- 1. Rocket Racing League? (score: 1)
- Author: "Pile,Chris" <zoombot@cox.net>
- Date: Thu, 2 Nov 2006 11:25:56 -0600
- Check it out! This puts a whole new slant on the phrase that starts a lot of races - "Fire 'em up!" http://www.autoweek.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20061101/FREE/61101002 /1036/MOTORSPORTSNEWS Ch
- /html/land-speed/2006-11/msg00005.html (7,264 bytes)
- 2. Tools (score: 1)
- Author: "Pile,Chris" <zoombot@cox.net>
- Date: Sat, 4 Nov 2006 02:46:45 -0600
- The joy of being a tool & die maker is that if I need a tool to finish a work order, I can make it and charge the time to the work order - then use the tool again & again on other work orders. I hav
- /html/land-speed/2006-11/msg00051.html (6,993 bytes)
- 3. Airyplane (score: 1)
- Author: "Pile,Chris" <zoombot@cox.net>
- Date: Sun, 12 Nov 2006 14:47:05 -0600
- Doug & List - Waco's are nice, but Staggerwings are better! http://www.airventure.de/ottawa06/ottawa06_staggerwing_0732.jpg Chris Pile aka aircap (and former Beechcraft employee)
- /html/land-speed/2006-11/msg00127.html (6,391 bytes)
- 4. Airyplanes (continued) (score: 1)
- Author: "Pile,Chris" <zoombot@cox.net>
- Date: Tue, 14 Nov 2006 13:27:05 -0600
- John Staiger & List Your comment on the "good doctor" and his Staggerwing knocked loose a memory..... My Dad was an A&P mechanic at Learjet for 30 years, and he used to have stories of these 2 Venezu
- /html/land-speed/2006-11/msg00159.html (6,811 bytes)
- 5. Dry Sump Oiling, EDM (score: 1)
- Author: "Pile,Chris" <zoombot@cox.net>
- Date: Sat, 21 Oct 2006 13:54:11 -0500
- List, Keith, & Elon - EDM machining does not "burn" through the metal, although it sure looks like it upon observing an EDM in action and viewing the cut material afterwards. The shock bubble formed
- /html/land-speed/2006-10/msg00427.html (6,847 bytes)
- 6. New Book - Ab Jenkins (score: 1)
- Author: "Pile,Chris" <zoombot@cox.net>
- Date: Sat, 21 Oct 2006 15:58:50 -0500
- I just ordered the latest tome from motorsports author Gordon Eliot White, "Ab & Marvin Jenkins: Studebaker and the Mormon Meteors" from Amazon. Got it much cheaper than other prices I've seen adver
- /html/land-speed/2006-10/msg00428.html (6,742 bytes)
- 7. AutoWeek Gets It Right (score: 1)
- Author: "Pile,Chris" <zoombot@cox.net>
- Date: Thu, 14 Sep 2006 01:32:40 -0500
- AutoWeek's article on the diesel records on the salt - http://www.autoweek.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20060911/FREE/60905014 /1001/THISWEEKSISSUE Enjoy! - Chris Pile aka aircap
- /html/land-speed/2006-09/msg00171.html (6,448 bytes)
- 8. Business of NHRA & NASCAR - Continued (score: 1)
- Author: "Pile,Chris" <zoombot@cox.net>
- Date: Sat, 8 Jul 2006 16:45:49 -0500
- Money has historically been a part of motor racing nearly since its inception. Henry Ford beat Winton for a cash prize to start his 3rd, and ultimately the last Ford Motor Company. How many oldsters
- /html/land-speed/2006-07/msg00212.html (7,778 bytes)
- 9. Salt Fix (and some bragging) (score: 1)
- Author: "Pile,Chris" <zoombot@cox.net>
- Date: Sun, 9 Jul 2006 14:36:42 -0500
- Morton's is OK stuff, but here in Kansas we prefer Carey salt from the Hutchinson salt mines. There's not much potash to deal with as it's all buried, and we can rent out the holes left once we've u
- /html/land-speed/2006-07/msg00242.html (6,568 bytes)
- 10. evilBay Salt Racer (score: 1)
- Author: "Pile,Chris" <zoombot@cox.net>
- Date: Sat, 29 Jul 2006 11:52:54 -0500
