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Re: World's Fastest Indian

To: "Dick J" <lsr_man@yahoo.com>, "Pile,Chris" <zoombot@cox.net>,
Subject: Re: World's Fastest Indian
From: "Glen Barrett" <speedtimer@charter.net>
Date: Wed, 25 Jan 2006 12:33:39 -0700
Dick
When you think that we have drivers in their 70s and at least one that set a 
record on a bike at I believe he was 82 should wake up a few people that we 
are young at heart and numbers only count in the timing traps.
Glen
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Dick J" <lsr_man@yahoo.com>
To: "Pile,Chris" <zoombot@cox.net>; "Land Speed Digest" 
<land-speed@autox.team.net>
Sent: Wednesday, January 25, 2006 10:31 AM
Subject: Re: World's Fastest Indian


> They played the clip where he was appealing that he wasn't too old and 
> decrepit to race at Bonneville.  Guess they'd never met any of us!
>
>  Dick J
>
> "Pile,Chris" <zoombot@cox.net> wrote:
>  List, Tom Shannon & Turk-o-matic
>
> Hopkins was on Leno's show last week - Leno was pumped about a "bike
> movie"!. He had already seen it, and enjoyed it a lot. Can't remember 
> which
> clip they played.
> The commercial for the flick has been in steady rotation on Speed Channel
> lately - saw it several times during the Barrett-Jackson shenanigans.
> Can't find any "coming soon" listings for "Indian" here in Wichita - maybe
> the theater owners figure nobody in Kansas wants to see it (they'd be
> wrong!).
>
> Also, KT - don't forget a Servo power feed for the table in "X", and get
> good R8 collets. Clamp sets are easy to find, it's the end mills and 
> drills
> that will cost you big time! Have fun making chips, OK?
>
> Chris Pile aka aircap




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