Hey Gus! A nice surprise gettin' a msg from ya..... great to see you the
other day at Rhinebeck too! I've stopped by your house a few times this
summer on the way to and from, but I never can catch you home!!!!
Great to see ya. we really need to stay in touch. I'm gonna put you on
my "regulars" list that I send email to. If it swamps you and you don't
want it just holler. I'd like to hear from you regulary as well! Call
Nelson Dupre tonite to learn more about the Barbeque we want you to attend
coming up on Oct 8th! I'll be drivin' up in boogie Woogie. Give ya a ride
inne'r if you'r there!
Hey here's a dose of some of the stuff I send out to friends: Hope you enjoy
reading it!
Some really great readin' from
the 2000 USFRA World of Speed !
…retrieved from the landspeed racing e-mail list that I belong to, and
arranged pretty much in chronological order the way I received them on
Monday september 25th….. it's some great news !
Read on, -and enjoy !
Jon and racers;
We crawled into Wamsutter on the ice at 9:00 pm friday after leaving thesalt
at 3:00. Spent the night on the gym floor at the school. Going to take
weeks for the sore spots to go away. Made it to Rawlings at 9:00 am. All
roads closed. Must have been 3:00pm when the gates went up for 220
northbound. The 120 miles to Casper was a SOB. 4 to 6 inches of packed snow
and ice, blowing snow, 0 visibility at times. Got to Lusk and the roads were
dry and it was on home to southwest minnesota. Would do it all again to see
another pass like the burkland streamliner. 438 with 450 out the back.WOW.
We happened to be at the 3 1/2 mile for it. By the 1/2 mile you knew it was
going to be flat out fast. Hope everyone makes it home in one piece.
Ken Winters 9-25-00 ( refreshed on my winter driving skills )
List,
USFRA meet was good, but meet isnt over until everyone gets home safley.
Team Amo, Team Elves, and others possible with Keith Turk and John Beckett
are stuck around Rock Springs WY for a closure of I-80. This highway has
been closed for 2 days now with thousands of truckers and stranded
motorists. Rawlins 100 miles east of Rock Springs is running out of food
with more than 2000 motorists stranded. The snowfall there has been
"said" to have made drifts across the highway of 8ft, that is rumored dont
know of its true. But what I can tell you is that we are stuck on this hell
with no where to go. Jon and Joe Amo (stuck with thousands of motorists,
-and what if we hook up our nitrous system to the truck and plow thru those
drifts?)
jon amo 9-25-00
List,
The old "jobs not over until the paperwork is finished" gorilla is facing me
today. I got home about 3 yesterday afternoon and spent the rest of the
afternoon unloading things and trying to rinse the larger chunks of salt off
my truck and my daughter's car out in front of the house. Going into
untracked
areas of the salt on set up did allow for a build-up on the undercarriage
that was musch more than if I had stayed on dragged areas. That was so we
could pull them into the driveway without eventually killing any lawn and
planting around the area because of salt in the soil. I'm sure there are
some rental car companies who will be finding occasional small "gifts" under
their cars this week too.
The Amo boys may not have to wash anything but road grime off their car.
Many miles of that snow slush will wash that salt right off ... and prevent
it from building up in the process. It was good to meet and visit with so
many of the people on the list last week. Some of the people who
contributed in big ways did so very quietly and I want to say thanks.
Ed Van Scoy and his well equipped Jeep Wrangler were a big part of
retrieving the Burkland's streamliner after their 450 mph run. With Ed
pulling on wildly deflated tires to get more traction and the Burklands own
four wheel drive tow/push truck hooked behind him, the successful pull
didn't end for about a mile until we were back on solid salt surface. At
that point, Ed used his GPS unit to find where we were ... eleven miles from
the end of the access road.
Betty Burkland, Tom's mother, says "I have seen Floating Mountain and it
touches the ground." It was directly east of us as we pushed, pulled and
eventually got the liner out of the mud.
Tom, commenting on the ride, said something about "seeing Elvis and he was
wearing a cape." He also described the final part of the ride as seeing the
horizon at a 30 degree angle several times. Great driving job to get the
car stopped safely with all four wheels "in" the ground.
