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Re: Speed Week concerns

To: "wspotter" <wester6935@home.com>, <land-speed@autox.team.net>
Subject: Re: Speed Week concerns
From: "Richard Fox" <v4gr@rcn.com>
Date: Wed, 29 Aug 2001 16:08:34 -0700
What happened to the ballons that were in use for awhile?  Rich Fox
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From: wspotter <wester6935@home.com>
To: land-speed@autox.team.net <land-speed@autox.team.net>
Date: Wednesday, August 29, 2001 02:46 PM
Subject: Re: Speed Week concerns


>John,
>
>If you can come up with an affordable material we can use for a center line
>we would be happy to listen.  So far the costs involved with everything
that
>has been suggested are so prohibitive that we can't even consider them.
>Jack Costella would second your concerns over a line.  Another part of the
>problem is that with one line the drivers beat up the salt so bad over that
>narrow space that it rapidly becomes a hazard and needs to be moved.  Even
>had problems with that when they ran for endurance records in the 1930's.
>Ab Jenkins reportedly ran over 100 yards outside of his line as the salt
>went away on him.
>
>Always open to suggestions and solutions.
>
>Wes

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