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Subject: Fw: varity of classes
From: "Richard Fox" <v4gr@rcn.com>
Date: Thu, 11 Oct 2001 08:46:42 -0700
-----Original Message-----
From: Richard Fox <v4gr@rcn.com>
To: Dick J <lsr_man@yahoo.com>; Glenn Ridlen <gridlen@yahoo.com>; land speed
<land-speed@autox.team.net>
Date: Thursday, October 11, 2001 08:43 AM
Subject: Re: varity of classes


>Dick; I think this is a great idea. Maybe not the Kaiser, but if Glenn
could
>get 5 or 6 or ? of these things out to the salt they could run TO for
>SCTA/BNI but could chip in and award their own trophy within their group.
>Some of the other people who want new classes could do the same. Fuel
Sports
>cars come to mind. They could even publish their own book if they wanted.
If
>3 or more cars showed up more than once I would imagine BNI would start
>running the class. If one car shows up maybe not. Remember the year we had
a
>Competition Van class? Didn't last long.        Rich Fox
>-----Original Message-----
>From: Dick J <lsr_man@yahoo.com>
>To: Glenn Ridlen  <land-speed@autox.team.net>
>Date: Thursday, October 11, 2001 06:10 AM
>Subject: Re: varity of classes
>
>
>>It seems to me that if I pull the old Kaiser
>>coupe with the two diesel converted Allison
>>aircraft engines in the rear  running
>>transversely with chain drive out of the back
>>shed and show up at Bonneville with it, I may
>>find it difficult to put it in a class.  If I
>>pass safety and run it for T/O, and it does
>>really good, and next year seven of these things
>>show up, I'll bet there's a good chance that a
>>class will be established before too long.
>>
>>Using that approach, Grib, don't you know some
>>other guys who have NASCAR cars who would show up
>>and run T/O first, and demonstrate that there
>>really is an interest in such a class?  It seems
>>that it would be a lot easier to lobby for a
>>class on the basis of "We are all here racing and
>>we need a class.", rather than, "If you make a
>>class, they will come."
>>
>>
>>Just my thoughts.
>>
>>
>>Dick J

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