[Land-speed] 200 MPH Quest

[Jerry Foster]

Hey Dick............don't you want to go 300?  jerry


----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Benn" <benn at sonic.net>
To: "lsr list autox" <land-speed at autox.team.net>
Sent: Tuesday, November 30, 2010 11:18 AM
Subject: Re: [Land-speed] 200 MPH Quest


> Tell it, brother!
> Thanks for sharing your quest summary.
> Benn
>
> ----- Original Message ----- 
> From: "Dick J" <lsr_man at yahoo.com>
> To: "lsr list autox" <land-speed at autox.team.net>
> Sent: Tuesday, November 30, 2010 7:49 AM
> Subject: [Land-speed] 200 MPH Quest
>
>
>> Like many other LSR racers, I had one specific goal - - 200 mph.  I was 
>> just
>> looking through my "journal" and came up with some interesting 
>> statistics.
>>
>> It took me five years to reach my goal.
>> It cost $31,000 in car parts.
>> It took eleven trips to the races.
>> I didn't keep records on the cost of the trips to the races, but I'm sure 
>> it's
>> over $10,000.
>> I bought a truck and trailer, but since they see other service, I didn't 
>> even
>> figure them into the cost of the quest.
>> The fever started at 115, then progressed through 149, 151, 157, 158, 
>> 171,
>> 178, 194, 195, 199 and finally reached 200.
>>
>> Was it worth it?  Well, let me put it this way, every time I glance over 
>> at my
>> 200 hat hanging on the wall, a smile speads across my face that takes 
>> about an
>> hour to go away.  I will never forget the course workers jumping up and 
>> down,
>> giving me the thumbs up, and holding up the magic two fingers.  I will 
>> never
>> forget my wife jumping out of the tow truck at the finish line with a 
>> giant
>> smile and a 200 time slip.  Was it worth it?  Absolutely!
>>
>> DickJ
>> In East Texas