I'm having a terrible time responding to the question from John. Got a
bounce back from the reply as Glen's address is wrong in Dave's book. Here
we go again.
DW
----- Original Message -----
From: "Dan" <dwarner@electrorent.com>
To: "Dave Dahlgren" <ddahlgren@snet.net>; "John Szalay"
<john.szalay@postoffice.worldnet.att.net>
Cc: <land-speed@autox.team.net>; "Glen Barrett" <speedtimer@charter.net>
Sent: Thursday, February 28, 2002 7:42 AM
Subject: Re: Tech Questions
> This vehicle ran as time only. When they came to my impound area I had to
> explain to them about the class structure and that no class existed. They
> recieved the same timing slip as everyone else. Their claim to a "record"
is
> only that - a claim, freedom of the press, as no class was in place nor is
> there one in place now.
>
> I responded earlier to John's first mail but forgot to remove the trailer
so
> it wasn't posted. In essence I what I wrote was that in the 2002 rulebook
> there will be 492 car records posted for Bonneville. There are approx.
20-25
> 'open' classes where no record exists bringing the available car class
total
> to over 500.
>
> Dan Warner
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Dave Dahlgren" <ddahlgren@snet.net>
> To: "John Szalay" <john.szalay@postoffice.worldnet.att.net>
> Cc: <land-speed@autox.team.net>; "Glen Barrett" <speedtimer@earthlink.net>
> Sent: Thursday, February 28, 2002 7:25 AM
> Subject: Re: Tech Questions
>
>
> > you might want to call the SCTA and see if they had a class for it at
that
> time
> > that no longer exists or maybe it is just an ad that streched the truth
a
> bit in
> > the respect that it was to them the fastest known motor home that ran
for
> time
> > only and the clocks and the run was certified by the SCTA. That would
make
> the
> > most sense to me but I would certainly defer to whaterver they say at
> SCTA..
> > Hey Glen did you time this rig and if so remember if there was a class
for
> it to
> > run in??
> > Dave Dahlgren
> >
> > John Szalay wrote:
> >
> > > At 07:43 AM 2/28/02 -0500, you wrote:
> > > >landspeedracer wrote:
> > > >here is no class how can there be a record for it??
> > > >The question answers itself doesn't it?
> > >
> > > >would that make the choices limited to three?
> > > >1. create a class call it "my car"
> > > >2. Run for time only
> > > >3. leave it in the parking lot
> > > >oh 1 other make it fit a class one out of probably 500 or so already
> > > >preconfigured with rules and records, or could just buy a red hat ..
> > > >
> > > >Dave Dahlgren
> > >
> > > Alright, here is what prompted "OUR" interest
> > >
> > > http://www.chinookrv.com/news_landspeed.html
> > >
> > > We have been talking among ourselves since this announcement.
> > > wondering if it would be worth the effort to prepare a vehicle to
> > > do better than this. Or are we just "Pi**ing " into the wind ?
> > >
> > > You never know, unless you ask !
> > >
> > > John
> > > 73 GMC
> > > Louisville Ky
> > > http://home.att.net/~john.szalay
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