Well said Wes. She was a neat Lady. I was her "cheering squad" in 1996 when she
was going for the 150 Club, and again when she drove Bill's Opel. A great loss.
Ed
Wester S Potter wrote:
> 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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