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Re: waiting in line

To: Dick J <lsr_man@yahoo.com>
Subject: Re: waiting in line
From: "Thomas E. Bryant" <saltracer@awwwsome.com>
Date: Fri, 10 Oct 2003 07:49:24 -0700
I am with you on this one Dick. What is all the fuss about?

Tom, Redding CA - #216 D/CC

Dick J wrote:

> Dan Warner <dwarner@electrorent.com> wrote:... ...Run like rounds at the 
>drags. Special Construction, Vintage, Vintage Coupes, etc run in order.  ... 
>... Personally, I would rather go to staging when I want. 
>  
> For what it's worth,  I like it the way it is for two reasons.  First, like 
>Dan, I'd rather go to the staging area when I want to.  I don't run every 
>chance I get, I run when I feel like it, and if it's two times a weekend, or 
>four times a day, I like it that way.  I don't want my "window" to be when I'm 
>replacing a clutch, taking a nap, eating lunch, or whatever. 
>  
> Second, I think it is very entertaining, when I'm not racing, to be able to 
>watch a wide array of vehicles make their runs for the half hour or so that I 
>might feel like standing along the sidelines to watch.  It's cool to see a 
>50cc bike followed by a flathead roadster, by a B fuel streamliner, etc. 
>  
> My daddy used to say: "Don't fix something that ain't broke."  Fellas, this 
>ain't broke.  Look carefully at what you are doing before you light that fuse. 
> Once it blows, there ain't no turning back.
>  
> Dick J in East Texas





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