Do mention to her that was an outstanding job of riding the scooter.... She
has more guts then I do.... I ain't driving down no Gravel road at 170 on
Two wheels....
amazing.... seriously Tell Nancy she done good....and Nope that Scooter
don't have a clue the gender of the rider... it will pitch either of you off
equally with No malice or for thought...
Keith
----- Original Message -----
From: "Jon Wennerberg" <jonw@up.net>
To: "'Joe Amo'" <jkamo@rap.midco.net>; "'Jim Dincau'" <jdincau@qnet.com>
Cc: "'Waldron, James'" <James.Waldron@CWUSA.COM>;
<land-speed@autox.team.net>
Sent: Tuesday, November 05, 2002 2:38 PM
Subject: RE: Records - Re: Wake up, honey -- we're home!
> Well, what we learned is that the rulebook (any of 'em, from any of the
> groups, I'd venture to guess) shouldn't be considered the definitive
source
> of information regarding records. It was a bummer to stand looking over
Dan
> Warner's shoulder as he leafed through his printout of records -- and see,
> as he turned to the page showing 250cc motorcycle records, at least four
or
> seven more than were listed in the rulebook. I just now took a first look
> (since we got home) at the records on the SCTA-BNI site, and the
"omissions"
> from the printed rulebook are (now) shown in a different color. So the
> omission we found has been noted -- and I don't know if the previous
website
> listing included them, so that only the printed rulebook had missing
> numbers, or if the missing numbers in the rulebook (being pointed out by
us,
> and maybe others) prompted the different color listings in the web list.
> And to respond to those who asked -- no, these are old records, not just
> something that happened at Speed Week 2002. We were there, so we knew
about
> things from then. That's one reason we brought her bike to race.
>
> Yeah, we were bummed, but obviously --- NO amount of staring at the REAL
> official list that Dan (and Tom Evans, in his turn, and others, too) held
> was going to change things to the way we wanted them.
>
> Lesson: If you're chasing a particular record, and if you have ANY
> questions about it, ask an official -- don't seize upon a particular bit
of
> data (or lack thereof) and assume stuff. No hard feelings from us -- hey,
> it got Nancy into a frame of mind where she A: let me order a few more
speed
> items for her bike that we hadn't earlier considered; and B: she found the
> gumption to ride my bike at speed.
>
> If a disappointment leads to having a spouse that's even more willing than
> ever to let me go racing -- Do it again!
>
> Jon E. Wennerberg
> Seldom Seen Slim Land Speed Racing
> #436 M/PS/G 1340 CC
> 2001: 200.471 mph - 2002 GOAL: 220.554++mph
> Marquette, Michigan 49855
> (That's Way Up North)
>
> -----Original Message-----
>
> Subject: Re: Records - Re: Wake up, honey -- we're home!
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