Am I having a "senior moment" or aren't the World
Finals by invitation?
Dick J
--- ARDUNDOUG@aol.com wrote:
> In a message dated 09/15/2000 9:41:58 AM
> Pacific Daylight Time,
> gwcrim@usa.com writes:
>
> << Is the attendance at the Finals in October
> anywhere near as much as
> Speedweek? In other words, how many passes
> can one expect to get?
>
> George Crim
> Sportster List Race Team
> http://www.sportster.org/LSR
> >>
> George,
> My experience with World Finals has been
> sort of a "good-news-bad-news".
> The good news is that there are generally
> less than 100 entrants as
> compared to the 300+ at Speed Week. Last year
> we would tow up to the starting
> line (one course for everybody) and Starter Bob
> Higbee would be standing
> there with his hands on his hips as if to say
> "Well, let's get with the
> program and get that fire suit on". The temps
> were cool enough that the pit
> shade was never put up, hotel/motel rooms are
> in abundance unless there is
> some other big event in town at the same time,
> and the air density is several
> thousand feet better (lower) with the cool
> temps, encouraging somewhat better
> speeds than at Speed Week.
> The bad news is that historically weather
> has often cancelled the event.
> I believe that it has averaged out to running
> every second or third
> year........Ardun Doug King
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