No this is another Opel, runs in the mid 130's.
DW
----- Original Message -----
From: Ed Van Scoy <edvs@uswest.net>
To: Dan Warner <dwarner@electrorent.com>
Cc: Glen Barrett <speedtimer@earthlink.net>; <land-speed@autox.team.net>
Sent: Monday, November 20, 2000 8:10 AM
Subject: Re: Doug Odom
> Dan, was this Bill Ward's Opel?
> Ed
>
>
> Dan Warner wrote:
>
> > Glen & list,
> >
> > Jim Thomas was not the driver of the Opel that crashed at the end of
Sunday.
> > Tim Confel was making his second run in the car. Apparantly, the car has
had
> > handling problems all year and Tim was helping them try and locate a
> > solution.
> > He mentioned to me just before the run that the car was lifting the
front
> > end so he removed the spoiler plate to try and unload the rear end. Jim
had
> > made new weight boxes which came apart and exited out the rear window.
The
> > boxes were filled with concrete!! NOT a good idea. Anyway, Jim Miller
drove
> > Tim and Sheri"s rig home to the shop then Tim went on to the Kaiser
facility
> > in our area. Before leaving the lakebed Tim was walking around, well
limping
> > and moving slow, with a black eye and many soon to be sore body parts.
> >
> > I'll update later when we hear from Timmy.
> >
> > Dan Warner
> >
> > ----- Original Message -----
> > From: Glen Barrett <speedtimer@earthlink.net>
> > To: Keith Turk <kturk@ala.net>
> > Cc: <land-speed@autox.team.net>
> > Sent: Sunday, November 19, 2000 7:45 PM
> > Subject: Doug Odom
> >
> > > As a wittness to Dougs accident I want to let everyone know that he is
> > > real sore and will find a few more tender spots in the next few days.
I
> > > was one of the firts ones there as it started 800+ feet from the end.
> > > The car went into a spin and got air born and rolled pretty hard the
> > > first time and spun several times before rolling two more times. The
car
> > > landed on the cage. Doug was talking and very aware of what had
> > > happened. The car held up super and I think is rebuildable. Well
built.
> > > I just got home and wanted all to know. I will go into more detail
> > > tomorrow. Today near the end of the meet we had another crash, again
> > > driver very sore but walking around. His name is JimThomas also in a
> > > hard top sports car. This one is not rebuildable.
> > > Glen
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