I didn't get anywhere with the Trip home.... Took me like 3 and a half
days... which is a Ton for that trip for me... I was just mentally and
physically exhausted... and I refuse to drive when I am tired... ( I have
seen First hand what that can do..) if I am not alert I will pull over and
sleep a couple of hours rather then drive tired....
at least Now I have Proof that I do that....K
----- Original Message -----
From: "John Beckett" <landspeedracer@email.msn.com>
To: "Keith Turk" <kturk@ala.net>; "Bill Bennett" <benettw@earthlink.net>;
"Wester S Potter" <wspotter@jps.net>
Cc: <land-speed@autox.team.net>
Sent: Thursday, October 05, 2000 7:16 PM
Subject: Re: Walter Mitty Goes to the WOS
> 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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