Tom and Louise
If they really wanted to make it more exclusive-- They should never have
allowed someone to BUMP their own record in the same car or bike with another
driver or rider--that should take out aroound 100 +-50 -- will NEVER NEVER
happen ---hits way, way to close to HOME. wmts
>
> From: "Thomas E. Bryant" <saltracer@awwwsome.com>
> Date: 2003/10/24 Fri PM 11:18:06 CDT
> To: Landspeed Louise Ann Noeth <landspeedlouise@adelphia.net>
> CC: land-speed@autox.team.net
> Subject: Re: Bonneville 200mph club FACTS
>
> Louise,
>
> Well stated.
>
> Tom, Redding CA - #216 D/CC
>
> Landspeed Louise Ann Noeth wrote:
> > Read the section in my book about the formation of the 200MPH club for the
> > historical facts. When I investigated this point I went directly to Alex
> > Xydias, Greg Sharp and Bill Quinn for the facts. The origins are well
> > documented, memories are viscous.
> >
> > Short version: Dean Batchelor dreamed it up, Bill Quinn funded it and the
> > only thing you had to do was exceed 2 bills 2 ways under the eyes of a
> > recognized timing authority (SCTA, USAC, AAA) of the day.
> >
> > Since then, the all-volunteer group has made a variety of amendments to what
> > constitutes membership qualification, the biggest is the setting of a record
> > in addition to attaining a speed. There are few written records of when, or
> > who made the changes. Greg Sharp discovered this when he tried to write a
> > historical recap of the club about a decade ago. Old-timers get cheesed
> > because they recall the original tenants and have not kept up with the
> > political nuances and changes. In defense of the 2CLub board, it appears
> > all the changes were made TRY to maintain an air of exclusiveness, making it
> > harder was intentional so that once someone made it, they would feel they
> > had actually achieved something.
> >
> > Speedy Regards,
> >
> > "LandSpeed" Louise Ann Noeth
> > LandSpeed Productions
> > "Telling stories with words and pictures"
> >
> > www.landspeedproductions.biz
>
> >
"Sparky"
Lakester 2211
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