Jack, I dunno about getting to the track first but it sure helps to get
a good pit space, lol...
mayf..
NT788@comcast.net wrote:
>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
>
>-------------- Original message --------------
>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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