Landracing Forum
Misc Forums => LSR General Chat => Topic started by: thundersalt on January 27, 2010, 07:20:48 PM
-
Saw SSS post on home page about LSR video. I recommend anyone who has not ordered one(2009 speed week) yet to get it. We get one every year and I think this years is the best one yet. Great editing. Good job Mark.
-
I saw your car in there a few times. The only thing that I didn't like about the video was that I couldn't rewind it. :cheers:
-
Plan on picking up one this weekend at the banquet
-
Plan on picking up one this weekend at the banquet
Sparkster...see you there.. :cheers:
-
Hey -- nice thread. Thanks to whomever started it.
So - Mark Brazeau has offered to make a deal with landracing.com, and here's the quandary I'm in now: He'll send me a couple of DVDs each month in exchange for me running an ad for his wares. And -- I'll give those DVDs away each month as prizes - for something. But what? A contest, sorta like the one that Jon Amo used to run? I don't have enough old-time knowledge to be the adjudicator, so one of you would have to step up and volunteer to be the boss-guy. Some other form of contest, like maybe for the most MEANINGFUL posts in a month? One for a bike and one for a car (post) each month?
Let's hear your suggestions. Make it a workable solution and I'll send you the first of the DVDs. How's that for incentive to help come up with a good contest?
-
Jon,
Great idea's, Marks videos and editing are great :cheers:
John
-
Here's Mark's idea for a contest. What say you ladies and gentlemen (and I interpret that moniker with great laxity)?
Mark said:
"Hi!
If the subject of the contest is History, I suggest the following idea.
You post one or two short clips from the "Good Old Days" DVD on your web-site. Contestants must identify and give a brief history of the vehicle. The contest lasts one or two weeks and then you select the winners by the first contestant to identify the vehicle and or the contestant who submitted the best informative history of the vehicle.
This contest would be a great way to acquire a lot of the history of our sport that may other wise be lost.
mb"
-
Good idea. :-D
-
SSS - -
When it comes to land racing history, people like me (new to salt) have "two-chances" of getting a correct answer on an old
picture.
Perhaps, Jon, you could run two contests at one time.
My suggestion is an auction or bid type of deal where you can send in a bid to donate to Save The Salt for that month, through Landracing.com. There can be a running highest bid posted, with no name, and at the end of the month, the highest bidder wins and is identified. When SSS receives the donation, the LSR video is mailed out. The bidder wins and so does Save The Salt. And with Save The Salt, we ALL actually win. :-D
-
How about one prize for the first correct answer and a second for the "best" (not necessarily correct) answer?
Mike
-
I'm working on how to get videos posted each month. I like the idea -- it'll be fun for the folks with some history of LSR knowledge, and a learning experience for the newer folks (like me). I'll have a pair of DVDs to give away each month, so we could have the first place and "pretty good guess" prizes.
Who's going to be the judge? Is that something for me -- or will one of you step up and volunteer for the job?
-
How about a mix of both.... auction one, half to save the salt, half to LR.com and do a question of the month with the other. Questions and answers sent to you by PM from members... you post one on the front page sometime (random dates) during the month and the first to start the thread and post the correct answer wins the other. The winner paypals or or mails you $5 for postage or PMs you that he will pick it up at the Salt Talks...
This forces views on the home page where the advertisers are and makes good use of both videos.
Shall I send you $5 for postage for coming up with the best plan?
-
I thought the fee for the best plan was $10.
-
should I paypal that to you? :roll:
-
I thought the fee for the best plan was $10.
Money sent.... :-D
-
A history contest=FR will resurface :-o
-
Boy, you know how to darken a guy's day, don't you?
Good point - but I've got him set at "perma-ban" for now.
