I agree absolutely.
How I got to be a SaltRat.
Jake and I went out to WOS one year, "just to see" and so forth.
Hellbellz, they have loud cars . . . .
As we are checking out the 130 club cars all lined up I see an old Dodge
or Desoto (late 40s vintage) lined up. The driver was sitting in the
car, overalls etc, so I snapped a photo. Just to be friendly, as the
driver kind of looked at me like a bug in a jar, I asked him how close
to 130 he was. . . . " 'bout half way . . ." in kind of a drawl.
This got to be sort of a joke for a little while, then it turned into a
HUGE inspiration.
We made it back, ran the 130 club and did it. And LOVED it.
Streamliner? Cool roadster? Megaponies? Nope, probably always be a
doorslammer cause the Colorado Highway Patrol won't let me drive a
'liner to work.
But I have to thank "Curmudgeon Racing" (I believe that was the fellow)
and all the "real racers" that would take a minute to answer questions
and rub elbows. All the folks are heroes to me!
David, pretending to be a racer, in Durango
Rat Bastard Racing
Sponsored by the Durango Home for Wayward Girls
-----Original Message-----
From: drmayf [mailto:drmayf@mayfco.com]
Sent: Wednesday, August 23, 2006 8:22 AM
To: Adin, David
Cc: land-speed@autox.team.net
Subject: Re: JCB oilburner story on Pistonheads
Sorry, but I feel a bit like sour graapes about now. Yes, the JCb
vehicle set the world record and did it well. All due to great "british"
engineering....and a boatload of money as we all saw. They didn't say
much about that. What is far more spectacular to me is the Chassis
Engineering C/DS that set the first record over 300. No big money,
certainly no British Engineering triumph. just good old hot rodding.
mayf
Adin, David wrote:
>http://www.pistonheads.com/news/default.asp?storyId=14852
>
>cheers!
>
>Or ttfn (ta ta for now)?
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