Ron Christensen is really a great guy. I had only met him a few years back and
everyday I try to get up there at the radio with Ron. I unfortuanatly did not
ever meet Ellen.
Nothing like waking up and on our trip to the salt from the motel hearing Ron
bright and early doing his thing. He is truley an asset to the sport with his
radio broadcasting.
Jonathan
Nafzger wrote:
> Wes,
> If we loose the motor on the dyno next month I may be able to help. I'm
> rusty but did act as announcer at a track in Iowa years ago. (back when the
> rocks were cooling)
> Howard
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Wester S Potter" <wspotter@jps.net>
> To: <land-speed@autox.team.net>
> Sent: Tuesday, April 17, 2001 10:07 PM
> Subject: Bill Ward's "celebrity"
>
> > Someone mentioned that Bill Ward had a lady with terminal cancer drive the
> > Opel. That was Ellen Christensen. Not a one off salt racer at all. She
> > and her husband, Ron Christensen, had been the voices on the salt flats
> > radio for several years. Ron still does it, mostly on his own. Ellen set
> > records in their three cylinder turbocharged Chevy "Salted Peanut" and
> also
> > drove the Nissan 300 ZX that both she and Ron qualified in for the 150
> Club.
> > They each made two runs between 159.4 and 159.9 mph. We lost Ellen the
> > Spring after she drove the Opel ... 216 mph with an engine that was going
> > away. We really miss her sweet attitude and her jabs at Ron. Said she
> had
> > gone faster than he did because he had done so much more road racing and
> was
> > used to making turns. There was another engine in the works for the
> > following year that would have had her in the 2 Club I'm sure. "Cousin
> > George" Potter was looking over his shoulder at her speeds in a class he
> > wanted to run in.
> >
> > We need someone to help fill in on the air so Ron can run this year. Any
> > volunteers?
> >
> > Wes
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