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21. Ed Roth death (score: 1): Author: Wester S Potter <wspotter@jps.net>; Date: Fri, 06 Apr 2001 19:29:17 -0700; Car designer Ed Roth dies in Manti Rat Fink creator helped to define hot-rod culture -- By Paul Chavez Associated Press writer Los Angeles -- Ed "Big Daddy" Roth, the outlaw genius whose fantastic c; /html/land-speed/2001-04/msg00130.html (9,781 bytes)
22. Ed Roth Obit. (score: 1): Author: Wester S Potter <wspotter@jps.net>; Date: Sat, 07 Apr 2001 09:00:33 -0700; Obituary for Edward Roth; Click on ... http://deseretnews.com/dn/view_ob/1,1588,210002777,00.html This one would have been submitted by his family. Wes /// /// land-speed@autox.team.net mailing list; /html/land-speed/2001-04/msg00137.html (6,354 bytes)
23. Re: octane and go (score: 1): Author: Wester S Potter <wspotter@jps.net>; Date: Sat, 07 Apr 2001 20:55:13 -0700; Put on your fire suit, go sit in the Stude and visualize August on the salt! Wes /// /// land-speed@autox.team.net mailing list ///; /html/land-speed/2001-04/msg00147.html (7,135 bytes)
24. Re: Tilton Clutch stuff (score: 1): Author: Wester S Potter <wspotter@jps.net>; Date: Mon, 09 Apr 2001 21:56:25 -0700; Like the salt flats, everyone has their own way of getting started. The timing is down the track, you're not worried about an et . . . the top speed is the only concern. I've seen a supercharged Chr; /html/land-speed/2001-04/msg00182.html (8,812 bytes)
25. Re: Flathead camero (score: 1): Author: Wester S Potter <wspotter@jps.net>; Date: Tue, 10 Apr 2001 09:01:56 -0700; Some of the local USFRA guys tried running a flathead in a late '60's Dodge Dart in the late '70's.. They were nixed by the SCTA inspectors ... told it was technically legal but not in the proper "sp; /html/land-speed/2001-04/msg00200.html (7,185 bytes)
26. Re: Pierson Coupe/speed tests (score: 1): Author: Wester S Potter <wspotter@jps.net>; Date: Tue, 10 Apr 2001 09:16:29 -0700; That area used to be relatively open country and unpopulated when Bob was doing that ... today you'd probably have problems going the legal speed limit at any time, 24/7 on the same streets. My daugh; /html/land-speed/2001-04/msg00202.html (7,435 bytes)
27. Re: Burns & Wright & Frank... (score: 1): Author: Wester S Potter <wspotter@jps.net>; Date: Thu, 12 Apr 2001 22:16:25 -0700; Ask Cris Shearer about Jon Whyte (sp) and his streamlined liner. Wes /// /// land-speed@autox.team.net mailing list /// To unsubscribe send a plain text message to majordomo@autox.team.net /// with n; /html/land-speed/2001-04/msg00273.html (8,050 bytes)
28. Re: How we got here (score: 1): Author: Wester S Potter <wspotter@jps.net>; Date: Fri, 13 Apr 2001 08:51:18 -0700; And just a bit more, ... the Studebaker coupe that Courtney Hizer would provide engines for was out of Vancouver, WA and had been running on the salt since 1958-9. About Desert Storm time, it was und; /html/land-speed/2001-04/msg00284.html (9,521 bytes)
29. Re: How we got here (score: 1): Author: Wester S Potter <wspotter@jps.net>; Date: Fri, 13 Apr 2001 22:41:14 -0700; Was that before he moved to Heber Springs? Wes /// /// land-speed@autox.team.net mailing list /// To unsubscribe send a plain text message to majordomo@autox.team.net /// with nothing in it but /// /; /html/land-speed/2001-04/msg00303.html (8,187 bytes)
30. Re: How we got here (score: 1): Author: Wester S Potter <wspotter@jps.net>; Date: Fri, 13 Apr 2001 22:55:29 -0700; That was an interesting crew ... Stringfellow, Stringfellow and Kirk. They sure make that stretched 280Z move down the salt. Don apparently is the Banks distributor in the lower mid-west area. Jim K; /html/land-speed/2001-04/msg00304.html (9,172 bytes)