-
Okay -- it's been a week or so since this subject line came up, so here's where we are now:
Marl Brazeau has senbt, and I have received, a handful of DVDs. So we've got the prizes. Then we'll need the basic concept of the contest, and I haven't seen any that are far and away better than Mark's idea. That was shown about 6 posts ago, but I'll also sort of paraphrase it here. We'll post a video (maybe a couple of them) showing one car or bike form the history of land speed racing. Might be many years ago (like back when Glen's hair was darker and Freud was a buff young stuf, you know) -- might be a much more modern vehicle. Anyway, whatever we show will be just one vehicle. We'll run the video clip for a few weeks and ask you boys and girls to offer your interpretation. We'll want the year when the car or bike ran in the video (as close as you and we can get it), and we'll ask you to give a history of the vehicle -- maybe some of the places it ran, some of the speeds, some of the drivers -- and the more correct stuff you give, the better your chance of winning.
We'll give out two DVDs per video clip - best and second-best story.
How's that sound? Okay? Good - I hoped so. Next, however, is the bigger part of the "problem" for me. I personally don't have a deep knowledge of LSR history, so that kinda disqualifies me for being the main judge. Second -- since Nancy and I now have full-time jobs with Kudos Laser Engraving -- I don't have nearly as much spare time as I used to, back last year, for instance, to read and "judge" the entries. Who among you wants to be the "judge"? I'll compensate you with some really nice stuff -- like maybe a DVD or two, maybe your very own landracing.com t-shirt or engraved beer glass (hey, we're an engraving company, you know. . .)
Volunteers, line up and let me know!
-
Jon, I would consider it. It would be an unfair advantage for me to enter the contest with all of the years on the salt and lakes. Maybe Dan W. or even Jack D. would come back on. Could be a lot of fun. Go for it.
And yes Mark's DVD's are great. I probably have every one he has done.
-
I vote for Glen and Dan to be judges!!! With their knowledge and background....well, seems to me just about everything is covered!! :-D And if you need a 3rd judge, how about Freud?!! Between the 3 of them there's over 150 years experience.....dang, I didn't know they were that old!! :roll:
I'm-gonna-pay-for-that-remark Lynda
-
So -- shall we let Glen choose the video clips, too? (I'm asking him via this post, you see. . .). What we'll have to do is have Glen choose the clip and somehow get Bob, the web guy, the video - so he can post it. It'll be viewable via a button on the home page of the website -- not the Forum.
The folks that "answer" the question by giving the details -- the car or bike details, the year, the builder, the driver, the crew, the records set, the number of spins, and so on -- all you can give -- will answer by posting on the Forum. We'll have an ongoing thread there for the "LSR Video Contest", and the first/best answer will be the winner. Depending on how many DVDs Mark has sent me I'll give out first and second place DVDs each month.
Over to you, Glen. And take Lynda's suggestion if you'd like -- ask Dan and Freud (and anyone else that has lots of knowledge of the history) to help you adjudicate.
By the way -- the last few DVDs I got from Mark (I haven't tried this latest shipment, but will tonight) won't play on my Apple computers, so I wasn't able to figure out how we'll chop out just one clip at a time. Sure hope I can figure it out. I've got new software in the iMac -- maybe it'll fix the problem.
-
I vote for Glen and Dan to be judges!!! With their knowledge and background....well, seems to me just about everything is covered!! :-D And if you need a 3rd judge, how about Freud?!! Between the 3 of them there's over 150 years experience.....dang, I didn't know they were that old!! :roll:quote]
I second it.
Don
-
HOO,BOY!!....Sounds like a great excuse for me NOT to be out in the shop....I have devoured Bonneville history since my Dad got me my first American Hot Rod book many years ago at age 12...Fawcett`s How To Build And Race Hot Rods....after seeing that large black and white photo of Denny Larsen`s Dreamliner being pushed off.....I was Toast.....Then being at the Salt for the first time in `84....really looking forward to LEARNING more versus winning anything....... :-D
-
It's been a couple of weeks, so I'll tell you now that we're just about ready with the land speed history video contest. Bob's got his DVDs from Mark Brazeau and has figured out how to grab a clip and put it on the home page of this website. Glen will be selecting the clip and will be the "judge" of the responses. We'll run the contest for at least two weeks each month - maybe longer if we're not getting enough responses from youse guys.
