Keith
By chance I was at the 4-1/2 mile instead of the timing stand when Tom made
the 410 mph terminal speed run and it was awesome as always. I get to see so
many great runs from the tower but being down that far was great. That's
want Bonneville is all about, speeds, sounds and the smell of nitro. Oh !
watching the girley Camero get a 360 degree view of the salt flats if front
of the tower.
Everyone puts on a super show each year and the new and old friendships
grow. The long wait between Speedweeks draws everyone closer each year.
Hope to see a few at the World finals in a few weeks.
Glen
----- Original Message -----
From: "Keith Turk" <kturk@ala.net>
To: <land-speed@autox.team.net>
Sent: Saturday, September 02, 2006 6:41 AM
Subject: The Burklands...
>I was just re-living the pass of the Burklands streamliner at speedweek...
> Tom will never really appreciate what it's like to sit at the 3 mile
> marker
> and watch that thing go down course...
>
> Twice now I've had the opportunity to watch Tom go over 400mph... think
> about
> that for a minute... it's not 100 or two... let alone 3... it's 4 bills,
> Twin
> hemi's at full song... Nothing quite like it...
>
> One of the best parts is going by their pit later and enjoying how it
> tickles
> them to have a successful run like that... and to win the Hot Rod Trophy
> to
> them was like winning the lotto...
>
> Sure wish we could be there for the next runs in Oct.
>
> Keith ( and Tonya finally got to see what I've been talking about... there
> is
> just something about that car and family that works )
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