Oh, so you want me to tell the teddy bear story, OK.
Well during our September exodus from Wendover and in an effort to avoid the
treacherous I-80 in Wyoming we headed South on Hwy 6 to Green River. So
about three or four hours out we see Keith's truck and trailer in a pull off
on the side of the road. Well we figure we need to see if he's alright.
Since Lionel doesn't have a trailer he turns around and goes back.
There Keith is, parked, doors locked, motor running, lights on, stacking
Z's by the cord. And we like to add, hugging his teddy bear. Makes the
visual picture complete. Just exhausted after his LSR marathon. But no diet
coke or cigarette, good boy Keith.
----- Original Message -----
From: "Keith Turk" <kturk@ala.net>
To: "Bill Bennett" <benettw@earthlink.net>; "Wester S Potter"
<wspotter@jps.net>
Cc: <land-speed@autox.team.net>
Sent: Thursday, October 05, 2000 7:05 PM
Subject: Re: Walter Mitty Goes to the WOS
> I gotta tell ya... I had a REALLY Crappy Day in the Business.... you just
> made it wonderful Bill... Thank you for the Kind words..
>
> This is simply the way I see our Sport and it comes to me honestly... Lots
> of folks did the same with me in the begining.... I want to share a bit
of
> this Credit to guys Like John and Lionel and Joe ... Bill Mackey and the
> Rest of our yahoo Regulars for setting up that Method of doing business...
> You don't reckon Guys Like Tom Bryant and the rest of those folks out west
> aren't the same exact way? It's a Great sport....
>
> Keith ( okay now whoever it was that started the Teddy Bear Story ...Step
up
> and take your medicine... John... you better handle your side of this
Little
> Story.... and Leave my Teddy alone.... LOL)
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Bill Bennett" <benettw@earthlink.net>
> To: "Wester S Potter" <wspotter@jps.net>
> Cc: <land-speed@autox.team.net>
> Sent: Thursday, October 05, 2000 5:45 PM
> Subject: Re: Walter Mitty Goes to the WOS
>
>
> > Wes I have said from the very first time meeting Keith that he reminds
> > me of John Force. Very excitable when things go right. Years ago John
> > Force after winning a final round would spout out 100 words before
> > taking a breath. Then start gasping for air between words. I also have
> > found another similarity between the 2. John Force is one of the few
> > that would actual take time to stop and talk to fans between rounds
> > while others would walk around with there heads up in the clouds or
> > some other dark cavern. This weekend was a great demonstration of
> > Keith's personality. While we were elbow deep trying to swap heads on
> > the girlie Camaro no less than a dozen times people would stop by just
> > to say hello. That they were there for the first time after reading
> > the Hot Rod article. They weren't given a glance and a brush off but
> > rather Keith would stop what he was doing, shake their hand, and
> > welcome them, some times chatting for long periods of time. He took
> > the time to actually be interested in what they had to say and answer
> > their questions in depth. No one would have known that Keith was in
> > the middle of a heated points battle, trying to get a decent run laid
> > down that weekend, the way he was leisurely chatting with everyone
> > stopping. Mentally he might have been a wreck, but physically he
> > wasn't showing it. Made me proud to be hanging around someone like
> > that this weekend.
> >
> > Bill Bennett
> > (Wondering what little Brown Teddy Bears have to do with Land Speed
> > Racing)
> >
> > ----- Original Message -----
> > From: "Wester S Potter" <wspotter@jps.net>
> > To: "Keith Turk" <kturk@ala.net>; "jon amo"
> > <webmaster@landracing.com>; "DOUG ODOM" <popms@thegrid.net>
> > Cc: "Joe Amo" <jkamo@rapidnet.com>; "Joe Timney" <joetimney@dol.net>;
> > <land-speed@autox.team.net>
> > Sent: Thursday, October 05, 2000 10:33 AM
> > Subject: Re: Walter Mitty Goes to the WOS
> >
> >
> > > Keith,
> > > If you ever get as "antsy" as John Force you'll know why that suit
> > of his
> > > doesn't get washed. If there was ever a classic example of ADHD in
> > an adult
> > > and needing Ritalin, John Force is it. He could never run seven
> > miles at
> > > Bonneville. His attention span isn't that long. I sat near him at
> > the SEMA
> > > show one year for thirty minutes and had to go get a drink of water
> > and calm
> > > myself just because I had watched him. The man is the embodiment of
> > the
> > > term hyper-active.
> > > Wes
> > >
> > >
> > >
> >
> >
> >
>
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