Time to recognize one of the unselfish contributors to the success we enjoy at Loring. Theresa Lynn hasn't missed many LTA events since 2009 . She sweeps the race course every morning riding her bicycle the entire length. Often more than once to ensure that the surface is free of anything that could damage a tire. She has even picked up some long forgotten aircraft parts. Then in her free time she helps out with time slips. We have a nice photo of Theresa Lynn taken at 2018 Bonneville Speed Week with Burt Munro's (The World's Fastest Indian) nephew Lee Munro.
I asked Theresa for a few lines on how she became interested in land speed racing as to my knowledge, she has never been down a race course on anything other then her bicycle. In her own words; "I got involved with Land Speed Racing in 1997.
After leaving the Sturgis Motorcycle Rally in South Dakota, my boyfriend, Dana, and I continued on to experience "Bonneville", an event he had read about in Hot Rod Magazine since he was a kid.
Arriving in Wendover, one of the first sights we saw was a man riding a motorcylce pulling an open trailer loaded with a racing motorcycle. We knew then that this was going to be a cool event! Later that evening, at the KOA, we met the rider, Bob Gerberich #701 from Ohio. We learned that Bob had raced at Daytona and up Pike's Peak. He had competed in Iron Butt Competitions, the Four Corners Tour and more. It was his boyhood dream to race at Bonneville. We wished him luck!
The next morning, the first day of racing, we met up with Bob again. He was bummed! Seems he got the rule book the day before he left for Bonneville and didn't read all the rules. He didn't know you couldn't ride/drive your race vehicle to the start, or back from the finish.
He needed a crew and support vehicle!
So Dana unloaded his motorcyle out of the back of the truck, loaded Bob's bike and we became Bob's pit crew! We raced with Bob until late Wednesday and had a fabulous time! We met lots of wonderful people on and off of the salt. One of those people was Willie Glass. We became good friends and the following year we were back at Bonneville crewing for him and his roadster. That's how we met Joe Timney, Joe was Willie's crew chief.
That's how I became involved with Land Speed Racing. I stayed involved because of the people. I've always told anyone who would listen that land speed racers are some of the best people you could ever meet. The work together, encourage each other and are willing to share tools, parts, tips and ideas to see each other succeed and reach their dreams. Some of my oldest and best friends have come about due to my involvement with land speed racing."
