World Finals 2012 Racing

[jimmy six]

And it is well known that more people have climbed Mt. Everest than those with red hats.........................JD

[mkilger]

 300 is a blue 400 is black hat and the thing that lefted the opel is better known as the "dinosaur"

[Stainless1]

And it is well known that more people have climbed Mt. Everest than those with red hats.........................JD

Anybody have a count of how many red hats live in Europe.... since the WF 2012 I know there's at least 1  

[Gman]

How many black hats are there? And who owns them?

[Stainless1]

http://www.bonneville200mph.org/400.html
 

[Gman]

And how many of those few are piston engine and wheel driven- not thrust?

[Bville701]

Burkland, Teague, Campbell, Nearburg, Poteet, Summers, Vesco, and White.   

[Bob Drury]

  Hero's, all of them.
  Thankfully Tom Burkland, Al Teague, Charles Nearburg(?) and George Poteet are still with us.  Nolan gave his life to this sport, Bob's record stood for over fifty years, and although the Vesco family still races, we all miss Don.
  Don might still be with us if he would have found time to have a Colonoscopy.  It's a damn shame and a lesson in life for the rest of us.
  If you are a male and over forty, get your ass in to see a doctor  and get one if you havn't recently.
  We don't want to lose any more Hero's from the present or future............
                                                                                             Bob                                                                           

[Gman]

  Hero's, all of them.
                                                                        

Thanks,  That's exactly what I was thinking.

[m610]

Thanks for the help.

I was talking to Bill Ward earlier and he was telling me how back when he was getting started (mid-70's) that the hats were all different colors, that he has a blue one, a pink one, etc.

[salt]

Bob, a colonoscopy wouldn't have done Vesco any good.
 . . . and Bob Summers' record did not stand for over 50 years (but for almost 46 years).

Willi

[dw230]

The different color hats were during a couple of administations that bowed to social convention and styles of the time. Somewhere along the line the club decided that RED was the hat color. As stated above, the 300 mph chapter is blue. Noted on the side of the hat. The first thing I did as president was introduce the black 400
mph chapter hat with the approval of my board. I felt it was time to recognize the 13 gentlemen who had exceeded that barrier.

As far as I know there will not be another chapter founded beyond the 400+ mph chapter.

DW
President
Bonneville 200 MPH club

[PorkPie]

Bob,

I can confirm that you maked it once to the 1 1/2 mile....when I checked some picture from the WF I found a series of your run...and the memorium can be very well seen....

if you still interest of so picture, let me know.

Think fast...always

Pork Pie

  If anyone snapped a picture of my car showing a side shot of the rear spoiler side plates I would appreciate your forwarding it to me.
  It has a memorium to Courtney Hizer on it and I would like to send it to Villa (His Widow).
                                                                            Thanx, Bob Drury