[Land-speed] Fwd: Jesse James "record" at El Mirage

[Skip Higginbotham]

Ya think?????

I feel a little more than nervous when folks claim records......like 
the wind powered effort by Boulder City a while back.......did their 
own timing aboard the vehicle......Ought to be certifiable????? By whom????

One just might count up all the cars and bikes that qualified and 
then, for some reason, were not able to make the return/backup run. 
If the qualifying run was counted as a record, like Jesse and others 
want to do, then the record book would be filled with bogus records, 
huh? And then holding a record wouldn't mean nearly so much. The 
record is the only "prize" that we get....not even a trophy for fast 
time unless a record is broken.

Why can't folks just follow the rules? What and where ever they are. 
And once that's done successfully and certified, claim the record. It 
ain't easy................

Skip




At 05:28 PM 6/23/2009, Wester Potter wrote:
>Well, now we know Louise was not part of the Jesse James production
>crew.
>She is apparently re-surfacing with an "Educational TV" crew at World
>of Speed.
>I get very nervous about self proclaimed land speed racing "experts."
>Mike Cook knows what I mean.
>
>Wes
>
>
>Begin forwarded message:
>
> > From: "Ron Christensen" <ron.christensen at wsapr.com>
> > Date: June 23, 2009 5:50:08 PM MDT
> > To: <win359 at yahoo.com>, <wester6935 at comcast.net>,
> > <axel_rod at msn.com>, <jonwennerberg at nancyandjon.org>, <hcgarage at comcast.net
> > >, <ElMGeo at aol.com>, <pinkelko at yahoo.com>, <gdonahoe at earthlink.com>,
> > "Barrie Strachan" <dgdsh at bresnan.net>, "Robert Green" <robminil7 at mac.com
> > >
> > Subject: Jesse James "record" at El Mirage
> >
> >
> > Landspeed Louise comments on the James "record" claim:
> >
> >  http://www.theautochannel.com/news/2009/06/23/466812.html