Bryan, I sure took your input as that, constructive input. I depend on war
stories to help facilitate a better understanding of the landracing world. This
list has gone a long, long way to bridging the gap of ignorance in this sport,
and
its all good, makes each and every trip that much better, understanding the
stories behind the names, and history of so many things.
Joe
"Bryan A. Savage Jr" wrote:
> Wes, List,
> I'm sorry if my note gave the impression that I was questioning the validity
> or trustworthiness of ANY of the people or groups that put on LSR events.
> I wouldn't do Glenn's job for any amount of money (well now that they have
> AC maybe) nor would I touch Dan's job with your 10 foot pole.
> I just thought having the facts available would be very educational for many
> of the Racers. Glenn talked to me years ago about some of the unusual
> problems such as "how do you buy a 5 mile piece of wire" .
> More significantly is the horrendous amount of time spent by some of the key
> people. Example: What company was hired to design and build the timing
> trailer ?
> If it weren't for the extraordinary efforts of a small group of people,
> these events would not happen.
> I just thought there might be a better way to inform newer folks than
> listen to war stories from people like me.
>
> Bryan Savage
>
>
> Wester S Potter wrote:
> >
> > Brian, List,
> > There is a breakdown of expenses given after World of Speed to each member
> > of USFRA who attends the monthly meetings ... primarily the workers who put
> > on the event. It's a need to know situation but I can assure you that the
> > expenses are carefully weighed before any money is spent and we work every
> > insider deal we can to save money. If the workers were paid $5 an hour for
> > the time they put in before, during and after a meet, the racers wouldn't be
> > happy to afford to pay the entry fees. As was mentioned a NASCAR rule book
> > is $800 ... How would you like to be paying the "racers" share of the salt
> > restoration project? Reilly wanted half a million from the racers at the
> > beginning of the negotiations. Just thank NHRA, SEMA, Wally Parks, Ray
> > Brock and others who came up with the money to pay the attorneys who saved
> > those charges with their research.
> > Wes
> >
> > From: "Bryan A. Savage Jr" <basavage@earthlink.net>
> > Reply-To: "Bryan A. Savage Jr" <basavage@earthlink.net>
> > Date: Thu, 14 Dec 2000 09:31:16 -0800
> > To: List Land Speed <land-speed@autox.team.net>
> > Subject: Entry Fees
> >
> > IMHO (again)
> > I believe that the presentation of a detailed financial report to the public
> > would stop all of the questions and dissension about entry fee's.
> > I have no idea why this hasn't been done in the past. If it's a lot of work,
> > there might be some folks that would volunteer to do the job. The Internet
> > makes a perfect environment for work and information sharing.
> > I think we could scrounge up software and/or hardware if that would be
> > necessary.
> > This is the type of thing the world class problem solvers on this list
> > could make short work of.
> >
> > There must be something that I don't understand here...
> >
> > Bryan Savage
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