Jane & Don
You guys were amazing. First pass ever down the salt and you qualify for a
record. And broke it by 30+ MPH. Wow, all the time and hard work spent
preparing and tuning that beautiful little Skyhawk at Maxton paid off during
Speed Week.
Hope the 'Salt Fever' has you anxious to come back next year and up those
records you've already set. Experience will have you going faster next year
for sure. The elusive 200 MPH club awaits.
John Beckett, LSR #79, E/GCC
PS. get some good seats from a junk yard Honda your fanny will thank you
next year.
----- Original Message -----
From: "Jane McMeekin" <jmcmeekin@worldnet.att.net>
To: <land-speed@autox.team.net>
Sent: Tuesday, August 22, 2000 4:48 PM
Subject: Home from the Salt
> Three days of towing would not have fazed me a few years ago, but my old
> fanny is just about paralyzed from that little jaunt. But are we ever
> glad that we decided to go! What great memories of the Salt, the cars,
> the people, and the speed. Reading about this place gave us an idea of
> what to expect, but like the man said, "you have to be there." The
> atmosphere at 6 am is indescribable. Enormous in scale, yet absolutely
> silent, the Salt waits. So wide and smooth, it invites one to cruise.
> Then someone fires up a blown fuel Hemi, and thing change in a hurry.
> Sitting in the line, we can hardly wait for our turn to ride. And when
> it is over, I think "it didn't last long enough."
>
> The car ran well, in spite of the fact that we decided to run our Maxton
> set up for baseline info. We did change the final drive ratio, but the
> jets were "stock" and the timing was left at 41 degrees. All seemed well
> though Bonneville is some 4000' higher than Maxton. Someone suggested
> that if we knew what we were doing we could probably go faster, but the
> word "work" creeps in to the conversation, and we're pretty lazy so . .
> .
>
> A BIG THANKS to the guys and gals from SCTA. They are first class in our
> books. Their tireless dedication and attention to detail makes the
> Speedweek experience a treasure that we consider ourselves most
> fortunate to have been a part of . The first words that we heard upon
> arrival were "Thanks for coming," and "What can we do to help?"
> Fantastic!
>
> I don't want forget about all the racers from Maxton, we are certainly
> proud to be a part of that group!
> McMeekin Brothers
> #1183
>
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