I will to tease old purple suit
Glen
----- Original Message -----
From: <hotrod32@fuse.net>
To: "Bill Smith" <WmTSmith@landracing.com>; <land-speed@autox.team.net>
Sent: Tuesday, April 23, 2002 5:46 PM
Subject: Re: Re: NON LSR --Bonneville religious Experience
> Bill, since we are talking religion, thou shall not tease Keith.
>
> JBackus
> >
> > From: Bill Smith <WmTSmith@landracing.com>
> > Date: 2002/04/17 Wed PM 08:06:43 EDT
> > To: land-speed@autox.team.net
> > Subject: Re: NON LSR --Bonneville religious Experience
> >
> > KT,
> >
> > It is a religious experience to out on the Salt when the sky is just
going light
> > pink in the East and you are headed to the compound area!!!!!! wmts
> >
> >
> >
> > Gary.... my problem with this is WHY NOT?
> >
> > Okay it's in the Rule book.... But why is it in the rule book... I
thought
> > we were racing cars... and searching for the outer limits of our
classes...
> >
> >
> > I guess someone is going to tell me that Traction control is a Safety
> > issue.. that is the single reason I can come up with.... I don't find it
to
> > be accurate... but it was the ending reason last time we had this
> > discussion...
> >
> > Unless I misunderstand the concept of Bonneville... entirely... which
I'm
> > finding to be the case.... it's about Going as fast as you can within a
> > certain set of rules... Yes it happens to be an amateur organization...
> > and all volunteer which we all applaud.... BUT... does that change the
> > focus?... does that mean we have to artificially limit the speed of the
> > cars to XXX.... because we are not professional racers? I'm totally
lost
> > on that... Are we going to see restrictor plates Next?
> >
> > Why can't we have traction control on our cars? Someone tell me... is
it
> > because it doesn't work?.... is it because we are testing Drivers???
( now
> > that is Silly ) This is about Man... AND MACHINE....
> >
> > Everyone here on this list and who show's up in the pits at Bonneville
has
> > their own perspective on the place.... to each of us it means something
a
> > bit different... For me personally it's almost a religious experience to
> > race at a place where all my hero's have been... to be part of the quest
> > for speed... to be a small part of the History of the Bonneville salt
> > flats.... I feel privileged to have the honor of racing there.... Some
day
> > I'll put my name in the record books... But even if I never accomplished
> > that.... I feel like I'm part of it... what more could I ask for in
life...
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