Rick,
Sorry for delayed response, been on vacation. We are going to try to
recapture the Bonneville 1350 APS-BF record now held by Charlie Toy at
225.179. If that happens then an attempt at Jon Minonno's 235.295 top speed
for a nonstreamliner. We should have tried harder when Dave Campos held the
record at 231+ in 1974.
We will also try to get the 1350 APS-BF El Mirage record back that you broke
last month.
Jim
----- Original Message -----
From: "Rick" <TurboRick@TurboRick.com>
To: "Jim Bickford" <jbickford@volcano.net>; <land-speed@autox.team.net>
Sent: Tuesday, November 28, 2000 3:32 PM
Subject: Re: Occupation
> Jim what records are you going to recapture ?? :-)
>
> Rick
>
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Jim Bickford" <jbickford@volcano.net>
> To: <land-speed@autox.team.net>
> Sent: Friday, November 24, 2000 7:59 AM
> Subject: Occupation
>
>
> > Jim Bickford, born 12/29/48 in Sacramento, California. Now living in
> > Jackson, CA., which is in the Mother Lode Gold country of the Sierra
> > foothills 50 miles east of Sacramento. Married to my lovely wife Susan
31
> > years with one son Gary 30 years old. After 4 years of service in the
Air
> > Force have been working 28 years for Pacific Gas & Electric Company
> > presently supervising 7 fleet repair garages in the Central Valley from
> > Stockton to Merced.
> >
> > Been involved in racing since the age of 8, from go karts, motorcycles,
> > midgets and sprint cars. Started racing motorcycles at Bonneville in
1978
> > as builder/tuner with partners Ted Gansberger and Les Ranger. Won the
1984
> > El Mirage season championship. In 1992 began construction of a H/BFS
which
> I
> > raced until August 1998 when I blew it over in the middle mile at 280
mph.
> > Thanks to tech inspectors Rich Manchen, Mike Cook and Fred
Dannenfelzer's
> > attention to detail, I am still here today.
> >
> > This year to keep idle hands busy, Les and I ran the motorcycle again at
> > Bonneville. Next year we plan to run the full season with the bike. We
> have
> > a few records to recapture and then another streamliner.
> >
> > Jim Bickford
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