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[Sumner]

...............I think Kenny is the worlds fastest postman!.......

How fast?  We have been claiming that Hooley is the fastest mailman in Ok (253 mph), but have been afraid to make a national claim  ,

Sum

[Seldom Seen Slim]

Bob:  You're close.  Nancy and I arrived on the Salt in 2001, for SpeedWeek.  I allow as to how I remember sometime early in my career out there, though, seeing Kenny Lyons bike(s) with the "Rider wanted" or "crew wanted" signs.  I used to wonder -- now I know.  As for "middling" success - Dan, I admit it -- I was shooting form the hip and trying to get the post sent before I had to leave the house and visit the big city (Marquette) for lunch with Nancy.  I sure meant no disrespect to K Lyons or anyone eslse -- was just trying to give that new fella a few shaft-drive conversion bikes to compare to his ideas.

Okay?  Am I forgiven, at least for a couple of minutes?

[bak189]

O.K. SSS.......you are forgiven, but only for now.......

[racin jason]

Sum I stand corrected.

 Kenny is the fastest: California postman in a streamliner, powered by a goldwing engine, using 2 litre pop bottles for intercooler spray at 233mph.


Use enough adjectives and anyone can be fast!

[4-barrel Mike]

...using 2 litre pop bottles for intercooler spray ....

That's GOT to be worth a couple of pictures.   

Mike

[Sumner]

Sum I stand corrected.

 Kenny is the fastest: California postman in a streamliner, powered by a goldwing engine, using 2 litre pop bottles for intercooler spray at 233mph.


Use enough adjectives and anyone can be fast!

     That is why we don't go any further than Oklahoma, you never know how many fast mailmen might be out there ,

Sum

[Bob Drury]

I sure wish Hooley delivered my rule book every year................     Bob

[Glen]

Kenny Lyons has many rides on the salt, got smoked out one year on a return run and pulled the chute was way off course and missed going under the timing stand by a couple of feet. He stopped ok. Another time he went down in the liner was sliding on it's side and hit a battery that came into the cockpit and hit his face shield. He had a bad eye injury and that's another reason he wears a face shield
while on the salt. That was at a USFRA meet as I recall.

[Yellow Chevy]

Thanks for manning this site....great to have info on the place we love.  My husband and I have been making our trip to that salt for the last 5 years in our yellow '49 Chevy.  We have met more new friends in those 5 years on the salt then we ever expected.  The first year a guy named Garry Banta and his side kick Ray Moody took us under their wing, showed us how much fun and thrills could be had, if you knew a few tricks from the vets.  To this day we are in touch with our salt pals and look forward to seeing them each August.
  We have a few conections to the racers but lets just say it is the friendship and love of the racing that draws us to drive 20 hours to reach the Salt Flats from our home in British Columbia.
  This year the Chevy will be staying home and we will make the trip in our '32 roadster that will be rolling out this spring.  See you all on the salt.

[Seldom Seen Slim]

Welcome to the site -- right back at you.  Yellow '49 Chevy, hunh?  I don't remember it for sure -- but I do recognize the fun you've found at Bonneville.  We're glad to have you on this site now -- and please feel free to stop by it anytime to see what's going on.

Only a 20-hour ride to Bville?  You must live right close by.  Nancy and I make the trip in 3 days, about 12 hours of driving each.  1900 miles or so.  We try to make the trip only two or three times a year, flying the other times we decide to visit.  Be careful -- this stuff is addicting, as you've already discovered, and you'll end up with callouses on your hineys from sitting in the car on the way to the Salt.

[55chevr]

Jon,
How many days to Maxton for you?

Joe

[Yellow Chevy]

Jon,
  Thanks for the welcome.  I am trying to upload a picture of the Chev but am having trouble with it...will keep trying unless there is a trick to it ??

[Seldom Seen Slim]

Joe, we usually make the trip in a pair of days.  Drive to northern Ohio -- Akron or thereabouts - the first day, then to Lovely Laurinburg the second.  On the way home we leave the track mid-afternoon Sunday and drive to Wytheville, the next day to Flint, Michigan or so, then get home mid- to late afternoon Tuesday.

Yellow:  Trying to get the photo into your avatar or into the post?  If the post -- you've tried, I assume, clicking on "additional options" on the lower left portion of the post form, right?  Don't forget the photo has to be less than 500k.  If the avatar -- well, I forget just now -- but there are probably restrictions there, too. 

Another way is to put the photo into one of the internet photo holding sites -- Flikr or photobucket, for example, then click on the "img" button to copy it into your post.  Let us know -- and somebody will give you more help.

[Yellow Chevy]

Okay that took me way longer then I am sure it should have but I did it ! 

[Seldom Seen Slim]

Okay -- nice, I think, but so small -- so small that it's time to post a full-size photo so we can all see and maybe even remember the car.  Set a timer -- see how long it takes to post the big picture.