You'll go to the home page, please, and click on the contest button. Then you'll get a page telling you of the basics of the contest and a "click here" to get the video. You'll watch the video and try to figure out who, what, when, and whatever you can about the featured vehicle. You're to write a bit telling us of the history -- the more you know, the merrier we'll all be. Records held, drivers/riders, drivers or riders that got into the Club on this vehicle, crew members, home town, sponsors -- the more the better. Remember that the basic idea here is to help all of us learn more about the history behind our daily time-taker-upper -- land speed racing.
So - you'll send your responses to the address/link that'll be on the contest page -- so that others don't scarf up your knowledge and use it to augment theirs. We'll have Glen scan through your stuff and judge how close to the truth your answer is. Glen's old -- he remembers lots of the LSR stuff, and if he can't figure out something, don't worry, we've got lots of others that will contribute.
Once we've ended the contest of the month we'll announce the winner, who will get a copy of Mark Brazeau's DVD "The Good Ol' Days", and the "runner-up" will get a DVD -- probably the SpeedWeek '09, depending on what Mark has sent to me.
Oh, yeah -- Mark gets a bit of publicity out of this - in the way of an ad for his DVDs on the website. Please look at that ad and maybe shop his stuff -- and even buy some of it. He's a big supporter of land speed racing -- and hey, maybe you'll be in one of the DVDs one of these days, too.
So - the contest will start in a week or so -- maybe we'll aim for the first of March, okay?
-
Jon,
After each contest is over, will you post all of the information gathered on each one? Or, did you already answer that and I missed it? Just wondering, since I'll be strictly spectator, cuz I don't know any of the stuff!
Lynda
-
Good question, Lynda. Yes, I agree that it'll make the contest a whole bunch more informative for everyone if the responses are all shown -- so we can read 'em and maybe learn. I hadn't thought of asking Bob to set it up so we can do that -- but will now.
Oh, yeah -- another thing I thought about is that we won't have ONLY old/historical racer stuff on the contest -- so that we give the newer LSR folks a chance at winning a DVD, too. We'll help spread the information about cars and bikes running today -- and all will learn even more. Thanks for asking.
-
As Jon knows this is still in the works and will take some adjustments along the way. The old and the new are still history and should be a lot of fun when we figure it out. I talked to Mark last Saturday and it is his stuff that will make it happen. He has spent hundreds of hours putting videos and DVD's together on LSR. They are well worth the price and any real racer would be proud to own them. He is a supporter of this web site and covers every major meet on the salt and the dry lake.
So I guess what I am saying is our work is cut out for this contest thing but thanks to Mark, Jon and Bill Clancy we will make it work.
-
Unh, Glen, pardon me -- but Bill Clancy's name is Bob. But hey, he's in suburban Albuquerque -- what difference does it make?
-
Just dont call him Ray. :evil:
Fred
-
Okay, Bob's got the basic rules listed (for the LSR history contest). I forgot to mention in the stuff he put up there -- that we will be posting the various answers/responses once the "judging" is over -- so we can all share in the freshly-exposed knowledge. I said this a few posts above here -- but will try to get it into the rules so that you can all see it there, too. It's important that we post all of the stuff (and maybe, if you feel we shouldn't tell folks who submitted what, we'll allow you to choose to remain anonymous so your goofy-Acura guesses don't make you too embarrassed.
We're getting close -- i want to start this next Monday, the first of March, if Glen can choose what/who will be the first.
-
how about I call him Billy Bob, I'll be 1/2 right :-o
-
I will let you know tomorrow on my choice for the 1st. contest
-
Hey, hey, HEY! Glen's made his selection of the first video clip that we'll use for the contest. bob's busy ripping the selection from the DVD and will post it, along with some suggestions from Glen about what we want when you make your guesses and comments about the vehicle. We'll run the contest for at least a couple of weeks and then have Glen tell us who did the best job of identifying the race vehicle and the story behind it.
This is gonna be cool. . .
-
Ok, the first clip is posted. I haven't heard how long the contest will run, I'll put that up soon's I hear.