Cris Shearer was there with her camera to record things for posterity and to
give big tugs on the strap looped around the back of the car to help load it
on the transport trolley. Cris, I hope you had a flash, I didn't and only
got a few shots before the sun was too far gone for pictures. Ed Shearer
used the Amacus jaws of life to pry the rear of the car out of the mud and
allow something to be placed under them for a support. Touchy situation
with that heavy car and nothing but a strange plastic surface
under it. About the same consistency as the clay you throw on a potter's
wheel.
Gary Allen came up with two sheets of chipboard that were the last needed
piece to get the wheels out of the mud. These engineers think of
everything... plenty of help on the straps too.
I keep savoring Ed's comment "How often do you get to be a part of history?"
More later,
Wes Potter, S.L.C. UTAH 9-25-00
Then later on the same day…..
At last report the ECTA guys were going home by a more southern route to
avoid the snow in Colorado and Wyoming. They just may beat Jonathan Amo
home.
Wonder how Ron Ceridono made it home to Driggs, Idaho in his topless
Speedway Motors roadster? He's on the other side of the Tetons from
Jackson Hole, WY. Probably a cold, wet ride. We'll probably get to
read about it in Street Rodder.
About the only more common weather we didn't experience at World of Speed
this year was fog
Wes Potter 9-25-00
Later still:
List,
Some figures on the Burkland's run that were interesting ... 50-100 mph
...under 2 seconds ... 50-300 mph ... 27 seconds, and Tom was short
shifting. The third timed mile speed was just over 438 mph and the exit trap
speed just over 450 mph.
By the time the push car got out of the way at the start, the rooster tail
of salt completely obscured the car.
This was the first time the car didn't drag the pan on a run ... we had
great salt and a great course !
Wes Potter USFRA secretary
Whoa, people….. is that amazin' news or what? For those of you that
don't know, the Burkland's are from my great adopted state of MONTANA !
Great Falls to be precise. Awesome. And to think that there's "more to
come"
-Doug Tuesday September 26th, 2000
Here's some more about it!
……" Now, I was truly impressed by the 450 mph run. No doubt about it! That
puppy was moving along and when iit hit the 2 mile 1/4 trap it was already
at 300plus mph! I was and still am impressed with that bunch of people!
thanks to Ed Van Scoy, they got it out of the muck. To all who weren't
there, when Tom pulled the 'chutes, they just blew away in shreds or with
broken static lines.
I did some dinky calculator math and find the just going from 400 to 450
mph, the chute drag increases by 26.5%. So it the chutes were designed
for something less then I certainly understand why they pulled away.
Because space is limited, I suspect that kevlar or some exotic materials
will be needed. "……..
Mayf 9-25-00
( This fella Mayfield, is an honest ta' gawd "rocket scientist" that works
for NASA, -and is just getting into LSR and building a Sunbeam Tiger ((
remember these things ? it was a Ford 260 V8 stuffed into a tiny 1964
Sunbeam sports car by Sunbeam in England, to compete with the Cobra… -while
not as successful in sales they are just about as fast. ))
"Mayf" wants to have the "worlds fastest Sunbeam"! Someday He''ll
probably do it ! )
and Here's what I mailed off to the Burklands the other day:
Doug Anderson
1950 county Route. 39
Bainbridge, NY 13733
e-mail; boogiewoogie12@hotmail.com
9-25-00 4pm E.S.T.
Tom Betty, Gene….
All I can really say is "WOWSERS" You've all done us proud !
Here's a
few candid comments for your reading pleasure that I "overheard" on the
LSR e-mail list that I found today on my computer. I'm mailing them to
you because I don't know whether or not if you're on the list, or for that
matter "on the net"…. I am, because a few months after I saw you all at
Speedweek 50 in '98, I was laid off from my 1 ¾ year Job at Amphenol
Aerospace ( contractor of aerospace communications Connectors & etc, etc
in Sidney NY…) and quicker than you can say Landspeed, I found myself
qualified and in College learning computers and CADD on a two year federal "
re-training" program. I've got till December and I'm out with an A.A.S….
whoopee ! maybe I'll get a GOOD job, make money, and be able to come
back out to see ol' 411 run again in person!
