--------------- FIDO MESSAGE AREA==> TOPIC: 142 AUTO RACING Ref: DDI00008 Date: 09/11/96 From: BOB TANNER Time: 11:05pm \/To: MAX LAKE (Read 6 times) Subj: Re: Under the Lights Dear Max Lake, If you don't reply, at least send money! ML> I seem to recall a USAC race at Atlanta in the early '60s. It seems ML> to me the USAC guys really didn't like the banks at that time. Let's see ... They tested at Daytona right after it opened in 1959. An Indy driver was killed there in practice ... I can't remember if it was Elmer George or Lee Amick, or neither. (Too lazy to look it up) They ran USAC at Atlanta, at the old Riverside 2.5 miler, and at Langhorne, which always drew a big Grand National crowd, I believe. 11 September, 1996 Bob Tanner bobtanner@aol.com ... There MUST be a God. What else explains leather mini skirts? ___ Blue Wave/QWK v2.12 --- PCBoard (R) v15.3 (OS/2) 5 * Origin: Byte Junction, Citronelle, Alabama, 334-866-7895 (1:3625/500) --------------- FIDO MESSAGE AREA==> TOPIC: 142 AUTO RACING Ref: DDI00009 Date: 09/11/96 From: BOB TANNER Time: 11:05pm \/To: MAX LAKE (Read 6 times) Subj: Bob's Top Twenty Dear Max Lake, If you don't reply, at least send money! BT> Elmo keeps his car off the wall, too. Ted's not quite as exciting, and BT> Elmo has led many, many more laps. ML> ML> Shame he doesn't get bonus points. Elmo brought a syocker to ML> Marlboro back in the early '60s to have a go with the sporty car guys. ML> Quite a show watching him rassle that tank around a road course...went ML> pretty darn quick, too! My favorite example of a car racing "out of class" was the sprint car A.J. Watson built which Roger Ward gave the sporty car drivers fits with at Sebring, in ...??? 1955? BT> By living in the Heart of Dixie, I could make a really snide remark BT> here. However, in an unusual example of discretion, I'll remain quiet. BT> ML> ML> Tradition not withstanding, I understand they were not related ML> before the marriage. Just remember, folks, _he_ said that, I didn't! (For once.) 11 September, 1996 Bob Tanner bobtanner@aol.com ... Redneck foreplay: "Get in the truck, bitch." ___ Blue Wave/QWK v2.12 --- PCBoard (R) v15.3 (OS/2) 5 * Origin: Byte Junction, Citronelle, Alabama, 334-866-7895 (1:3625/500) --------------- FIDO MESSAGE AREA==> TOPIC: 142 AUTO RACING Ref: DDJ00000 Date: 09/14/96 From: MAX LAKE Time: 02:58pm \/To: BOB TANNER (Read 6 times) Subj: Re: Under the Lights BT> Let's see ... They tested at Daytona right after it opened in 1959. An BT> Indy driver was killed there in practice ... I can't remember if it BT> was Elmer George or Lee Amick, or neither. Amick, April 4, 1959. George died of non-racing cause May 30, 1976. BT> (Too lazy to look it up) If the book wasn't laying on my desk, I would be too. BT> They ran USAC at Atlanta, at the old Riverside 2.5 miler, and at BT> Langhorne, I think it was the Atlanta race that scared the USAC guys away. --- * OFFLINE 1.56 * Some guys wear their IQ on the side of their car. --- QScan/PCB v1.19b / 01-0530 * Origin: Collector's Edition * Dallas, TX * 214-351-6548 (1:124/2143) --------------- FIDO MESSAGE AREA==> TOPIC: 142 AUTO RACING Ref: DDJ00001 Date: 09/14/96 From: MAX LAKE Time: 02:58pm \/To: DAVE HENRIE (Read 6 times) Subj: The Weekend DH> Herta had to think, the only place a move could be made would be at DH> the top of the Corkscrew on the inside or at the last hairpin. He DH> shoulda blocked well in advance of the turn. Really not much passing at the top of the corkscrew as then you are really in the wrong place for the right hand part. Zinardi was, IMHO, very lucky to pull off that move and not throw it all away. DH> But did I hear right, Rahal is choosing Cosworth for next season??? That's what I'm reading. --- * OFFLINE 1.56 * There is nothing more useless than runway behind you. --- QScan/PCB v1.19b / 01-0530 * Origin: Collector's Edition * Dallas, TX * 214-351-6548 (1:124/2143) --------------- FIDO MESSAGE AREA==> TOPIC: 142 AUTO RACING Ref: DDJ00002 Date: 