You guys sure hit me at home with this discussion, after 1 trip to Maxton
last Oct my 8 year old daughter has now dubbed herself land speed mama, at
least has written it all over her school books.
p.s. dads a little tickled by this but mom may need a little work
Jim from Salem VA
no snow, no heat, no sun
-----Original Message-----
From: Louise Ann Noeth <lanspeed@west.net>
To: Keith Turk <kturk@ala.net>; dahlgren <dahlgren@uconect.net>; DOUG ODOM
<popms@thegrid.net>
Cc: Land-speed@autox.team.net <Land-speed@autox.team.net>
Date: Saturday, January 29, 2000 3:22 AM
Subject: Re: Youngsters
>Because I have been 50% deaf since childhood, the melodic sounds of a
finely
>tuned exhaust note were not only heard, but felt by this young girl. Many
of
>my tactile encounters are partnered with sound. Quite different than the
way
>most people "hear," my "listening" is a more involved process of sensing,
>interpreting and analyzing. It has driven people crazy over the years
trying
>to figure out how I understand so much about ICE's, rockets, jets and other
>propulsion energy devices.
>
>If my life depended on it, I could not translate my level of spatial
>comprehension to the satisfaction of an empirically trained engineer, but I
>can talk their language with relative ease. Always have, always will, no
>book learning required. I understand people like Preston Tucker, Red
Adair,
>Amelia Airheart, Madame Curie, et al. It is my opinion that these folks
>immersed themselves in the process and the process revealed itself to them.
>
>At age 7, when I first recollect becoming aware of engines, that
>"ruppety-rup-rupp-pup pup" that leaked out from the warped wooden boards of
>the garage across the street, it was as if the Pied Piper had taken up his
>flute, as if the moth detected the blazing bright bulb and I have been
>following the tune ever since.
>
>Crazy as hell, but it is a journey loaded with tales of many splendid
>trips -- fast trips usually, but even the ones that crawl along have given
>me cause to pause throughout my life.
>
>Best of all, the sounds that have given me the greatest joy have always
been
>brought to life by the most amazing people I have had the good fortune to
>know. When I stand in the pre-dawn quiet, all alone in the middle of the
>salt flats, I smile to myself thanking God for his gifts to me as the sun
>spills out over the Newfoundland mountain range and ignites the crystalline
>surface with colors galore.
>
>It is a great time to be alive.
>
>
>LandSpeed Louise
>
>-----Original Message-----
>From: Keith Turk <kturk@ala.net>
>To: dahlgren <dahlgren@uconect.net>; DOUG ODOM <popms@thegrid.net>
>Cc: Land-speed@autox.team.net <Land-speed@autox.team.net>
>Date: Thursday, January 27, 2000 3:57 AM
>Subject: Re: Youngsters
>
>
>My High school shop teacher was a guy Named Gary Densham..... I think he
>races funny cars now.....
>
>Not that I don't remember polishing aluminum on his car in auto shop and
>going to the next class with the smells of Nitro.... and yes that was an
>impetus to racing for a young kid.
>
>This thread is exactly what I was trying to start with my constant
harassing
>folks to do the Intro's... wanted to hear how we all got into cars in the
>first place.... for some reason I enjoy hearing the tales.... Keith
>----- Original Message -----
>From: dahlgren <dahlgren@uconect.net>
>To: DOUG ODOM <popms@thegrid.net>
>Cc: <Land-speed@autox.team.net>
>Sent: Thursday, January 27, 2000 5:23 AM
>Subject: Re: Youngsters
>
>
>> Real nice thought even if they never race a car in their life..Kinda
>> what is all about in the big picture..I remember working on Nascar
>> Modifieds as a very young boy and will never forget the 'chances' to get
>> a ride while they pulled it up on the trailer.. My neighbor had one that
>> Carl 'Buggsy' Stevens drove before he was famous. An injected SBC, at 12
>> I could do the air density stuff and come up with the right pill size
>> while my buddies were struggling with their 'hill buggies' LOL.. Those
>> sounds and smells are what got me in the racing business for life. All
>> started at the tender age of 8. Later in high school as a senior we had
>> a substitute auto shop teacher that claimed to drive a TF car. He had
>> pics and brought in the fire suit and we talked a lot about racing and
>> safety but all thought he was BS'ing us all. He finally brought it in
>> and fired it and did a short couple of burnouts in the parking lot. I
>> got the honor of priming the blower with alky to fire it while two
>> buddies wrestled with the starter.. A real hoot if there ever was one. I
>> thought we were going to break every window in the building.. Oh well
>> sorry to ramble but this thread reminded me of some nice days gone by
>> now..
>>
>> Dave Dahlgren
>>
>> DOUG ODOM wrote:
>> >
>> > Dick, Your message about your crew member in school made me think. I
>> > take our car down to the local high school auto shop once a year. The
>> > shop teacher makes arrangements with the other shops and even the math
>> > teachers to have a small assembly. The kids ask a lot of questions and
>> > are interested. We try and explain how much math and calculations it
>> > takes to run fast or for a record. The fact that an attractive woman on
>> > the team drives the car with the E motor in it and is in the 200mph
club
>> > brings extra interest from the girls. At lunch time the word has spread
>> > and a lot of non shop kids come down and take a look also. I think if
we
>> > can get some of the younger people interested more people will enjoy
the
>> > sport.
>> > The shop teacher will have one or two kids that are the top of
>his
>> > class and I'll let them come over to the shop on a weekend and help
with
>> > some little thing on the car. I'm no teacher, but if you show some kid
>> > how to make a fender brace with the shrinker - stretcher and you put
the
>> > part on the car that he made, you will see their eyes light up.
>> > Just a thought, Doug
>>
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