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Re: NON LSR --Bonneville religious Experience

To: "Bill Smith" <WmTSmith@landracing.com>, <land-speed@autox.team.net>
Subject: Re: NON LSR --Bonneville religious Experience
From: "Keith Turk" <kturk@ala.net>
Date: Wed, 17 Apr 2002 19:11:23 -0500
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> From: Bill Smith <WmTSmith@landracing.com>
> To: land-speed@autox.team.net
> Subject: Re: NON LSR --Bonneville religious Experience
> Date: Wednesday, April 17, 2002 7:06 PM
> 
> KT,
> 
> It is a religious experience to out on the Salt when the sky is just
going light 
> pink in the East and you are headed to the compound area!!!!!! wmts
> 
> 
> 
> ---- Original Message ----
> From:         Keith Turk
> Date:         Wed 4/17/02 0:07
> To:           gary baker, landspeedracer, list
> Subject:      Re: Traction Control
> 
> Gary.... my problem with this is WHY NOT?
> 
> Okay it's in the Rule book.... But why is it in the rule book... I
thought
> we were racing cars... and searching for the outer limits of our
classes...
>   
> 
> I guess someone is going to tell me that Traction control is a Safety
> issue.. that is the single reason I can come up with.... I don't find it
to
> be accurate... but it was the ending reason last time we had this
> discussion...
> 
> Unless I misunderstand the concept of Bonneville... entirely... which I'm
> finding to be the case.... it's about Going as fast as you can within a
> certain set of rules...  Yes it happens to be an amateur organization...
> and all volunteer which we all applaud.... BUT... does that change the
> focus?... does that mean we have to artificially limit the speed of the
> cars to XXX.... because we are not professional racers?   I'm totally
lost
> on that...  Are we going to see restrictor plates Next?
> 
> Why can't we have traction control on our cars?   Someone tell me... is
it
> because it doesn't work?.... is it because we are testing Drivers???  (
now
> that is Silly )  This is about Man... AND MACHINE.... 
> 
> Everyone here on this list and who show's up in the pits at Bonneville
has
> their own perspective on the place.... to each of us it means something a
> bit different... For me personally it's almost a religious experience to
> race at a place where all my hero's have been... to be part of the quest
> for speed... to be a small part of the History of the Bonneville salt
> flats....  I feel privileged to have the honor of racing there.... Some
day
> I'll put my name in the record books... But even if I never accomplished
> that.... I feel like I'm part of it... what more could I ask for in
life...
> 
> Keith ( this is where we can have disagreements on the HOW's with dignity
)
> 
> Impound?  Bill isn't that up by the snack stand....I get so lost out
there searching for these places I've never been...  Maybe I can get
someone to draw me a Map one day and I'll go by and Visit with Dan.....
isn't he the guy that hangs out up there?  oh nevermind.... 

Keith

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