The question is though, Keith, would the record and hat have meant less to
you or anyone else if you haad gotten it without having to go some minimum 2
club speed over the old record? For instance if the 2 club minimum was the
same as the SCTA minimum for breaking the record, would you have felt
differently? I don't think so. It is almost like having to set 2 records to
get the hat: first break the SCTA record over 200, then break the 2 club
minimum record to get the hat, which I'll never do, not my thing. And I
watched a lot of pain and agony within your camp during some of those
trials. Twern't easy atall.
mayf
----- Original Message -----
From: "Keith Turk" <kturk@ala.net>
To: <land-speed@autox.team.net>
Sent: Thursday, October 23, 2003 12:49 AM
Subject: 200club stuff...
> Sorry for starting this maylay....
>
> I know everyone has feelings on the subject... and because of what it
is...
> well those feelings run deep...
>
> I agree with Tom... took me some time to come around to it because like
Jack I
> thought the whole thing was rather elitist... I don't now.. I
understand...
> it makes sense to me....
>
> Is it heart breaking to see Bill Smith not get in with a 267 pass on a 270
> minimum.... of course it is.... just as heart breaking as it is to run 228
on
> a 230 record... But I knew what the record was... hated it... but there
ya
> go... I came close.. horse shoes... handgranades.. and the occasional
atomic
> bomb.... Fairly fast on a sunny day...
>
> When Cris and Ed showed up with my time slip....... Dan Warner handing me
that
> silly record certification....Tom Bryant understanding why I wanted his
Hat to
> be my first..... When I made Dave Stand up at the Banquet... When I asked
> Tonya if she'd seen that new red hat I had on the way home ( for the 39
time
> )..... all of it was just to sweet...
>
> Wouldn't have it any other way.... it was a ton of work... effort and
> Passion.. because Nothing gets done without Passion...
>
> Life is Good...
>
> Keith
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