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Re: John Beckett

To: The Weldons <2weldons@earthlink.net>
Subject: Re: John Beckett
From: jkamo@rushmore.com
Date: Wed, 24 Aug 2005 22:23:19 -0600
its quite ironic that he pursued the development
of ECTA as a venue, in part to allow for some lsr
in times of bad salt........




Quoting The Weldons <2weldons@earthlink.net>:

> I didn't know John Beckett and was only vaguely aware of him before last
> Sunday.  When I heard of his accident at the Salt Talks and listened to
> Scott
> Guthrie speak of him I felt the sorrow at losing a fellow racer that we all
> feel in the face of such a tragedy.  In the last few days I've reflected
> some
> on what John meant to all land speed racers, not just the East Coast folks.
> Forgive me if in my ignorance I miss some important facts or someone else's
> important contribution.
> 
> 
> 
> John left a legacy that is incredibly important to all LSR types, especially
> us westerners.  He was a major driver behind the development of the East
> Coast
> timing Association and the Maxton Monster Mile.  He helped prove through his
> efforts that it is indeed possible to establish and sustain a new land speed
> racing venue in the USA without a half century of tradition to support it.
> 
> 
> 
> We El Mirage and Bonneville racers have been spoiled in some sense.  We've
> always had these places and have this feeling of permanence about them. 
> Sure
> we're affected by the Bonneville salt mining, unpredictable weather and the
> encroachment of civilization on El Mirage.  But the events run on schedule
> almost every year.  It's not until you talk to some of the SCTA/BNI leaders
> that you realize that it takes only a bad turn of public opinion, politics
> or
> "progress" to leave us with nowhere to run.  Then what do we do?
> 
> 
> 
> John Beckett's work proved to us that it is indeed possible to start up and
> build a successful LSR operation from a "green field".
> 
> 
> 
> Thanks, John.  We all owe you.....
> 
> 
> 
> Ed Weldon


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