Billy Bob the Web Elf
From the mountains outside Albuquerque
-
Bob lets run it one week, I have already started to get e-Mail :-D
-
Here's your reminder that the LSR contest is up and running. Go to the website's homepage (www.landracing.com) and find the "History quiz" thingie in the middle of the right column. Click there and follow 'til you watch the video. There's an address (Glen Barrett's) for you to email your responses. Note that the address is one you'll have to type in (or use your computer address book's memory) so the spambots don't harvest Glen's addy. Anyway, watch the video and send all of the stuff you know about it to Glen. He'll judge who's got the best response/answers -- and we'll awarda Mark Brazeau DVD to the best and second-best answers each month. One of the DVDs will be the "Good Ol' Days, the other one of the recent race-event summary videos (i.e. SpeedWeek '09, etc). We'll put up a new video on the first of the month, and once the "contest" is closed -- will post the best of the responses so we can all read, enjoy, and learn some more.
Get your hiney in gear and help all of us learn about the history of this wonderful sport/avocation/illness called land speed racing.
-
I remind you once again that the video contest is up and running. And this time I'll point out that only a few of youse guys have submitted responses to Glen - the official adjudicator. What's up? We thought that the "contest" would be an easy way to enrich the knowledge of lots of people about the history of land speed racing. History includes not all that long ago, too -- not just the '49ers and so on. This first one is not brand-new, but it's an example of what we'd like to have the contest do.
Go to the home page, click on the "video quiz" link and follow through 'til you see the clip. Even if you don't have a clue about the vehicle -- would you be so kind as to let Glen and me know that you took a look? That'll give us better feedback on whether the idea should be allowed to die a quiet death - or should be continued.
Remember -- the two best responses win a Mark Brazeau DVD about Bonneville. Nice prize for watch a video clip about our favorite thing, hey?
-
I looked Glen.. :-D
Thanks to all that put this together, Marks DVD's are first class. :cheers:
-
OK Noonan, but you didn't answer the quiz.
-
My steam-powered machine couldn't read the video. But, with steam, I'm green!
-
Hey, hey, HEY! We've got a winner for the first-ever LSR History Video contest. Glen Barrett, as you may remember, chooses a specific vehicle from one of the many shown in Mark Brazeau's "Good Ol' Days" DVD. We post it, under the "History Quiz" button on the home page, and you folks are invited to view it and tell Glen (our judge) as much as you can about the vehicle -- driver/rider name, history of the car, eventual records set and held, sponsors, builders, and so on as far as you can.
Only four people submitted entries this time around. That's a disappointment - because one of the contest's raison d'Etre (reason for being there) is to help one and all work on learning some history of our sport/avocation. GTake your shots, ladies and gentlemen, offer some wild-a** guesses, try -- because your posts, whether right or wrong, can help all of us learn.
Okay - back to the first contest. The winner is one of our Forum "lurkers", but a guy that some of you might have heard of. The first place award - one of Mark's DVDs -- is Tom Burkland. Runner up is Jim Dincau -- and him you'll see on the Forum kinda regularly. Other entries were from Tom Bryant and Udo Horn.
I've asked Glen to find, if he can, a vehicle that's historic -- yet not too much so -- so that more folks will recognize it enough to risk the public ridicule (?) that they'd endure if they get it way the heck off base when offering responses. The next contest will run the same way as this first one. We'll post the video clip on the first of the month (April 1 - April Fool''s Day, no less) and let the entries roll in for a couple or three of weeks.
Ready or not, here we go again. Thanks for your continuing interest in land speed racing.
-
Congrats guys..Marks Video's are Great. :cheers:
-
So I'll have Bob post Tom's winning data - so we can all study it and learn. I'll give you the big hint -- that car went on to become Mickey Thompson's Challenger.
-
Actually Jon it was the deciding factor to build the 4 engine Challenger. With the success of the twin car running the speeds near 300 mph. They went home and started the design to go after the worlds record. The rest is history.
-
Congratulations to the 4 people who entered the contest!! :cheers:
Congratulations to SSS for having a successful contest (four is better than one or none)!! :cheers:
And, Congratulations to Glen for being such a fine judge!! :cheers:
Can't wait to see what they wrote, the history is going to be spectacular....and preserved!!
