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Re: Bill Ward's "celebrity"

To: Wester S Potter <wspotter@jps.net>
Subject: Re: Bill Ward's "celebrity"
From: Ed Van Scoy <edvs@uswest.net>
Date: Tue, 17 Apr 2001 21:44:47 -0700
Well said Wes. She was a neat Lady. I was her "cheering squad" in 1996 when she
was going for the 150 Club, and again when she drove Bill's Opel. A great loss.
Ed


Wester S Potter wrote:

> Someone mentioned that Bill Ward had a lady with terminal cancer drive the
> Opel.  That was Ellen Christensen.  Not a one off salt racer at all.  She
> and her husband, Ron Christensen, had been the voices on the salt flats
> radio for several years.  Ron still does it, mostly on his own.  Ellen set
> records in their three cylinder turbocharged Chevy "Salted Peanut" and also
> drove the Nissan 300 ZX that both she and Ron qualified in for the 150 Club.
> They each made two runs between 159.4 and 159.9 mph.  We lost Ellen the
> Spring after she drove the Opel ... 216 mph with an engine that was going
> away.  We really miss her sweet attitude and her jabs at Ron.  Said she had
> gone faster than he did because he had done so much more road racing and was
> used to making turns.  There was another engine in the works for the
> following year that would have had her in the 2 Club I'm sure.  "Cousin
> George" Potter was looking over his shoulder at her speeds in a class he
> wanted to run in.
>
> We need someone to help fill in on the air so Ron can run this year.  Any
> volunteers?
>
> Wes

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