Hello Dick , Wendy , and list : I think it is of interest
to many of us
where most all of the locations of organized, or sanctioned, speed trials ,
both
past and present , were, and are, presently, held . I , myself , have
two
questions ------- what / when were any events held in , or near
Moultrie, Georgia,
and what is the facility there , an airfield, or old military air base ?
Secondly, when talking about earlier years of dry lakes racing , it
seems
that most of the activities discussed are those of the ( best known )
sanctioning
body , the SCTA , our current group -------- but in days gone by ,
there was
also the Russetta organization , and another group , seldom mentioned in
recent
years , known as Cal / Neva . I have often wondered if this group
actually held
any events in Nevada ------- or only at Muroc , El Mirage , Rosamond ,
or
Harper's dry lakes ? I believe some of our ( slightly ) older members
have
much knowledge on this earlier era , and might be willing to share some of
the
facts and details on these events with all here on this list . Hopefully
, any
historical information forthcoming will also be readily stored in the files
of our own
" Land Speed Louise " Noeth, for use in her next ( ? ) book ------
the treatise
on the history of DRY LAKES RACING ! The space for that one is
already
reserved on my " all time best " shelf , Louise !
Waiting to hear from some of you longtime left - coast salt / dirt
runners or
wrenches or spectators that , like me , are old enough to remember Pearl
Harbor
-------- or wearing knickers ( !!! ) to school --------
Bruce F . --------- looking forward to meeting some of you at
El Mirage
in May .
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