Lynda
-
Ooopps. I mis-read your comments. Now I've gotta go to Bob Clancy's inbox and make the correction there. I think I'll just send him a copy and paste of your Forum post.
Speaking of the contest, how about if we change away from the DVD history video clips? We didn't have a huge response, and I sure would like it if lots of folks felt thet had a chance to win. So maybe we could do a "L S R Trivia" contest, with Glen (or somebody that knows everything and isn't afraid to share it with us all) supplying the trivial bits of data and inviting youse guys and girls to figure out the proper response.
Shall we stick with DVD history videos or switch the contest to trivia?
-
Three days ago I asked if anyone had a preference about the contest changing from a video clip to a trivia contest. I've got no responses, so I'll make an executive decision and go with the trivia stuff. Glen and Bob did the work for the video stuff -- and both agree that it was more than they had expected when they volunteered.
So we'll get a trivia question up for the next month -- which month starts on the first of the month. (I love doing that). We'll have the same prize -- a DVD from Mark Brazeau. The trivia question will ask for something about a land speed racing subject -- maybe a vehicle, a person, a record, a certain event, a run, and so on -- whatever Glen, our resident guy that remembers lots of stuff germane to the topic, feels is worthy of being the subject of the contest. I'll have Bob modify the contest link on the home page - so you'll be able to submit your responses to Glen without them being seen by others. This'll keep the guessing more private -- your buddy won't see your answer and offer it as an embellishment to his limited knowledge.
We'll start next Thursday. Thanks, folks.
-
All right -- new deal, same prizes. Here's the story:
Since the video contest went over (in general) like a loud fart in church - we're changing it to a trivia contest. In the past years, when Jon Amo owned the site, he ran a trivia contest that worked well and generated quite a bit of fun. So I'll give up on trying to help youse guys learn the history of LSR by making you show your knowledge of stuff that you can learn by watching videos and knowing lots of stuff -- to giving you a single bit of information to find. Once you've got your answer you'll respond in the same manner - by going to the contest site (on the home page of this website) to send your answer, in complete confidentiality to prevent abuse of your stupidity 'cause you didn't know the real answer, goofball that you are, to Glen or me or someone. We'll run the contest for a specified length -- probably open for two weeks -- then go through to see who submitted the right answer earliest. The winner will get either a DVD from Mark Brazeau or one from Brian Leckey -- the fellow that produced the "Landspeed Shootout" DVD about the 2008 Shootout. By the way, he also, I have learned, produces some episodes of "Mythbusters" -- so he knows what he's doing well enough that his work is good and entertaining.
Anyway -- the first quiz will begin in a few days, once Glen and I come up with a good item. I saw the Phoenix run more than a few times, and Glen says he timed it EVERY time it ran. We're giving you the "Phoenix" subject so that relative newcomers will have a better chance to find the correct answer, and we're giving you the hint so that you can start researching.
Pork Pie, you lose by default -- you were too involved with that vehicle. Same goes for other members of the team -- no fair, you were part of the historic vehicle's story. We'll have a subject that's more difficult for you some other time.
Let the research begin!
-
So it was you :-D , Jon, who blocked Glen's email provider....so I couldn't get my answer about Mickey Thompson not through. :cry:....why you move me not on the other side....second judge...especially when the answer can go controversy...
-
Busted!
Good idea about you being an second line of defense, Thomas -- I'll be happy to run any questions about the Phoenix past you for your opinion. Thanks.
-
sick :roll:
-
Hey, an Irishman and a German for judges, that's cool. We can confuse them on a daily basis. This might be a good idea, what ya think PorkPie?
-
A lot of drinking to be done during judging with those backgrounds.
DW
-
Dan, nothing implied -- but is your comment meant to be taken as a request to join the judging crew?
-
God invented whiskey so that the Irish wouldn't rule the world. :mrgreen:
Mike KELLY
-
No, not joining - I'm waiting to win.
DW
-
No, not joining - I'm waiting to win.
