in getting official FIA certification back to
> those who had paid for it seemed to be interminable. He at least
understood
> what he was seeing and there was no delay in getting the proper papers to
> the FIA office. That still didn't speed up their certification.
>
> For the FIA, big money is a factor and they are much more interested in
the
> European F-1 racers and the millions they provide than some USA amateurs.
>
> When Louise has been around landspeed racing as long as Bryan and others
on
> this list she may come to understand more clearly the FIA attitude that
has
> done nothing to make friends with Bonneville racers. My thanks to her for
> her efforts to get FIA certification for Don Vesco and others who are long
> overdue in their recognition. I just don't get a feeling that she
> understands the frustration with the FIA that has built over all the
years.
>
> Then there's the "mildly rebellious" attitude that dates back almost 400
> years for people in what is now the USA toward anything from across the
> pond.
>
> Wes
>
> on 12/30/03 12:39 PM, Bryan Savage at basavage@earthlink.net wrote:
>
> > Well Louise, it looks like I should go back to reading my Sears Catalog
> > and quit bothering people.
> >
> > Bryan (the thin skinned old goat who should have known better)
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