Well said, Bob.
Regards, Neil Tucson, AZ
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From: owner-land-speed@autox.team.net
[mailto:owner-land-speed@autox.team.net] On Behalf Of BWANA343@aol.com
Sent: Friday, February 03, 2006 10:20 AM
To: DavidAdin@mercydurango.org; land-speed@autox.team.net
Subject: Re: Movie Review
In a message dated 2/3/2006 12:09:51 P.M. Eastern Standard Time,
DavidAdin@mercydurango.org writes:
List; this morning I read a review by Roger Ebert of "The Worlds
Fastest
Indian" He describes "Bonneville, where millionaire drivers are
sponsored by
big corporations".
Well.
I know this describes my effort exactly. Today I must listen to
proposals from
three Fortune 500 companies, who want to get onboard. Hardly leaves
time
to
work on the car. RF
So I took the liberty of replying to Mr. Eberts feedback with the
following. I hope it meets with the approval with the majority of all
you
listards.....Bob, word nerd,W
Dear Roger,
In your review of this new movie starring Sir Anthony Hopkins you state
"In
Bonneville, where millionaire drivers are sponsored by big
corporations, no
one has ever seen anyone like Burt or anything like his ancient
machine."
In actuality ,the speed trials at Bonneville have been held for over a
half
century and the majority of participants are just regular guys and gals,
scraping up enough time and money to afford the annual pilgrimage to
this Mecca
of Speed. There are individuals wealthy enough to mount large-scale
attempts
with very sophisticated machinery, and occasional backing of cars by
publicity
seeking corporations that is generally frowned upon by the mostly
grass-roots
enthusiasts that attend year after year. The vast majority of the
racers
are seasoned hotrodders, many older retired types, chasing a dream, very
similar to Bert Munro.They are mostly from the west coast, but with a
healthy
entourage traveling in from all over the U.S. and even overseas.
This is the way most of the Land Speed Racing community likes it,
undiscovered, unpublicized, and historically ignored in sports
coverage, except in the
years when the outright LSR speed record is attempted or set.
Sincerely,Bob Wanner, LSR Guy, Southern California Timing Association
car
#343
Residing in Yorktown , NY
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