Howard;
Back in the mid-sixties, I worked at the National Radio Astronomy
Observarory (NROA) at Green Bank, WV and I owned a Royal Pontiac '65 GTO.
Among my modifications were two that saved me from something similar to what
you described. I removed the two chrome grill pieces from the GTO and placed
two #4537 aircraft landing lights (200,000 candlepower apiece) in chrome
housings inside the openings. I also added an air horn from a GI
duce-and-a-half truck under the front bumper.
One night coming back home from a drive, I noticed a car parked on the
shoulder on the opposite side of the road. I couldn't see past the glare of
its headlights but as soon as I passed, I switched the landing lights back
on-- just in time to see a herd of black angus cattle standing in the road.
I hit the brakes (sintered metallics) and the air horn at the same time and
sort of "blew a hole" through those cows. Close call!
Deer were (and still are) the main problem in WV. Even the NRAO director (a
sports car race driver) clobbered a deer on his way to the 300 foot
telescope.
Here in AZ, there is quite a bit of open range and it pays to be careful
about cattle or horses in the road. Up in Wyoming i noticed that antelope
seemed to be a problem. I swear antelope must be related to chickens-- they
inevitably run across the road in front of you for no apparent reason at
all!
Regards, Neil Tucson, AZ
-----Original Message-----
From: Nafzger [mailto:nafzger@vtc.net]
Sent: Monday, December 30, 2002 3:58 PM
To: Ed Van Scoy; Dick J
Cc: land-speed@autox.team.net
Subject: Re: Bonneville Road Race
Ed,
Those animals scare me. When my son and I were leaving the World of Speed in
1990 we nearly got a cow at speed with the truck and car hauler. We left
Wendover at about 4:30 AM and were about 20 minutes out of Wendover when we
had to perform several un- natural acts to prevent a wipe out.
Howard Nafzger
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