Hello Fellow SCTA members,
Pretty soon all SCTA clubs will be voting for cars and people to enter the
Dry Lakes Racing Hall of Fame. I would like you to consider the Temple
Roadster for the Historical Vehicle.
Reason? According to Greg Temple it was the first car to get both Father
and Son into the El Mirage Dirty Two Club, and also got both Bill and Greg
into the Bonneville 200MPH Club. I purchased the car a couple of years ago
and have not changed anything on it, so I was thinking before I change
anything now would be a good time to suggest it for Historical Vehicle for
the Dry Lakes Racing Hall of Fame.
Here is an email I received from Greg after I bought the car:
-------------- Original message from "GREG TEMPLE" <gotcha11@msn.com>:
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Tom, the car was first run in 1974.Dad entered both 2 clubs in 1976 with
records in AA/BGR.Elmirage 201.79 and bonneville at 220.In 1977 I started
driving.I entered El mirage 2 club in 1979 @ 201.97.We were the first
father son in elmirage 2 club.We broke D/BFR at bonneville in 1981 @ 241
with top speed of 249.IN 1991 set the A/BFR @ 261 which was broke last
year by Duane Mckinney.Greg
From: desotoman@att.net
To: GREG TEMPLE
Sent: Sunday, November 27, 2005 12:47 PM
Subject: Re: history
Thanks, Greg. Back in the 80's was the car white and blue? If so when did
you change to red? Also has the number 208 always been the number on the
car? Thanks for your help. Tom
The car was originally white with a purple frame.the first time we ran it
it was #200 but found out someone else had the number and we had to
change,it was 208 ever since.we went to black frame early 80s for ease of
maintenance.I painted the car red in 1995 as they were complaining they
couldnt see white cars coming down the track.
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This car still holds the D/BFR record at Bonneville set back in 1981 with
Greg driving. The car last ran Bonneville in 2000 and the motor blew up.
Attached are some pictures of the car on the Salt.
Thanks for your consideration,
Tom Gerardi
PS. This is not for me, this is to honor Greg and Bill's accomplishments
over the years they ran the car. If you like this idea please forward this
email to other members of the SCTA and Members of the Dry Lakes Racing
Hall of Fame.
PPS. The pictures can be seen on Landracing.com under Misc posts.
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