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RE: Look but don't touch (was Wendover Site Info?)

To: ecarman@pop300.gsfc.nasa.gov, JIsley@cell1.com
Subject: RE: Look but don't touch (was Wendover Site Info?)
From: "John Gross" <jogross3@hotmail.com>
Date: Tue, 27 Jun 2000 13:33:38 PDT
Am I just totally brain dead, because I don't see what's against the law 
about having a freaking window sticker on a car.


>From: Eric Carman <ecarman@pop300.gsfc.nasa.gov>
>Reply-To: Eric Carman <ecarman@pop300.gsfc.nasa.gov>
>To: "Isley, Jason C." <JIsley@cell1.com>
>CC: autox@autox.team.net
>Subject: RE: Look but don't touch (was Wendover Site Info?)
>Date: Tue, 27 Jun 2000 16:13:15 -0400
>
>That is alright, my roommate just got a $50 ticket and a point on his
>license yesterday for having the new Tire Rack window sticker required for
>the Pro events on his car.  The cop was a small towner that is known to
>give "Kids" a hard time.  It didn't help that my roommate drives a CRX with
>aftermarket wheels.  So automatically he is a riceboy.  The real killer is
>after a cop friend looked at the ticket he said that the cop could have
>written him up for a repair order or a fine that did not have a point
>associated with it.  Which is the normal practice.  So, the cop
>specifically wrote it that way.  I normally support cops, because I know
>they have very hard jobs, but I cannot stand ones that go after something
>as trivial as this.
>
>Eric "I am removing my sticker as we speak" Carman
>
>At 09:43 AM 6/27/00 -0700, Isley, Jason C. wrote:
> >             You were lucky enough to find a hose... A select few of us
> >at the race site got a treat when the Wendover Police showed up looking 
>for
> >the "White Corvette that was all stickered up". Apparently some terrible
> >person with no regard for the law used a hose and water faucet at 
>someone's
> >place of business that was closed. Lucky for someone Gary Thomason, Steve
> >Waters, Charlie Shelton and myself all had white vettes and the police 
>could
> >not tell which car it was for sure. Man one careless person can cause
> >trouble for the whole group. ;0
> >     So kids remember, you can go mach 1 on the salt but don't use the
> >water in Utah. Most important, admit nothing, if OJ got off so can you. 
>;)
> >
> >Jason "It was the other guy, I saw him" Isley
> >jason.isley@alltel.com
> >
> >
> >-----Original Message-----
> >From: Rick Brown [mailto:free2000@QuixNet.net]
> >Sent: Monday, June 26, 2000 9:37 PM
> >To: Isley, Jason C.
> >Cc: autox@autox.team.net
> >Subject: Look but don't touch (was Wendover Site Info?)
> >
> >
> >I would strongly recommend against giving the salt flats a try.  A number 
>of
> >years ago a group of us were doing the west coast Pros. The ones in Salt
> >Lake and San Francisco were a week apart so we took the time off. On the
> >trip to SF, we stopped at the flats and I couldn't resist and took my BSP
> >Z-car out for a run.  I was a kick and we got pictures, then went to the
> >nearest town and spent about $10 in quarters at the car wash trying to 
>get
> >all the salt off the underneath.  Never got it out of all the crevices 
>and
> >the body payed the price a number of years later.
> >
> >Rick Brown
> >FP 240Z
> >
> >> You forgot the best part... It is near the famous Salt Flats where
> >> they hold the land speed runs.
> >> I got the old 89' vette up to 100mph before we were shaking so bad I
> >> could not see strait, apparently they don't groom the salt on a regular
> >> basis and it is very ruff.
> >> Even if you are smart enough to keep your car off of the salt, it is
> >> a pain to clean off, you must check it out.
> >>
> >> Jason "RX7 KLR" Isley
> >
> >
> >

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