Hey Jim;
We all miss you at the monthly USFRA mtgs! Glad your,"Back Home In Indiana".
Yeah I know, I'm no Jim Nabors. LOL Interesting first time bville story.
BTW,your pushboard looks great on Ed Shearers truck! Good to hear 'ya on this
board. Attend a few dirt track oval events for me,'ya lucky guy!! Say hi to my
hometown fellow Ohio Buckeyes next door.
Tom Shannon
Magna, Utah
---------- Original Message ----------------------------------
From: jwschuett@comcast.net
Reply-To: jwschuett@comcast.net
Date: Thu, 23 Feb 2006 18:53:26 +0000
>Bob, I am back home in Crown Point Indiana (35 miles from Chicago) . I just
>moved back from Salt Lake City after 16 years.16 years ago The first thing I
>did when I arrived at the SLC airport was to rent a car and drive to the salt
>flats. The movie WFI got it right it is hallowed ground. As a kid from the
>Midwest, reading Hot Rod ect. I had been waiting a long time for this moment.
>six weeks later I heard of a press party organized by Terry Nish and the
>USFRA. So I drove over in my '32 5 window. Terry waved me into park the coupe
>with the lsr cars, and I met some of the racers for the first time. A week or
>two later the coupe and I arrived at the end of the access road to witness my
>first event on the salt. There was 5" or 6" of water there but that was not
>going to stop me from driving out to the pits, but Dave Newby did. He didn't
>want to see me drive the magnesium wheels through all that salt water. He told
>me to park the coupe by his security trailer and he would find me!
> a ride to the pits. Dave told the next crew going to the pits that I needed
>a ride out and they immediately made room for me. Thats the way it is out
>there, so if I can help any one get to the salt I would like to pass along the
>welcome that was given to me. Like Keith Turk said this is "our time is now"
>enjoy it and share it.
>
>--
>Jim Schuett
>
>
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