09/14/96 From: MAX LAKE Time: 02:58pm \/To: DENNIS JENKINS (Read 6 times) Subj: Re: Blaine Johnson DJ> Raceday said that is was unexplainable. I got a third hand eye witness DJ> account that one of his hands came off the handlebars in the traps and DJ> the wind just peeled him off the bike. Freakish or unexplainable would DJ> probably be the best description. Something as simple as taking a big bug in the face shield at 230 mph could have been enough for him to lose control of the bike. I think we'll never know. I've watched the top fuel bikes a number of times, those guys are braver than Dick Tracy. --- * OFFLINE 1.56 * Piss off a liberal, buy a gun. --- QScan/PCB v1.19b / 01-0530 * Origin: Collector's Edition * Dallas, TX * 214-351-6548 (1:124/2143) --------------- FIDO MESSAGE AREA==> TOPIC: 142 AUTO RACING Ref: DDJ00003 Date: 09/14/96 From: MAX LAKE Time: 02:58pm \/To: RUSS DERRY (Read 6 times) Subj: BLAINE JOHNSON RD> Thought he was a top fuel bike wrangler, was he herding something RD> else? Elmer Trett was on a top fuel bike. Blaine Johnson was in top fuel car. He's the one with the blown motor. --- * OFFLINE 1.56 * Most is spent on beer, women and guns; I waste the rest. --- QScan/PCB v1.19b / 01-0530 * Origin: Collector's Edition * Dallas, TX * 214-351-6548 (1:124/2143) --------------- FIDO MESSAGE AREA==> TOPIC: 142 AUTO RACING Ref: DDJ00004 Date: 09/14/96 From: MAX LAKE Time: 02:58pm \/To: PHIL FLANAGAN (Read 6 times) Subj: Sponcership PF> On one of the changes that will be put into effect next year. I think PF> is a good idea that the champion will have to work just as hard to get PF> that coveted #1 pit position. Any comments? I believe the #1 pit spot is greatly over rated as an advantage. PF> Also does anyone support the idea that there should be no raceing to PF> the yellow when it is dropped. Yep! NASCAR is the only racing organization that races back to the yellow. Everyone else drops back to the last green lap. Time for the France family to get into the '90s.... --- * OFFLINE 1.56 * Lightbulbs don't emit light, they suck up darkness. --- QScan/PCB v1.19b / 01-0530 * Origin: Collector's Edition * Dallas, TX * 214-351-6548 (1:124/2143) --------------- FIDO MESSAGE AREA==> TOPIC: 142 AUTO RACING Ref: DDJ00005 Date: 09/13/96 From: DAVE HENRIE Time: 06:22am \/To: DENNIS JENKINS (Read 6 times) Subj: Under the Lights > DH> Dennis, I've been meaning to ask you this for months it seems, a > DH>you any relation to Bob Jenkins, the ESPN, IMS radio guy?? > > No. That would be neat though. My relatives are pretty dull.... > > DJ Oh well, it seemed possible, since you both seem to be from the Indy area.(you ARE aren't you?? heheh) Dave Henrie * JABBER v1.1 * --- Maximus/2 3.01 * Origin: Tesla's Tower BBS (1:346/49) --------------- FIDO MESSAGE AREA==> TOPIC: 142 AUTO RACING Ref: DDJ00006 Date: 09/07/96 From: DEFOREST SPARKS Time: 05:09am \/To: CARSON CHITTOM (Read 6 times) Subj: Re: what ever CC> "All we are is dust in the wind...." Thats a line from a song the name of which I think Is " Dust In The Wind ". I cannot remember who sings it but I am sure someone else can tell you at. ---===(> DraySparks@juno.com <)===--- ---===(> Dracula@aperion.com <)===--- ---===(> Dracula@tnc.alamo.net <)===--- ... Black holes are where God divided by zero. --- GEcho 1.11+ * Origin: ST:TNG BBS, (210)674-2661 (USR Courier 33.6 V.34+) (1:387/601) --------------- FIDO MESSAGE AREA==> TOPIC: 142 AUTO RACING Ref: DDJ00007 Date: 09/07/96 From: DEFOREST SPARKS Time: 05:05am \/To: KAREN RHODES (Read 6 times) Subj: Re: Weird Math? KR> ... Okay, who put a "stop payment" on my reality check? Excuse me my Lady, I must confess I stole your tag line And put it number one on my list no less. ---===(> DraySparks@juno.com <)===--- ---===(> Dracula@aperion.com <)===--- ---===(> Dracula@tnc.alamo.net <)===--- ... Okay, who put a "stop payment" on my reality check? --- GEcho 1.11+ * Origin: ST:TNG BBS, (210)674-2661 (USR Courier 33.6 V.34+) (1:387/601)