Ed,
Don't you realize the boy was too busy changing heads to think
straight?
Give the poor, confession-prone kid a break.
Speedy Regards,
"LandSpeed" Louise Ann Noeth
LandSpeed Productions
Telling stories with words and pictures
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----- Original Message -----
From: "Ed Van Scoy" <edvs@uswest.net>
To: "Keith Turk" <kturk@ala.net>
Cc: <land-speed@autox.team.net>
Sent: Monday, October 02, 2000 9:10 AM
Subject: Re: ECTA Points Race
> Keith,
> How come you didn't put up the protest fee & make him pull a head?
Jusst getting
> to the motor on most motor home is enough to make most people
decline the
> record! Are you getting soft in your old age :)
> Ed
>
>
> Keith Turk wrote:
>
> > Had an interesting deal this weekend in the Ole points race... and
I am sure
> > there are many answers to the situation...
> >
> > Heres the Scoop.... Scottie Guthrie and I have been Kinda Head to
Head all
> > Year... and Scottie has a Bazzillion Records he can Run on with 3
different
> > Motorcycle entries... Not that Scottie would sand bag or
anything... but
> > The Man invented the System... and works it like a Fine tuned
instrument....
> > This of course leaves a Guy like me to work the system back.... So
I sand
> > bagged a Record at a VERY slow Speed ( okay 5mph might have been a
BIT TO
> > LOW.... but it's his Game)
> >
> > anyway one of our Fellow competitors decided that he really didn't
like the
> > running up in Class system that we have out here... and decided my
Sand
> > bagging wouldn't stand.... in other words he decided to run his
Motor Home
> > on a AA/F/CC coupe record.... Yep you read that right... his MOTOR
> > HOME....( personally I wanted to protest the Engine size or
Cushion
> > Placement...) anyway... I simply went out and did it again in a
Different
> > Class...
> >
> > It's hard for some folks to understand how or why our system is as
it is...
> > but Here is Keith's Personal Take on the Points deal.... the ECTA
is A
> > newer organization and in the begining just to put records on the
Books we
> > allowed folks to run in any class above theirs to set a record...
and
> > allowed Multipul Classes at a given event... Guys like Scottie
Guthrie Paid
> > Lots and Lots of Money in entry fees which Absolutely kept the
Gates open...
> > and For this I am Personally Grateful... ( not enough to hand him
the Points
> > race mind you...)
> >
> > anyway Maybe it's time we Grew out of our old system and started
looking at
> > a New System based on a Run in Class against a Minimum System....
Until
> > then I am going to Play the game to the Best of My Ability and I
am damn
> > sure not going to hide the fact that I am doing it....
> >
> > Keith Turk ( So Al Special.... and Current Points Leader I
think.... ( you
> > sort out which Class Scott Ran in this weekend on his 40 Plus
Passes)
>
>
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