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1. OT Cost of Gas Rant (Dahlgren's View) (score: 1)
Author: "Chris Pile" <hoxiepoo@cox.net>
Date: Sun, 4 Sep 2005 23:45:27 -0500
List & Dave Dahlgren - Now I know that you were speaking generally about older cars, but my 1949 Studebaker Champion with a stock flathead six got better mileage than my 1992 Ranger with an EFI DOHC
/html/land-speed/2005-09/msg00052.html (6,831 bytes)

2. Non LSR - White Castle (score: 1)
Author: "Chris Pile" <hoxiepoo@cox.net>
Date: Mon, 19 Sep 2005 13:34:22 -0500
List & Jon Wennerberg - White Castle did not start selling its burgers in Columbus, Ohio - however, the home office is in Columbus. Walt Anderson started White Castle in 1921 here in Wichita, Kansas
/html/land-speed/2005-09/msg00205.html (7,369 bytes)

3. Non LSR - White Castle (score: 1)
Author: "Chris Pile" <hoxiepoo@cox.net>
Date: Mon, 19 Sep 2005 15:15:54 -0500
List & Jon Wennerberg - Didn't mean to sound so harsh, Jon. It's just that the Air Capital is proud of all its business successes - not just its' many aircraft makers. Wichita is also the home of Col
/html/land-speed/2005-09/msg00207.html (7,261 bytes)

4. B25C Pulled from S.C. Lake (OT) (score: 1)
Author: "Chris Pile" <hoxiepoo@cox.net>
Date: Tue, 20 Sep 2005 20:03:46 -0500
Check out these photos of a newly rescued B25C that crashed in Lake Murray, South Carolina on a training flight back on April 4th, 1943. The salvage crew now plans to begin the restoration of the wa
/html/land-speed/2005-09/msg00232.html (6,766 bytes)

5. Solid Rocket Booster Video (score: 1)
Author: "Chris Pile" <hoxiepoo@cox.net>
Date: Sat, 6 Aug 2005 12:35:09 -0500
List & Ray Buck - What an incredible video! The little pinhole camera is mounted on the other SRB - we are watching as the shuttle launches into space, the separation of the rocket boosters, and thei
/html/land-speed/2005-08/msg00085.html (6,678 bytes)

6. Maxton on the Tube (score: 1)
Author: "Chris Pile" <hoxiepoo@cox.net>
Date: Thu, 16 Jun 2005 12:18:34 -0500
Got this link off the Studebaker newsgroup.... A local TV station did a piece on the shenanigans at Maxton. KT cracks wise with the reporter, a biker sets a whopping fast record, and the zen of Geo M
/html/land-speed/2005-06/msg00153.html (7,204 bytes)

7. Turbines, Compressed air (score: 1)
Author: "Chris Pile" <hoxiepoo@cox.net>
Date: Sat, 2 Apr 2005 21:10:22 -0600
Well, it's not a Turbonique - but right now on eBay (#4540017153) there is a Jet Turbine powered gokart that the seller has had up to 60+MPH before losing his nerve. It seems well-built out of quali
/html/land-speed/2005-04/msg00023.html (6,877 bytes)

8. Politics,etc. (Non LSR) (score: 1)
Author: "Chris Pile" <hoxiepoo@cox.net>
Date: Tue, 5 Apr 2005 09:37:44 -0500
I'm just a lurker, not a racer - but I can tell you this. If you can't keep our forum "on topic" another one (or even more) will spring up to replace it. The trouble is - the replacements are never
/html/land-speed/2005-04/msg00043.html (7,344 bytes)

9. Shelly Howard's Crash (score: 1)
Author: "Chris Pile" <hoxiepoo@cox.net>
Date: Wed, 6 Apr 2005 16:38:42 -0500
As usual, the NHRA never tells the full story - especially when it's a bad story. Maybe you've read some of the online stories about what happened. The following is from a fellow who was at the race,
/html/land-speed/2005-04/msg00063.html (7,339 bytes)

10. Shelly Howard aftermath (score: 1)
Author: "Chris Pile" <hoxiepoo@cox.net>
Date: Thu, 7 Apr 2005 13:56:19 -0500
Per respondents suggestions about the Shelly Howard crash - there is already a device in use. Monster Trucks have a radio-controlled device to shut off the ignition which can be activated by any of
/html/land-speed/2005-04/msg00087.html (7,055 bytes)

