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Glen
LandSpeed Louise wrote:
> Glenn Barrett's comments are precisely what the sport needs to flourish.
> With so much competing for the attention of youngsters, the responsibility
> of attracting "new blood" falls to those already involved.
>
> Shirking that duty may cause a "flatline" whihc will eventually kill the
> sport when too few dedicated and knowledgeable and safety conscious sare
> around to put a meet together.
>
> On another painful note, My hard drive took a header into cyber oblivion
> Saturday morning. With it went the Bonneville book, all my notes, email
> address book and my racers database. We are sorting through the backups to
> see what survived and I am shipping the drive off to a big money doc to try
> to save the data, but I am not hopeful.
>
> I ask all racers to send me a message with theior contact info so that I
> might rebuild from the smoldering ashes. Anyone with a contact database who
> might be willing share with me would be fantastic.
>
> I got word from MBI Friday . . . it is official, they want me to write a
> book on the history of the dry lakes. So any help anyone can offer would be
> very much appreciated.
>
> I am devastated. three years of notes, database and email compilation gone,
> all gone.
>
> Sigh,
>
> LandSpeed Louise
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Glen Barrett <speedtimer@earthlink.net>
> To: Keith Turk <kturk@ala.net>
> Cc: ardunbill@webtv.net <ardunbill@webtv.net>; land-speed@autox.team.net
> <land-speed@autox.team.net>
> Date: Sunday, January 30, 2000 1:34 PM
> Subject: Re: Youngsters
>
> >Hi Gang
> >
> >Some 3 or 4 years ago we did try to start up a JR. Lakester class for the
> >youngsters coming up. Mike Cook , Ron Pruett and a couple of others brought
> cars
> >up. We set up a 1/4 mile course with a 132 ft trap just like the big guys.
> Rick
> >Vesco also set up a mini course at Bonneville. They run a JR. Streamliner
> and
> >lakesters also a couple of mini bikes. Myself I think its great, We should
> >encourage the kids to follow on. Look what neat people us oldsters are
> because
> >we had something to aim for.
> >
> >One other thought, at the lakes we let 50 60mph small cu/in motorcycles run
> the
> >full course,why not the JR cars if they make a comeback. Just my feelings,
> just
> >wish I could have started out that way with todays equipment.
> >
> >Glen
> >
> >Keith Turk wrote:
> >
> >> My thoughts were that this sorta class would be just the ticket to have
> some
> >> fun.
> >>
> >> wouldn't be the fastest class but it would up the number of entries at
> all
> >> out events.... K
> >> ----- Original Message -----
> >> From: <ardunbill@webtv.net>
> >> To: Keith Turk <kturk@ala.net>; <land-speed@autox.team.net>
> >> Sent: Sunday, January 30, 2000 9:15 AM
> >> Subject: Re: Youngsters
> >>
> >> > Yeah, Keith, that's a good idea, like AMA Class C racing was originally
> >> > supposed to be. An '82+ Camaro with V-6 only, gas only, otherwise any
> >> > engine mods ok, BUT, a claiming rule with a low $ figure, like $2000
> (if
> >> > that is realistic). So people could use their ingenuity for low bucks
> >> > to get max safe speed. But anybody else could buy your car, for the
> >> > claiming price. AND NO HARD FEELINGS.
> >> >
> >> > The old AMA motorcycle racing system broke down and was full of factory
> >> > specials supplied to professional riders, simply because the privateers
> >> > were fooled into believing it was "unsporting" to buy one of these
> >> > factory toolroom jobs for the (low) claiming price in the rules which
> >> > was put there in the first place to discourage people from spending
> >> > large sums on exotic development of what were supposed to be road
> bikes.
> >> > Of course if the privateer had claimed one of these factory bikes, he
> >> > would have had the problem of replacing one-off parts when they wore
> >> > out.
> >> >
> >> > Regards from ArdunBill in the Great Dismal Swamp, Chesapeake, VA
> >> >
> >> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
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