Otto
I am beyond being offended at my age. It's just that JD, Dan Aand I go thru
many hours to make sure. I have been around it so long I welcome comments of
any nature, hell man you should hear what goes on behind off line.
Some of the PM's should be censored. LOL
Glen
----- Original Message ----- a
From: <Askotto@aol.com>
To: <speedtimer@charter.net>
Cc: <land-speed@autox.team.net>
Sent: Thursday, January 04, 2007 4:42 PM
Subject: Re: speedweek timing tag
> In a message dated 1/4/2007 4:11:51 P.M. Mountain Standard Time,
> speedtimer@charter.net writes:
>
> JD
> If they only knew how many hours we spend each year to make sure
> everything
> is correct, record certs, timing tags, trophys and plaques, the results
> etc.
> Not one of us want to send something out wrong. Thats not how we do
> things,
> Everything is a big deal.
> Glen
>
>
>
>
> Gee Glen, I didn't mean to offend you by treating it lightly! I'm Sorry.
>
> Here's the scenario. I ran 218 on the short course during an "easy"
> licensing pass. ( I was sup post to go 175-200! ) We heard it announced
> and the
> timing slip said the same thing. This is the speed that was engraved on
> the timing
> tag. I ran on the long course a couple days later and turned the 223. You
> announced the speeds correctly and my crew wrote them down. The safety
> guys at
> the shutdown drove up and handed me a piece of paper with the 223 speeds
> on
> it just like my crew had. When we got to the timing slip tent they didn't
> have
> a timing slip for the run, didn't know who I was and accused me of
> trespassing. (Kidding)
>
> I also noticed when the results were published, the 223 run was missing
> but
> the 218 run was.
>
> Somehow from the time the speeds dribbled off your silver tongue to being
> officially recorded, they were lost, forever....
>
> That's OK, the therapy has been helping a lot and I hardly drool on myself
> anymore since the mix up. LOL
>
> The reason I said "No big deal" is because to me the accolades are
> secondary. I have so many trophies from Bikes and cars that I use them for
> hammers! To
> me the reward is building and driving the cars. The time and effort that
> goes into designing and building the car all comes together when I hit the
> gas
> and head down the track. That's all I need.
>
> Of course a Red Hat someday would be very cool!!! That's what I shoot for.
> The timing tags at anything less are failures.
>
> Otto
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