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Re: Speed Week concerns

To: wspotter <wester6935@home.com>
Subject: Re: Speed Week concerns
From: Joe Amo <jkamo@rapidnet.com>
Date: Wed, 29 Aug 2001 20:47:03 -0600
Send all the Harleys down the
course FIRST,  .............
just kidding (I have left my share
of oil mist)

Yes  line down the middle would
sure make navigating ALOT better
Rolly Free would have had a hell
of a time

Joe :)

wspotter wrote:

> John,
>
> If you can come up with an affordable material we can use for a center line
> we would be happy to listen.  So far the costs involved with everything that
> has been suggested are so prohibitive that we can't even consider them.
> Jack Costella would second your concerns over a line.  Another part of the
> problem is that with one line the drivers beat up the salt so bad over that
> narrow space that it rapidly becomes a hazard and needs to be moved.  Even
> had problems with that when they ran for endurance records in the 1930's.
> Ab Jenkins reportedly ran over 100 yards outside of his line as the salt
> went away on him.
>
> Always open to suggestions and solutions.
>
> Wes
>
> on 8/29/01 2:21 PM, Skip Higginbotham at saltrat@pro-blend.com wrote:
>
> > Hi John,
> > How do you drive/ride /steer the bike if you can't see the course? I would
> > think that visibility wouldn't be any different for a bike than a car? If
> > it is, maybe some changes are in order....other than a centerline.
> > Help me understand the problem.
> > Thanks, Skip (no experience with bikes on the salt)
> >
> > At 12:27 PM 8/29/01 -0500, john robinson wrote:
> >> Howdy,
> >> I have a couple of concerns about running at Speedweek this year. I ran
> >> a motorcycle, did OK with it (actually set a record but it lasted only one
> >> day), but did have a problem with running on the Salt that other motorcycle
> >> riders also have.
> >> There is no center line to run on.

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