Henry,
I remember a "Bud" at the salt in '59 and '60 (I think) that was Bub Hare.
Could this be the person to whom you refer?
Skip H
At 07:30 PM 1/30/01 , you wrote:
>I went up to Chico, CA today to visit my long-time racing motorcycle mentor
>Craig Hanson, (Hanson Racing Technology) mainly to get some ideas on how to
>proceed with the design for my bike's frame, and also to explore some ideas
>for streamlining. So, while I'm there this old guy, "Bud", in his seventies
>comes in and they're talking a little bit about little honda motorcycle
>stuff, then the guy picks up some parts and leaves. Craig later tells me
>that Bud ran a Crocker speedway bike at Muroc in 1939, and has seen a
>picture of him there. Anyway, I missed a chance to talk to someone that was
>there way back when. Bud lives up in the area and does some kind of machine
>work for my friend, but most of his life he lived in Santa Barbara. Next
>time I'm up that way I'll have to see if I can drop by Bud's shop and maybe
>get a look at that picture, or maybe hear a little bit about running bikes
>at Muroc before the war.
>
>Henry Deaton
>SF, CA
>Electric LSR Motorcycle
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