11. eBay 'liner pix (score: 1)
Author: "Chris Pile" <hoxiepoo@cox.net>
Date: Wed, 13 Apr 2005 14:23:55 -0500
The eBay rear-engine roadster (#6524455176) certainly resembles one of Ak Millers old creations to my eye. I seem to remember several photos in hot rodding books that picture this roadster. Unfortun
/html/land-speed/2005-04/msg00144.html (7,613 bytes)

12. Interesting Cars (& their engines) (score: 1)
Author: "Chris Pile" <hoxiepoo@cox.net>
Date: Fri, 29 Apr 2005 18:24:41 -0500
I believe this Watson-style roadster is the 3rd project from the Blastolene guys. Leno bought a different one from them. Also - Randy (of the Blastolene team) was on the Monster Garage build of the
/html/land-speed/2005-04/msg00417.html (6,928 bytes)

13. LSR on eBay (score: 1)
Author: "cmpile" <hoxiepoo@cox.net>
Date: Fri, 3 Dec 2004 11:16:06 -0600
Anyone care to take the Unlimited Record back from the Brits? Check out the J34 powered "Jet Car" on eBay, auction #4509017455. The racer has supposedly been tested up to 200 MPH before the driver h
/html/land-speed/2004-12/msg00083.html (6,925 bytes)

14. Babs, Seatbelts, etc. (score: 1)
Author: "cmpile" <hoxiepoo@cox.net>
Date: Thu, 11 Nov 2004 10:02:01 -0600
What's that? Seatbelts, you say? In the early days of auto racing, safety belts were thought to increase the likelihood of injury or death! Besides, manly men wouldn't deign to wear them, they merel
/html/land-speed/2004-11/msg00079.html (7,740 bytes)

15. Rollbar Pads, HANS, etc. (score: 1)
Author: "cmpile" <hoxiepoo@cox.net>
Date: Tue, 12 Oct 2004 08:53:18 -0500
Per threads established by Keith Turk regarding the 4" rollbar padding, Russ Wilkinson's reference to the HANS device, and Tom Shannon's reference to rollbar shielding - all are good ideas developed
/html/land-speed/2004-10/msg00094.html (7,513 bytes)

16. Flamethrowers, Chrome, etc. (score: 1)
Author: "cmpile" <hoxiepoo@cox.net>
Date: Sat, 23 Oct 2004 18:37:16 -0500
I've been following the flamethrower & chrome threads and had some (very) small thoughts to add........... I've seen just about every kind of flamethrower rig at rod runs and car shows - and I say k
/html/land-speed/2004-10/msg00216.html (7,058 bytes)

17. Bumps, Suspension, Etc. (score: 1)
Author: "cmpile" <hoxiepoo@cox.net>
Date: Thu, 2 Sep 2004 21:48:37 -0500
I seem to remember reading in Mickey Thompson's story "Challenger" about his wife following him down the salt at night with the headlights on so he could spot the shadows from the high spots. After
/html/land-speed/2004-09/msg00036.html (7,811 bytes)

18. Bonneville (score: 1)
Author: "cmpile" <hoxiepoo@cox.net>
Date: Mon, 16 Aug 2004 15:02:06 -0500
Not a racer, but it sucks to be home in Kansas instead of out on the salt. Thanks to Jon Amo's and the SCTA's websites for keeping us up to date! Maybe if I rub a little sunscreen under my nose I'll
/html/land-speed/2004-08/msg00157.html (7,739 bytes)

19. Purple Firesuits (score: 1)
Author: "cmpile" <hoxiepoo@cox.net>
Date: Wed, 2 Jun 2004 16:01:25 -0500
I just happened to catch a program on the Travel Channel about Demolition Derbies. They featured a Nebraska State Champion driver who bills himself as "The Pink Dog" who dyes his blond hair purple,
/html/land-speed/2004-06/msg00040.html (6,741 bytes)

20. New LSR Book (score: 1)
Author: "cmpile" <hoxiepoo@cox.net>
Date: Sat, 12 Jun 2004 23:19:50 -0500
Just acquired the latest publication concerning landracing - it's the German book "Weltrekordfahrzeuge", or "World Record Cars". It's pricey (off eBay), and shipping from Merry Olde isn't cheap - bu
/html/land-speed/2004-06/msg00166.html (7,639 bytes)

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