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PBS Ken Burns special on first cross counntry auto trip

To: <ECTALSR@yahoogroups.com>,
Subject: PBS Ken Burns special on first cross counntry auto trip
From: "Tom Shannon" <saltfevr@mail.sisna.com>
Date: Mon, 1 Nov 2004 08:51:10 -0700
Tom Shannon
Magna, Utah



---------- Original Message ----------------------------------
From: "Keith Turk" <kturk@ala.net>
Reply-To: "Keith Turk" <kturk@ala.net>
Date:  Mon, 1 Nov 2004 05:24:19 -0600

>This has always been John Beckett's deal.... his baby... and he has done an
>exceptional job of giving us a place to go land speed racing on the east
>coast...  and before anything further is said.... all of us that have raced
>there owe him thanks.... it's been a tremendous effort on his part... so
>John.... again I thank you for your efforts over the last 11 years... you have
>been a good friend to the sport and have earned a place in the sports
>history.
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>I guess the nicest compliment we can really pay John is to say.... geez what
>you have done here is really cool.... and worthy of an investment on our part
>to continue and perpetuate what you have done in the past.  Joe and I are
>doing just that... we aren't as much buying the ECTA as we are the equipment
>and name and simply forming a new Not for Profit corporation that is owned by
>the racers themselves.  We are just the instruments that will allow a smooth
>and continuous transition to a membership owned organization.
>
>KT:

Thanks for the expedited details. Good luck to all of you. Sounds like 
ECTA-LSR. will become an ORG?
I agree that John had the insight and made it happen for many right coasters. 
Does that mean free diet cokes now for all course workers? Deal me in! LOL

Tom Shannon
Magna, Utah 

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