I say somewhere in colorado or something..
Jonathan Amo (from Denver, Co)
Scott Christensen wrote:
>Hey Bill,
> Who decided that Texas is a "central" location?........a bunch of
>Texans? LOL!!! The strip sounds promising though, but another
>question......how much would a person have to re-tune for the difference in
>track lengths? 8000' vs 3mi or 5mi? Maxton guys would eat it up
>though...right KT? serious food for thought.........
> Scott in big sky{land of ice}
>
>
>>From: Bill Smith <wmTSmith@landracing.com>
>>Reply-To: Bill Smith <wmTSmith@landracing.com>
>>To: landspeedracer@msn.com, kturk@ala.net, lanoeth@earthlink.net,
>>land-speed@autox.team.net
>>CC: mpittwood@compuserve.com
>>Subject: Re: TEXAS SHOOTOUT left coast vs right coast
>>Date: Thu, 3 Jan 2002 09:45:36 -0700 (MST)
>>
>>Skip suggested the TEXAS SHOOTOUT maybe in early spring late FEB or March
>>the
>>weather is nice I have a small possibility that may be developing. wmts its
>>at 200
>>msl and has 8000'paved with a 3000' dirt overrun that falls within the 1%
>>gradient
>>wmts
>>
>>---- Original Message ----
>>From: landspeedracer
>>Date: Thu 1/3/02 16:03
>>To: Keith Turk, Louise Ann Noeth, Land-speedRacers
>>Cc: Malcolm Pitwood
>>Subject: MID West Meet vs. another race date on the salt
>>
>>Yeah Keith, this would be a cool deal. A single East meets West event with
>>a
>>central location may attract more racers than a extra meet on the Salt.
>>And
>>I think everybody would have a great time. Perhaps a three day event to
>>make
>>it worth the trip. Common rules and classes. Perhaps separate records like
>>Muroc or not depending on course surface, length, altitude etc. Perhaps a
>>perfect place to put World, short course, Records to the test. Absolutely
>>NO
>>FIA.
>>
>>This would also eliminate any problems that may arise with salt conditions
>>and having another event at Bonneville. The problem would be sufficient
>>volunteers to make it happen. September or July? Or?
>>
>>As for history we can make our own
>>
>>John Beckett
>>
>>
>>>Course you all know who is really plugging this.... I would love to have
>>>
>>an
>>
>>>East Meets West Event... in the middle of the country where those of us
>>>that run the Dry Lakes and Maxton can meet and have us a Grand ole
>>>
>>time....
>>
>>>and of course if the ECTA sponsored such a meet the ECTA Two Club would
>>>
>>be
>>
>>>part of the Prize for those that could set a record over Two bills....
>>>
>>>To me that sounds like just to much fun.... Clean... neat... no salt to
>>>content with and scheduled correctly it might make a Nice Bonneville
>>>
>>Tune
>>
>>>up meet.... or a good end of the year meet.... if the location was
>>>
>>about
>>
>>>1/2 way then none of us would have the Too Far excuse to bank on....
>>>mostly it would be about FUN.... sounds great to me.... depending on the
>>>location it might make for some real fast times.
>>>
>>>I know the West Coast boys have looked at Vandenburg and it's Killer
>>>Runway... Think about the advantages..... the only disadvantage would be
>>>the lack of History associated with the Dry Lakes.... but they wouldn't
>>>
>>go
>>
>>>away... this might just relieve a bit of the over crowding there?
>>>
>>>.... think about it.... 500+ runs in a single meet....
>>>
>>>Keith
>>>
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