No place can ever usurp the magic of Bonneville, not even Lake Gardiner with
all its future promise can compete with the entrenched history.
The question reveals itself as two-part:
a., Could an additional race on the salt attract enough participants?
b., Is there enough growth in the sport to support additional events in
other parts of the nation?
Beyond that, there would rise another set of questions, but it occurred to
me (and to you as well as others) that the idea of "recreating" the
opportunity to "test and tune" might be a welcome
addition to the sport.
Would one of three sanctioning bodies pick it up? I would be surprised if
they did, so then what? A "for profit" (or loss) venture? Or would the
bigger surprise be a large enough contingent of committed speed freaks who
would turn a dream into reality?
>From my perspective, the sport is evolving in a variety of ways, how
tomorrow unfolds is the responsibility of the racer, the ones who make
manifest the dream of speed in a vehicle that will hopefully prove their
point. And in doing so, we who clap as they go by, are happy to have our
champions.
Be Vigilant,
"LandSpeed" Louise Ann Noeth
LandSpeed Productions
Telling Stories with Words and Pictures
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----- Original Message -----
From: "Marge and/or Dave Thomssen" <mdthom@radiks.net>
To: "Land-speed Racers" <land-speed@autox.team.net>
Sent: Wednesday, January 02, 2002 5:39 PM
Subject: Fw: Anotherr race date on the salt?
> Louise
> Maybe there would be some value in a race on concrete somewhere in the USA
> (central not completely necessary) similar to the ECTA with the same rules
> and the same distance so standardization of records could be established.
> Drag racing began the same way, but 1/4 mile was chosen as the most
> practical distance for starting and stopping on most airfields at a time
> when Bonneville first ran with relatively unlimited distance. Maybe a
> longer runway could be found to allow a 1-mile run, but it would only be
> good if it was a standardized record achievement. This is not to mention
> the huge organizational effort it would take on the part of a large group
of
> racers to get it going. Maybe there is a group of street racers outside
of
> this group that would want to run just to see how fast they could go
> (runwhachabrung) similar to the early days of landspeed and drag racing.
> Dave the Hayseed
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