That little 360 in front of the tower is about done... fixed the brakes
this morning... watts link needs a part but it's painted and temp welded to
get the car back right... got some body work to do... but ALL of that is
dirt cheap compared to scrapping up a car at the 6 mile marker.... I'm a
happy guy...
K
----- Original Message -----
From: "Glen Barrett" <speedtimer@charter.net>
To: "Keith Turk" <kturk@ala.net>; <land-speed@autox.team.net>
Sent: Saturday, September 02, 2006 9:50 AM
Subject: Re: The Burklands...
> 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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