Tom
We did not print a 1983 program as you know it was a wee bit wet.
Glen
Thomas E. Bryant wrote:
> Jim,
> It has been a long time since I heard that record. It was on the
> Riverside Label, I believe.
>
> The cars of the day were Mickey Thompson (A/S), Ermie Immerso (A/S),
> Herda & Hartelt (B&C/S), Vesco-Dinkins (D/S), Shadoff Special (C/S),
> Brissette Bros. & Eichenholfer (A/L), Tom Beaty (B/L), Markley Bros. &
> Flynn (C/L), Larsen & Cummings (A/MR), Bob Summers (B/MR), Don Allen
> (C/MR), Warren Biggs Chevrolet-Joe Pisano (C/GC), L.W. "Knotts"
> Farrington (AS/R), The Brute (motorcycle), also WESTERN POTTER (C/GC),
> BRYANT, YATES, & GRAHAM (C/GR). I went to my 1959 Bonneville Program to
> get these entries.
>
> Just a little history of BNI, Those on the BNI board of directors in
> 1959 were: Carroll Thompson, William Davis, George Hill, Paul Stratton,
> J. Otto Crocker, Bob Higbee, John Cramer, Dean Batchelor, and Jim
> Frostrom.
> Over the years the control of the Bonneville Nationals drifted away from
> the founding SCTA. There was an attempt by the existing board to get
> some kind of a partnership between BNI and FIA (I don't remember the
> details) BNI also made an attempt to organize a paid membership
> situation, similar to what we have now, but the timing was wrong, I
> guess, so they failed.
>
> In 1961, during my tenure as president (1961 & '62), the BNI Board came
> to the SCTA Board, in debt, and gave the debt and control back to the
> SCTA. We set up the BNI Board in such a way so the SCTA would retain
> control in the future. The 1961 board consisted of: Bob Higbee, Tom
> Bryant, Jim Lindsley, Harry Woerner, Bill Graham, Emil Grisotti, Jerry
> Eisert, Eugene Ohly, Bruce Giesler, Fred Wilert, Glen Deeds, and Tom
> Finn.
>
> By the way, I have been getting my Bonneville memorabilia together and
> have found that I need the following issues: 1960, 1969, & 1983 (flooded
> out). I have extra copies of 1961, 1974, 1975, 1977, 1981, 1982, 1984, &
> 1991. If anyone has any or all of the needed copies, or if someone needs
> the years that I have the extra copies, please let me know.
>
> Tom, Redding CA 10:30 AM PST
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