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Re: Wish you could be here for lunch today!

To: john robinson <john@engr.wisc.edu>,
Subject: Re: Wish you could be here for lunch today!
From: W S Potter <wester6935@attbi.com>
Date: Thu, 19 Sep 2002 07:30:35 -0700
John,

Hadn't thought about that.  I can try.

Since you can't send photos over the list I kind of put it out of my mind.

I have been waiting for my daughter to finish setting up a web page for me
so I can post current digital shots.  She is busy in grad school ... and so
on.

Wes


on 9/19/02 6:16 AM, john robinson at john@engr.wisc.edu wrote:

> hey can you video it?
> 
> 
> 
> At 07:13 AM 9/19/02 -0700, you wrote:
>> Subject: Racing on the Salt Flats - A Brown Bag Lecture
>> 
>> As part of the Utah's Sporting Past lecture series,
>> the lecture on Thursday, September 19 at noon, will be
>> "Racing on the Bonneville Salt Flats" by Jessie Embry and Ron Shook.
>> During this Power Point presentation, they will discuss the MG records,
>> famous drivers, and how these runs were advertisements for MG. The salt
>> flats were selected as the place to set speed records and to attract an
>> American audience.
>> Bring a lunch and join us In the Rio Grande Depot,
>> 300 S 455 W.  No charge.
>> 
>> 
>> Ron has been a radio announcer and course watcher for USFRA in the past
>> before he got "responsible" about his teaching at Utah State University.
>> (They also changed the starting dates at the University.)
>> 
>> Wish you could all be here to see and hear what they have to say.  A
>> scholarly presentation but an enthusiasts slant to the whole thing.
>> 
>> Wes
> 
> 
> John Robinson, Mechanician
> Mechanical Engineering University of Wisconsin
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> H/GCC 92 cu.in. 1980 Dodge Colt
> 131.333 MPH set 1995
> 136.666 MPH set 1996
> 140.292 MPH set 2000
> 144.396 MPH set 2000
> MPS-PG 441 c.c. 1967 BSA Victor Motorcycle
> 95.193 MPH set 2001

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