Really nice guy to. Keith's assistance was much appreciated, and that kind
of help and camaraderie is what attracts many of us to LSR.
John Beckett, LSR #79
----- Original Message -----
From: "Keith Turk" <kturk@ala.net>
To: <land-speed@autox.team.net>
Sent: Wednesday, May 10, 2000 8:49 AM
Subject: New Folks and Cars
> Had a real treat this weekend.... fella Named Chuck and his Next door
> neighbor brought a car down to Maxton for the first time...
>
> Chuck is an older fella that had always wanted to go racing so he built
> himself a D gas Altered and Hauled it out to the Salt... and got Rained
out.
>
> So he came down to Maxton... got the thing through tech and was down on
the
> starting line and had never really sat in the car with all of his
equipment
> on.... I was down there with Will and kinda stopped what we were doing to
> help him get in the car and sort out how to but the belts on ...
amazing...
>
> I don't think we all realize how lucky we are to have this List to ask
> questions and listen to the others talk about the Basic's of Land Speed
> Racing... this poor guy was absolutely Clueless...(notice I didn't say
Dumb)
> he built the car in a Vacuum and had really never Paid attention to what
it
> takes to actually run a car.. there are so many things that we take for
> Granted that we Just Know as a result of our association with the sport...
> Sure was fun to give the guy a hand...
>
> Keith..... ( ain't this stuff Neat ) ( and Yes I thank each of you that
gave
> me the knowledge to help this guy out...)
>
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