Anyway, back to you…. Huge congratulations to you all, -and " MANY many
happy returns" Tom, I sure hope "your hat still fits" and that you always
stay "shiny side up "! Boy that must'a been SOME ride.
It must have been an awesome job just to get the car back on hard ground.
I can only begin to imagine the work ahead to just get everything clean, let
alone checked out for another run…..wow. Next time, try ta' keep'er on
the hard stuff -will'ya Tom ?
My very best regards to you all ! Doug Anderson, -Montanan in exile
LAFF TIME!
For those of you who are not "fortunate" enough to live in California, here
is a copy of the California Driver's
Exam, and for those of you who do, study real hard. This is a new exam.
Since driving conditions (and culture)
are unique in Los Angeles, you may not have realized that the California
Department of Motor Vehicles has now issued a special application and
driver's test solely for the Los Angeles Metropolitan Area.
GREATER LOS ANGELES AREA DRIVER'S LICENSE APPLICATION:
Name:___________________
Stage name: ____________________
Agent:___________________
Attorney:_______________________
Sex: ___male ___female ___formerly male ___formerly female ____both
*If female, indicate breast implant size: _______
Will the size of your implants hinder your ability to safely operate a
motor vehicle in any way? Yes___ No ___
Please list brand of cell phone: ________.
*If you don't own a cell phone, please
explain:________________________
Please check hair color:
Females: [ ] Blonde [ ] Platinum Blonde
Teenagers: [ ] Purple [ ] Blue [ ] Skinhead
Please check activities you perform while driving:
(Check all that apply)
[ ] Eating
[ ] Applying make-up
[ ] Talking on the phone
[ ] Slapping kids in the back-seat
[ ] Applying cellulite treatment to thighs
[ ] Tanning
[X ] Snorting cocaine (already checked for ease of application)
[ ] Watching TV
[ ] Reading Variety
[ ] Surfing the net via laptop
Please indicate how many times:
a) you expect to shoot at other drivers _____
b) how many times you expect to be shot at while driving _____
If you are the victim of a carjacking, you should immediately:
a) Call the police to report the crime
b) Call Channel 4 News to report the crime, then watch your car on the
news in a high-speed chase
c) Call your attorney and discuss lawsuit against cellular phone
company for 911 call not going through
d) Call your therapist
e) None of the above (South Central residents only)
In the event of an earthquake, you should:
a) stop your car
b) keep driving and hope for the best
c) immediately use your cell phone to call all loved ones
d) pull out your video camera and obtain footage for Channel 4
In the instance of rain, you should:
a) never drive over 5 MPH
b) drive twice as fast as usual
c) you're not sure what "rain" is
Please indicate number of therapy sessions per week: ______.
Are you presently taking any of the following
medications?:
a) Prozac
b) Zovirax
c) Lithium
d) Zanax
e) Valium
f) Zoloft
*If none, please explain: __________________.
Length of daily commute:
a) 1 hour
b) 2 hours
c) 3 hours
d) 4 hours or more
When stopped by police, you should:
a) pull over and have your driver's license and insurance form ready
b) try to outrun them by driving the wrong way on the 405 Freeway
c) have your video camera ready and provoke them to attack, thus
ensuring yourself of a hefty lawsuit.
d) don't move leaving both hands on steering wheel in plain sight*
*South Central residents only
From: gustav zuhlke <gzuhlke@yahoo.com>
To: boogiewoogie12@HOTMAIL.com
Subject: cars,cars,cars.
Date: Tue, 26 Sep 2000 15:55:16 -0700 (PDT)
Hi Doug. hows everthing going with you?I did't get to
talk to you much at the show.I've been kind of busy
trying to get things done in the house plus the kids
keep me going pretty much The show was pretty good,
that's the first time there.Get back if you get a
chance.Keep up with the school work. Take care your
friend Gus
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