Thanks Dick. You know, actually I meant to post that congrats on another
list I am on (Open-Road Racers), but it actually did sorta fit this
list....... I just about have Rick talked into B'Ville with this car
(C/MS). We can always use another Corvette on the salt...........
Ed
Dick J wrote:
> Hmmmmm, What I meant was congratualations ED.
> You're the man who did it all alone. Of course,
> congrats to Rick for the top speed too, but I
> sure didn't mean to leave Ed out.
>
> Dick J
>
> > > had to do is slow to over 144 for ten miles
> > and
> > > you would have been under
> > > the target speed. ???????????????
> > Wes, that's against all the laws of nature.
> > You
> > cant go as fast as you can go if you lift.
> >
> > ha ha ha
> >
> > In all seriouslness, that close to the mark
> > with
> > no navigator is extraorinary. Rick sure has
> > my
> > respect and congratulations.
> >
> > Dick J
> >
> >
> >
> > --- Wester S Potter <wspotter@jps.net> wrote:
> > > Ed,
> > > A miserable 6th? Lets put that in
> > perspective
> > > ... out of fourteen cars, you
> > > were one of three running without a
> > navigator,
> > > you averaged over the target
> > > speed by .6857 over almost ninety miles,
> > > traveling at an average speed of
> > > 145, on a two lane Nevada highway, with
> > > jackrabbits ... all you would have
> > > had to do is slow to over 144 for ten miles
> > and
> > > you would have been under
> > > the target speed. Pretty impressive I'd say.
> >
> > > You just need someone to read
> > > a stopwatch and GPU for you.
> > > Wes
> > > ----------
> > > > From: Ed Van Scoy <edvs@idt.net>
> > > > To: "land-speed@autox.team.net"
> > > <land-speed@autox.team.net>
> > > > Subject: Congrats to Rick
> > > > Date: Tue, 23 May 2000 08:54:30 -0700
> > > >
> > > >Congratulations to Rick Doria for setting a
> > > new Public Highway Land
> > > >Speed Record this last weekend at NORC -
> > 227
> > > MPH! Not bad for a little
> > > >small block!
> > > >Myself? I finished a miserable 6th place in
> > > the 145 class with an
> > > >average of 145.6857 mph. Oh well, always
> > next
> > > time...............
> > > >Ed
> > > >
> > > >
> > >
> > >
> >
> >
> >
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