Geeeze an' all I ever wanted wuz jus' ONE hat.....
Seriously Keith, I could'nt agree with you more.
Personally, I think this list has had a whole LOT to do with the
upsurge of LSR popularity of late....-wether it be an article about you
personally, the ECTA, EL MIRAGE, or the THE HOLY GROUND,...it all has helped
sow the seeds of interest. And all this chatter every day helps keep
everyones interest at a high level as you said.
This list IS awesome -as Dick J so ably pointed out. Honest to
God, it makes me PROUD to tell people I'm a HOT RODDER.
I too have learned MUCH. and I've been foolin with noisy, smelly,
whizzin'things of all kinds for over 40 years now.....
There is perhaps the best,-most densely packed talent pool here on
this list of anything anywhere in the counrty. I'd bet my entire life
savin's that dam close to ANYTHING mechanical could be figured out by those
here on this list. It's almost scary. -'cept' for the fact that "we're
all on the same side" ;-)
I really enjoy reading of the exploits of those of you lucky enough to
be racin.' Those of us that can't, -or are "stuck" in a situation we'd
rather not be in, can at least live a bit of La Dolce Vita through those of
you who CAN get out there. so whatever you guys do, Don't stop writin'
-'cause we're countin' on ya' for a "full report" Often I copy and paste
from the list, -you know,"the juicy stuff" to friends that are not on the
list to see if I can "bait them" into becoming interested enough to want to
join it, because as I see it, the more the merrier.....
-fair nuff ?
Hey we got Collegggg work ta do I gotta go! -Dirty Doug
From: "Keith Turk" <kturk@ala.net>
Subject: Re: SPEED READING
Date: Fri, 20 Oct 2000
Doug... What is New about Land Speed Racing is the ability of fellow racers
to communicate with each other on a regular basis.
I have followed this sport in Hot Rod and other Pub's for years.... but to
get Daily doses is something entirely New... and very special... it aids in
maintaining a daily focus on our goals out there on the Salt...
Look Closely at what DickJ said about what he learned... in a Short Year....
Lucky Dick for finding this E-mail list... and Good for us in that we now
have another Racer to replace some of the folks that have accomplished thier
goals and moved on...
the continueing publicity in Publications makes for wonderful reading and
keeps folks like Dick Dreaming....
Thanks for letting me know where it was... now I can go buy those Mag's to
go with the Other Stacks...
Keith Turk ( sans Red Hat this Year... oh well Maybe Next!!!)( gots me a
Cool Blue one though and a Neat Green one...)
----- Original Message -----
From: "Doug Anderson" <boogiewoogie12@hotmail.com
Subject: SPEED READING
10-20-00
> Say, did enneybody else read Cole Coonce's Bonneville article in Dec 2000
> PHR (p. 80-83 ) yet ? Mine came yesteddy.. I thought he did a nice
> blanket general interest piece that's prolly the best kind of a "warm up
> pass" for the PHR readership that's prolly not too informed about our
love
> as they should be -'cause as we know there been a purty huge media
blight
> regards LSR in most all the Hawt Rod publications for years. Bet'cha it
> will result in a heavier rope being put up to keep the spectator riffraff
> off the racecars next year.. -is that a good thing ? -or is it something
> else ? " Be careful of what you wish for,. you just might get it "
Look
> what "popularity" did to NASCAR. and NHRA. Can anybody other than Bill
> Gates, Jack Roush, or Roger Penske afford to race there anymore ?
> ( sorry, just a little mini editorial there..)
>
> I think Cole did purty good "baiting the hook" for his readers -and in
the
> right place. I receive eight or nine hot rod and racing publications a
> month, and recently returned to PHR after about a 25 year layoff because
I
> happened to pick one up off a newsstand and was very pleasantly surprised
to
> find articles about one of our favorite topics: HORSEPOWER! There's so
many
> "Hot Rod Books" out there today that just about ignore the topic in favor
of
> "stylin,'" $10,000 dolla paint, and my fav, "BILLET" -that's been the
> trend for years 'cause that's what the majority of their advertisers are
> hawking: glitz products. Geesh BILLET is what ya' MAKE real SPEED
PARTS
> out of ain't it boys ? (and Girls.) Main caps, rocker stands, Rear end
> caps, -Nitrous Bottle brackets (-right Keith ?) Oh oh I'm ranting again
> about my "favorite subject" -sorry. Back to the topic at hand;
>
> So ennyways, I say hats off ( ok, maybe not RED ones...) to Cole
> Coonce for havin' the ( pick ONE: Courage, Insight, Daring, Chutpah,
or
> "Good sense to know a good thing when he sees it" )
>
> Mebbe he's lurking in the shadows and maybe he ain't, but we ought'a
> let'em know he done good -and thanks to those on THE LIST, it looks like
he
> must'a got his ducks inna row and his facts straight !
>
> - "Just the facts mam, an' nuttin' but th' facts"...
>
> Nice job Cole. Now lets read a piece about what it's like to scream
> ( Oh,..ok, go fairly fast.) down the salt in a girly car at say..228.304
or
> so from a firsthand drivers point of view. Hë Hë Hë
>
>
> © 2000 Dirty Doug, in exile, in New Yawk.. :-)
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