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Re: LSR Accident

To: land-speed@autox.team.net
Subject: Re: LSR Accident
From: John Szalay <john.szalay@att.net>
Date: Sun, 09 May 2004 14:04:08 -0400
At 12:48 PM 5/9/04 -0400, you wrote:
>  Local eccentric inventor and Land Speed Racing enthusiast Keith , "drive 
>the Bus", Hooper crashed and burned in his inaugural test run in Westchester 
>,NY. Hooper, who usually wears a helmet and rides a smaller bus, 


 Looks a lot like the "school bus" figure 8 race they have held several times
at the local stock car track,  the kids loved it.   a dozen worn-out yellow
school buses racing on a figure 8 ,  the first time they tried it, the buses
kept turning over,  heck of a bunch of crashes, but no real speed,
after that mess, they later wet the asphalt and applied a little soap 
(box of tide)  and then things got exciting.   slides and real racing, still 
a bunch of crashes, but its surprising how much impact a old school bus 
will take and keep running.. ( and no one got hurt)
 one driver was a regular school bus driver and proved to be hero to
her passengers when they found she was racing ..






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