DW
Somehow that doesn't seem fair! :-D
Lynda
-
Okay, one and all, get out the history books -- it's time to start studying the Phoenix. We'll be starting the LSR Trivia quiz as soon as Bob gets it posted. Here's the scoop:
First of all, it's a quiz that'll win you a DVD from either Brian Leckey -- Shootout'08, or Mark Brazeau -- various Bonneville and Historical LSR DVDs. We've got someone else that might toss his DVDs and maybe even a book into the prize ring -- more on that once he confirms or denies his interest.
The first quiz is about some of the little details of the Phoenix. These are not so hidden by the huge scale of the truck that the answers can't easily be found by anyone, whether old timer or neophyte. Study hard when you're looking up the Phoenix -- because there's lots of other stuff about the truck that we might use next time -- or six months or so from now. But study carefully and learn lots about it.
The winner will be the first person that answers both questions correctly and gets the answers sent by email to Glen Barrett. His contact information will be posted along with the questions on the Quiz page of the home page of landracing.com. We'll give away a first and second prize, too -- second prize being another of the DVDs I've been donated to use as gifts. If the third publisher/producer decides to participate -- well, we'll have a third prize, maybe, too.
I'm sorry to have to single you out here, Pork Pie -- but glad to be able to brag about your intimate knowledge of the Phoenix. For those of you that didn't know it, PP did quite a bit with the Phoenix team - working on the aero package for the humongous truck. Because of his involvement I've got to rules him ineligible to win this contest. Of course - since all responses go to Glen -- I suppose you could send something only to him to show off how much you know about the truck, Thomas.
Okay, there you go, boys and girls. Get out your history books and start learning all about the giant green truck that is one of the most famous, most favorite vehicles at Bonneville.
-
Well, that didn't take long. We've got another prize giver on board.
Dick Lague has "World's Fastest Motorcycle" books and DVDs and the book "The Ack Attack", and these items are now added to the list of prizes offered to the two winners of the trivia quiz. Bob will sooner or later get the photos of all of the prizes posted on the home page and also on the "quiz page" -- so youll be able to see, over the space of a few logins, all of what's available to you folks that know lots of stuff.
Thank you very much, Dick.
Final note for this post: Dick Lague, Mark Brazeau, and Brian Leckey have all produced some fine stuff showing tons of land speed racing videos and history. Please consider visiting their respective sites and shopping -- and then buying -- what they offer. It's a good way to thank them for helping promote land speed racing AND landracing.com
Thanks -- and have at it!
-
Once again we will not allow the same person to win two times in a row. We want it to be fair to everyone. As there is much history to be used we are going to try and add a motorcycle question as well. I am working on that right now. Enjoy the fun.
:cheers:
-
Thanks for reminding me about that rule, Glen. I think Jim and Tom will understand that they're on the sidelines this time around.
As for everyone else, though, are you getting close? got either of the questions answered yet? Did you see the nice photo of the Phoenix on the home page of the site -- in the little box where we've got the link to the quiz page?
-
Just sent in my answers pretty sure about #1
JL222 :cheers:
-
Glen reports we've already got a few entries. Notice that I'm not telling whether they're winners or not -- want everyone to keep digging and learning.
If we get winners soon we'll end the contest for now -- and then start up another one as soon as Glen figures out some good trivial items. Not, of course, that there's anything trivial about lsr motorcycles. And bikes is what we're planning on having for the next trivia contest. And finally anyway -- if we have too many contests that end quickly of I'll run out of prizes to give away.
Oh, yeah -- when you send in your answers -- if you win we'll need a mailing address to send the prizes to. Don't forget, hey?
-
We have winners, they will be announced later today in the order they came in.
-
Slim
When will the next quiz be posted? I new both answers to this one but was out of town, no computer, Shucky-darn.
Ron
-
Simple answer to that, Ron, is to have you notify us when you've got the portable computer in hand. Once that's all in order -- then we'll start the new game.
Seriously -- we haven't got a start date yet -- since this one lasted all of a few hours. I've got a supply of prizes -- but I don't know if I've got enough for a couple of quizzes a week, so it'll likely be a few weeks -- maybe 'til mid-May.
