Doug,
I guess what we are looking at here is just an honest difference of opinion.
If you are getting records against different stsndards, they should be
classified different. It dilutes th accomplishments of some to combine them.
I have stirred up enough conversation here, I guess I don't fit in to our
"feel good" society as well as some others do.
This is not a great big issue with me, Bryan and I know what we accomplished
and how we did it on a shoestring. There is room here for everyones opinion.
Howard
----- Original Message -----
From: <ARDUNDOUG@aol.com>
To: <land-speed@autox.team.net>
Sent: Tuesday, January 30, 2001 11:52 PM
Subject: Re: International Records
> In a message dated 01/30/2001 6:07:11 PM Pacific Standard Time,
> nafzger@vtc.net writes:
>
> << Doug,
> I was mulling over your comments while eating and I must say I am
somewhat
> confused and humbled by you kind comments about my stature in Land Speed
> Racing.
> #####################
> Howard,
> You and Savage were among the early racers to successfully incorporate
> motorcycle engines into streamliners. Your successes spawned a whole new
> generation of small-displacement "liners".................Doug King
> #######################
> I have spent a lifetime as a "tinkerer" with cars and have never held a
job
> that requires me to do any more than drive one.
> I do feel however that differences in the course, density altitude, etc.
> are just part of the moving target that make this sport such a challenge.
> #######################
> I feel that changes in courses due to Mother Nature and Riley Chemical
> are also part of the moving target of this sport. During the years when
> "three-pass" records cannot be done, the streamliners and lakesters that
> ideally need up to 11 miles of salt are penalized, while the cars that can
> "do their thing" in 5-7 miles escape with two runs instead of three for a
> record.
> If SCTA-BNI had decided to suspend racing rather than change the rules
to
> accommodate the deteriorating race course we wouldn't have run for several
> years. Doug
> #########################
> Conscious changes in the standards required to establish a record are
> another thing altogether. I understand why one way runs were established
at
> Bonneville. No one should be asked to risk the vehicle and maybe their
life
> just because of a standard. I'm just saying since the records were set
with
> a different standard of accomplishment, that should somehow be noted. A
> simple comment like " Records set after xx/xx/xxxx were two runs in the
same
> direction because of safety concerns based on salt condition".
> #########################
> That connotation would to me indicate that "classes-of-records" exist.
I
> totally disagree with that type of labeling. Until 2000 the few Bonneville
> records that I set were all done under the "old 3 pass system", and I
still
> would oppose it......Doug
> ###########################
> If that didn't happen it wouldn't upset me. I'm just venting a
frustration
> I have. Lot's of good points have come out in this discussion. Maybe some
of
> them will bear fruit.
>
> Howard
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