Well could be. Exept in racing you have to get there first, or quickest. So its
a race to beat someones speed, like getting to the track first? Jack
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From: Wester Potter <wester6935@comcast.net>
> Jon.
>
> Is that a snow cave you are talking about?
>
> It is racing . . . against the clock!
>
> Just like ski racing is one competitor against the time clock.
>
> Land speed racing is one vehicle against the clock/computer/elapsed
> time measuring device.
>
> You are racing against a speed/elapsed time benchmark set by another
> competitor and trying to surpass that speed.
>
> It is the "Worlds Fastest Motorsport Event".
>
> Wes
>
>
>
> On Feb 11, 2008, at 1:44 PM, Jon Wennerberg wrote:
>
> > On Feb 11, 2008, at 3:37 PM, Ed Van Scoy wrote:
> >
> > You are right. The word "racing" never appears there..... So why
> > does my
> > insurance company think it's racing???
> > Ed
> >
> >
> >
> >
> > Ed, don't get me started on life insurance! I can't get life
> > insurance these days, even if I suggest they add a rider saying that
> > I'm not covered if I buy the farm while engaged in LSR. And worse
> > still -- don't I remember hearing that land speed racing with
> > motorcycles has a perfect -- ZERO -- fatality count over the last 60
> > years or whatever? What the heck do they want? How can you get any
> > better than perfect?
> >
> > Okay, back to my cave.
> >
> > Jon , tall guy with moustache
> > and two 200 MPH Club hats
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