Louise, that is worse than feeling the motor nose over at the big end, it sure
is
tough to hear those hard drives lose a cylinder
Joe :) Here is praying for you and the drive, remember tech. is good, they
must have the power to do it.
Glen Barrett wrote:
> back up, back up back up. ZIP or other even cheap 3 1/2 floppy disks
> Glen
>
> LandSpeed Louise wrote:
>
> > Glenn Barrett's comments are precisely what the sport needs to flourish.
> > With so much competing for the attention of youngsters, the responsibility
> > of attracting "new blood" falls to those already involved.
> >
> > Shirking that duty may cause a "flatline" whihc will eventually kill the
> > sport when too few dedicated and knowledgeable and safety conscious sare
> > around to put a meet together.
> >
> > On another painful note, My hard drive took a header into cyber oblivion
> > Saturday morning. With it went the Bonneville book, all my notes, email
> > address book and my racers database. We are sorting through the backups to
> > see what survived and I am shipping the drive off to a big money doc to try
> > to save the data, but I am not hopeful.
> >
> > I ask all racers to send me a message with theior contact info so that I
> > might rebuild from the smoldering ashes. Anyone with a contact database who
> > might be willing share with me would be fantastic.
> >
> > I got word from MBI Friday . . . it is official, they want me to write a
> > book on the history of the dry lakes. So any help anyone can offer would be
> > very much appreciated.
> >
> > I am devastated. three years of notes, database and email compilation gone,
> > all gone.
> >
> > Sigh,
> >
> > LandSpeed Louise
> >
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: Glen Barrett <speedtimer@earthlink.net>
> > To: Keith Turk <kturk@ala.net>
> > Cc: ardunbill@webtv.net <ardunbill@webtv.net>; land-speed@autox.team.net
> > <land-speed@autox.team.net>
> > Date: Sunday, January 30, 2000 1:34 PM
> > Subject: Re: Youngsters
> >
> > >Hi Gang
> > >
> > >Some 3 or 4 years ago we did try to start up a JR. Lakester class for the
> > >youngsters coming up. Mike Cook , Ron Pruett and a couple of others brought
> > cars
> > >up. We set up a 1/4 mile course with a 132 ft trap just like the big guys.
> > Rick
> > >Vesco also set up a mini course at Bonneville. They run a JR. Streamliner
> > and
> > >lakesters also a couple of mini bikes. Myself I think its great, We should
> > >encourage the kids to follow on. Look what neat people us oldsters are
> > because
> > >we had something to aim for.
> > >
> > >One other thought, at the lakes we let 50 60mph small cu/in motorcycles run
> > the
> > >full course,why not the JR cars if they make a comeback. Just my feelings,
> > just
> > >wish I could have started out that way with todays equipment.
> > >
> > >Glen
> > >
> > >Keith Turk wrote:
> > >
> > >> My thoughts were that this sorta class would be just the ticket to have
> > some
> > >> fun.
> > >>
> > >> wouldn't be the fastest class but it would up the number of entries at
> > all
> > >> out events.... K
> > >> ----- Original Message -----
> > >> From: <ardunbill@webtv.net>
> > >> To: Keith Turk <kturk@ala.net>; <land-speed@autox.team.net>
> > >> Sent: Sunday, January 30, 2000 9:15 AM
> > >> Subject: Re: Youngsters
> > >>
> > >> > Yeah, Keith, that's a good idea, like AMA Class C racing was originally
> > >> > supposed to be. An '82+ Camaro with V-6 only, gas only, otherwise any
> > >> > engine mods ok, BUT, a claiming rule with a low $ figure, like $2000
> > (if
> > >> > that is realistic). So people could use their ingenuity for low bucks
> > >> > to get max safe speed. But anybody else could buy your car, for the
> > >> > claiming price. AND NO HARD FEELINGS.
> > >> >
> > >> > The old AMA motorcycle racing system broke down and was full of factory
> > >> > specials supplied to professional riders, simply because the privateers
> > >> > were fooled into believing it was "unsporting" to buy one of these
> > >> > factory toolroom jobs for the (low) claiming price in the rules which
> > >> > was put there in the first place to discourage people from spending
> > >> > large sums on exotic development of what were supposed to be road
> > bikes.
> > >> > Of course if the privateer had claimed one of these factory bikes, he
> > >> > would have had the problem of replacing one-off parts when they wore
> > >> > out.
> > >> >
> > >> > Regards from ArdunBill in the Great Dismal Swamp, Chesapeake, VA
> > >> >
> > >> >
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > >
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