- Anyone hazard a guess about the indentity of the salt racer in this evilBay auction? http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&ih=001&item=110014796819&rd =1&sspagename=STRK%3AMEWA%3AIT&rd=1 Goo
- /html/land-speed/2006-07/msg00576.html (6,642 bytes)
- 11. Dry Sump Musings (score: 1)
- Author: "Pile,Chris" <zoombot@cox.net>
- Date: Fri, 26 May 2006 04:32:09 -0500
- List & John Burk - "No air, no bubbles" ? Having watched a great many rebuild thrashes at Heartland Park and Mile High I can tell you from experience that the oil that comes out of a nitro motor afte
- /html/land-speed/2006-05/msg00321.html (8,095 bytes)
- 12. World's Fastest Indian (score: 1)
- Author: "Pile,Chris" <zoombot@cox.net>
- Date: Sat, 1 Apr 2006 18:07:29 -0600
- List & Dick J. - Believe it, or not - WFI is now in its sixth week here in Wichita, Kansas. I've seen it 3 times so far, and from an opening night of 20 or so viewers, the attendance just keeps growi
- /html/land-speed/2006-04/msg00003.html (6,880 bytes)
- 13. World's Fastest Indian DVD/CD (score: 1)
- Author: "Pile,Chris" <zoombot@cox.net>
- Date: Tue, 4 Apr 2006 03:31:07 -0500
- List and Otto - Yep, there are lots of CD soundtracks on evilBay. But there have been DVD's listed. Chris Pile
- /html/land-speed/2006-04/msg00023.html (6,337 bytes)
- 14. Gas Wars! Boycott Exxon and Mobil (score: 1)
- Author: "Pile,Chris" <zoombot@cox.net>
- Date: Tue, 18 Apr 2006 03:47:05 -0500
- List and Otto - Kansas already boycotts them - there isn't an Exxon or Mobil station in the state! Chris Pile
- /html/land-speed/2006-04/msg00262.html (6,518 bytes)
- 15. WFI Poll (score: 1)
- Author: "Pile,Chris" <zoombot@cox.net>
- Date: Fri, 21 Apr 2006 23:34:39 -0500
- The World's Fastest Indian is now showing in its 10th week at The Palace here in Wichita. The ticket clerk said they'll keep it as long as it "keeps bringing in the crowds". Has WFI shown longer tha
- /html/land-speed/2006-04/msg00320.html (6,300 bytes)
- 16. Ronnie Sox Passes Away (score: 1)
- Author: "Pile,Chris" <zoombot@cox.net>
- Date: Sun, 23 Apr 2006 02:12:29 -0500
- http://www.nhra.com/apcm/templates/news_template.asp?articleid=11805&zoneid=8
- /html/land-speed/2006-04/msg00336.html (6,451 bytes)
- 17. Hemmings/Lakester Search (score: 1)
- Author: "Pile,Chris" <zoombot@cox.net>
- Date: Thu, 2 Mar 2006 12:58:01 -0600
- Hemmings.com is searching for any history concerning this flathead powered belly tanker. The body shell is 'glass, and features a Von Dutch style "Flyin' Eyeball" painted on the nose. The present ow
- /html/land-speed/2006-03/msg00020.html (7,806 bytes)
- 18. Frenzel Blowers (score: 1)
- Author: "Pile,Chris" <zoombot@cox.net>
- Date: Fri, 3 Mar 2006 14:09:53 -0600
- Anyone know where I can find any info about Frenzel superchargers? There's not much on the web that I can find. Any help would be "mucho appreciado". Chris Pile aka aircap
- /html/land-speed/2006-03/msg00031.html (6,342 bytes)
- 19. landracing.com probs (score: 1)
- Author: "Pile,Chris" <zoombot@cox.net>
- Date: Sat, 4 Mar 2006 20:31:12 -0600
- Anyone else having problems getting anywhere on Amo's website? Every link takes me to an "account suspended" warning. Chris Pile aka aircap
- /html/land-speed/2006-03/msg00037.html (6,741 bytes)
- 20. Bonneville & Thawley (score: 1)
- Author: "Pile,Chris" <zoombot@cox.net>
- Date: Tue, 7 Mar 2006 11:51:58 -0600
- List & Joseph Lance - "How to Go Racing at Bonneville" is a good book, had it for years. For a "rare" book there always seem to plenty of copies on evilBay. T.E. Warth (Esq) is a great place to get o
- /html/land-speed/2006-03/msg00089.html (6,943 bytes)
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