Unless, that is, all of you get in touch with the four sponsors and tell them how much you appreciate their work and the fact that they're donating gifts for this contest. Maybe even buy some of their stuff -- that'll make them happiest and they'll donate more gifts and then we'll all be better off, right?
-
What's a portable computer???? LOL Sorry, I'm old and don't own one. Wasn't complaining, as a friend used to say "you snoozes you looses".
Ron
-
I'm merging the "LSR Video" thread into this new one -- so it will be less cornfusing to folks just happening on the site and seeing the quiz and getting farkled by the pitential difference between video and plain ol' quiz. Got it?
So -- the first winner of the trivia quiz (about the Phoenix) -- was
#1 Tom Gerardi (desotoman) was 1st in with the correct answers. Tom gets a DVD sent to him as soon as he sends me his mailing address. Tom was followed by these guys:
#2 Brian Westerdahl, who therefore also gets a DVD for being second. Brian, you need to send me a mailing addy, too. Then there were other entries who at least get honorable mention:
#3 John Langlo
#4 Dan Warner
#5 Chris Crow
#6 James Tone
#7 Glenn Freudenberger ( only answered the 1st question).
DVD prizes are donated by Brian Leckey (Shootout '08), Benn Karne (Bonneville: Wide Open), Mark Brazeau (Speedweek '09 OR "The God Ol' Days), and Richard Lague, who produced and supplies "The World's Fastest Motorcycle". These folks are being kind enough to offer free stuff to landracing.com -- please make sure they know you appreciate them.
Glen's now working on the next quiz, which I think we'll start next Monday, the 10th -- if he's got the stuff ready.
Thanks for your participation!
-
So what was the answers?
-
Glen's got the answers all prettied-up, but as I remember - -
The Phoenix was required to put skids right next to the front wheels to prevent severe damage to the course in case of a front tire failure. They were just inboard of the tires/wheels.
The crew was told they must have a crane/wrecker heavy enough to remove the Phoenix in case of a crash or other incident when the vehicle was unable to be rolled (on its own wheels) from the course.
There you've got 'em.
-
Slim's right.
Next quiz will be for the two wheelers. But you car guys can try as well.
-
Wow,
I cannot believe I won, I thought for sure someone would beat me sending in the correct answers. I would like to thank the following people for making this History quiz possible, and donating prizes.
Jon (SSS), Glen Barrett, Brian Leckey, Benn Karne, Mark Brazeau, Richard Lague, and anyone else who I forgot to mention.
Thank You again,
Tom G.
PS. Jon you have a PM.
-
Got it. Your prize - a DVD - will go out as soon as Nancy wraps it and I mail it. You should have it as soon as you do.
Thanks very much to everyone that participated - and, I hope, got to learn a bit about the history of land speed racing.
-
Glen, here is a quiz for you.
On page 41 of the May 2010 issue of "Hot Rod Deluxe" there is a picture from the 1953 Bonneville Nationals. It shows the parts of a stock Chrysler Hemi on the lawn of a motel parking lot.
I have heard a legend of a spectator being talked into the loan of the short block out of his transportation to be used in a race car. Furthermore this spectator went on to become a long time competetor. Can anyone shed some light on this?
Jim
-
AS I RECALL IT WAS JIM LiNDSLEY THAT BLEW ONE OF HIS ENGINES AND BORROWED THE ENGINE FROM A SPECTATOR AND GOT THE RECORD. I would need to do a little more research but if anyone else knows or was there it would help. Burke LeSage would know or Larry Lindsley if he is at the lakes next week end.
-
The Phoenix was required to put skids right next to the front wheels to prevent severe damage to the course in case of a front tire failure. They were just inboard of the tires/wheels.
The crew was told they must have a crane/wrecker heavy enough to remove the Phoenix in case of a crash or other incident when the vehicle was unable to be rolled (on its own wheels) from the course.
Bonus points for what the engine came out of? :roll:
-
Absolutely! If you tell us - and we get the story corroborated by at least three verifiable sources -- we'll give you two (2) Attaboys and a punch for your T. S. card. What more could you ask?