31. 2001 Rule Books (score: 1): Author: Wester S Potter <wspotter@jps.net>; Date: Fri, 13 Apr 2001 23:05:13 -0700; If you have not heard, the new rule books are available. Still $7 plus postage and handling ... last I knew it worked out to about $10.25 with all the handling costs ... shipped express mail in one; /html/land-speed/2001-04/msg00305.html (6,596 bytes)
32. Re: Burns & Wright World Record Vincent Black Lightning (score: 1): Author: Wester S Potter <wspotter@jps.net>; Date: Sat, 14 Apr 2001 09:29:53 -0700; In September of 1948, Rollie Free set a world record of 150.313 on the first Vincent Black Lightning bike during runs on the Bonneville Salt Flats. Herb Harris of Austin TX, the current owner of that; /html/land-speed/2001-04/msg00316.html (9,922 bytes)
33. Re: How we got here (score: 1): Author: Wester S Potter <wspotter@jps.net>; Date: Sat, 14 Apr 2001 15:33:24 -0700; The son (Donnie) did a heck of a job driving when he got into the Two Club. His dad was just as happy as he was. Wes /// /// land-speed@autox.team.net mailing list /// To unsubscribe send a plain tex; /html/land-speed/2001-04/msg00319.html (7,966 bytes)
34. Re: one offs (score: 1): Author: Wester S Potter <wspotter@jps.net>; Date: Sun, 15 Apr 2001 12:38:57 -0700; Doug, Bobby would have been back on the salt the following year if his schedule had permitted it. I saw him at SEMA three years ago and he spent twenty minutes telling favorite salt stories. His inte; /html/land-speed/2001-04/msg00341.html (10,391 bytes)
35. Re: one offs (score: 1): Author: Wester S Potter <wspotter@jps.net>; Date: Sun, 15 Apr 2001 15:23:53 -0700; More on one off's... Then there's Brett Harris (never heard of him?)... showed up on Saturday morning in 1994, made his licensing runs, ran later that afternoon on a record qualifying run and backed; /html/land-speed/2001-04/msg00342.html (9,909 bytes)
36. Re: one offs (score: 1): Author: Wester S Potter <wspotter@jps.net>; Date: Sun, 15 Apr 2001 17:04:13 -0700; Actually Doug that was at World of Speed and I have pictures of the huge smile to prove it. Gary and I have talked since the event ... he would be there every year if his schedule permitted. Some "sm; /html/land-speed/2001-04/msg00347.html (8,596 bytes)
37. Re: One Offs (score: 1): Author: Wester S Potter <wspotter@jps.net>; Date: Mon, 16 Apr 2001 09:09:26 -0700; How about Paula Kelly (I think her name as or am I confusing the name with the singer with the Modernaires?) Anyway, there was a Hollywood stunt driver who came out to be the fastest woman one year.; /html/land-speed/2001-04/msg00371.html (8,226 bytes)
38. FW: One Offs/ with the whole comment (score: 1): Author: Wester S Potter <wspotter@jps.net>; Date: Mon, 16 Apr 2001 09:19:10 -0700; How about Paula Kelly (I think her name as or am I confusing the name with the singer with the Modernaires?) Anyway, there was a Hollywood stunt driver who came out to be the fastest woman one year.; /html/land-speed/2001-04/msg00372.html (7,312 bytes)
39. Re: one offs.... "One HIT wonders" of salt racin' (score: 1): Author: Wester S Potter <wspotter@jps.net>; Date: Mon, 16 Apr 2001 09:27:39 -0700; A. J. made a pass in the Pierce Arrow, carbon fiber replica that was brought to the salt by Dee Howard from Texas. Sonny Rossi had prepared the car. A. J. burned up the clutch on the first pass if I; /html/land-speed/2001-04/msg00373.html (8,057 bytes)
40. Re: Rent a ride's (score: 1): Author: Wester S Potter <wspotter@jps.net>; Date: Mon, 16 Apr 2001 20:37:41 -0700; The plan had been to use compressed natural gas as the fuel ... some tie in with the Natural Gas Industry ... alternative fuels type thing last I heard. They were arranging for a fuel truck to come o; /html/land-speed/2001-04/msg00406.html (8,390 bytes)

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