You know there are only so many ways to skin a cat..... and so many ways to
go faster then the guy before you.... Gentlemans club... Hmmm that reeks of
Minimums.... Which I am begining to understand but not support whole
heartly.. I suppose there are reasons for everything .... and some I just
don't understand...... Personally if I could Get Brad in the Two club with
me well that would be a real treat.... Seems like we have been talking about
it forever... does that make it wrong.... ahhh NO.... is it a gentlemans
club.... well maybe.... but you can bet before we leave the salt the car
will have given it's last full measure .... at least it has so far as I can
make it go.... NOW IF I could get Doll / Fox / and Christoperson to lend me
thier Hot Rod.... oh hell nevermind
Keith Turk D Gas Altered.....
----- Original Message -----
From: Wester S Potter <wspotter@jps.net>
To: Tom Bryant <saltracer@awwwsome.com>
Cc: <land-speed@autox.team.net>
Sent: Wednesday, December 08, 1999 5:06 PM
Subject: Many classes
> Tom, List,
> Tom, your comment about the number of classes reminds me of something I
> heard maybe thirty years ago from a long time salt racer who was moaning
> about the number of new classes. His complaint was something like "It's
> just so all the guys on the Board of Directors can get their buddies in
the
> 2 Club."
> Has the recognition a driver gets from setting a new record been diluted
by
> the number of records available and the number of "soft" records or open
> classes in the '80's on until today? How about the idea of not only
setting
> a record but blasting it out of reach. That attitude has replaced the
> rather "gentelman's club" attitude of raiseing an existing record by a
few
> mph and then trying to get a crew member/friend a record in the same car
> Do you think there are too many classes and too many members in the 2Club?
> What about class "minimums" from the 2Club, not the governing body
> certifying the records?
> Any comments or opinions from the group?
> Wes ... with my feet toward the hot stove.
>
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