-
New quiz coming, It will be a motorcycle quiz and should be interesting to research. Good Luck.
-
Okay, ladies and germs -- this is about the ongoing trivia quiz -- the one featuring a historical motorcycle.
Glen reports we've had a total of THREE entries. While I could declare a winner and move on to the next quiz -- I'll give you an elbow-joggle to get busy and try looking into the history of this bike -- and maybe a week or so from now will end the contest. Remember that the top two entries (based on date received and accuracy of the information reported to Glen) will each receive a DVD somehow relating to land speed racing. We've got Bonneville Wide Open, from Benn Karne, World's Fastest Motorcycle by Richard Lague, Brian Leckey's Land Speed Shootout (the '08 Shootout), and any one of Mark Brazeau's well-known DVDs (depending on which one I've got in stock).
Also this reminder, in case you're not the winner -- if you haven't got any or all of these DVDs, please think about buying them for your library. They're all pretty danged good -- and will help you fill in the long hours when you're not thrashing, not building, just hanging out and looking forward to the next racing event. Or you can do what I've done -- buy a copy of 'em and donate it to your local public library. That way you not only get some nice brownie poinits for donating something to the library -- but you get to provide a chance for the folks in your community to see just what the heck is so fascinating about this avocation of ours.
Okay -- back to the quiz, please. Start researching and sending your answers to Glen. All the information is to be found here: http://www.landracing.com/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=249/ opr on the home page of landracing.com.
Jon a/k/a Landracin.com's head handlebar holder.
-
The Phoenix was required to put skids right next to the front wheels to prevent severe damage to the course in case of a front tire failure. They were just inboard of the tires/wheels.
The crew was told they must have a crane/wrecker heavy enough to remove the Phoenix in case of a crash or other incident when the vehicle was unable to be rolled (on its own wheels) from the course.
Bonus points for what the engine came out of? :roll:
I'm pretty sure the engine came out of a tugboat.
JL222
-
Hey, hey, HAY! We had planned to put the quiz on hiatus for the duration of the racing (July through October, that is -- apologies to El Mirage, Texas, Mojave, and Loring) season, but what I think is a good idea has been offered. Let's see if youse guys agree.
Here's the concept: We'll offer the standard prizes for guessing the fastest speed of certain classes or styles of race vehicles at Speedweek. (If all goes well we might also do the quiz for other events this year -- stay tuned). I foresee fastest streamliner bike and fastest sit-on bike, and maybe fastest car over 400, fastest in the 300 mph century, and fastest car under 300. That's a total of five contests, and that's about all of the DVDs I've got available right now to use as prizes. We'll have you email your guesses to me (or some other judge, yet to be determined), and first correct one in each category (as determined by time/date stamp on the email) wins. Only one prize per entrant. Glen Barrett will be the source of the speeds -- who better to know what's what as far as vehicle speeds at an LSR event? The winner will be the entrant that comes closest to the fastest mile speed* without going over it. The contest will be open from whenever the heck I get it started 'til, say, the first of August -- or for sure some date before Speedweek begins. We'll give you time to try to research the various contenders.
What's the * for? We'll use only full flying mile speeds, NOT the exit speed -- the backdoor speed. Any one of the miles may be considered, just like when racing for a record - except that the vehicle won't have to back up that speed with a return run.
Okay, let me hear your reactions. I want to get this all slicked up and on the air as soon as possible. Thanks! :-)
-
I'm all for it!
Can we have more than one guess?
Example: Fastest roadster. This year might see a 300 mph pass for maybe 2 or 3 of them. Can we make more than one guess on how fast each might go?
If not still okay by me, sounds like fun. 8-)
-
Fastest lady = Nancy @ 205.999
-
Fastest lady ON A BIKE = Nancy @ 205.999
Fixed it for you....... :wink:
-
Looks like it will work. Jon will set up a tab or some way to keep it up front and active. :roll:
-
Dynoroom,& others, any donations are welcome for some kind of prize
-
Mike, how do you know that it wasn't right the first time? :evil: