Hello, everybody. I don't post to this forum very often, and I apologize for my "rustiness" regarding how to do it.
I may, in fact, have posted an introductory message years ago, but don't know how to find it. So anyway, here I am (again?).
I am a retired manufacturing/mechanical engineer, who used to be a weldor and metal fabricator for many years. I attended Speed Week at Bonneville once -- as a spectator, about ten years ago, and absolutely loved it. I dig the friendliness of the people, as well as the technical aspects of the sport.
I used to be on the North American Eagle land speed record team, until Jessi Combs crashed the car about 4 years ago,
resulting in her death and total destruction of the car.
I'm interested in helping someone else with their land speed project if they are located fairly close to where I live (near Oakland, California). Yes, I'm more interested in the absolute land speed record, compared to a 200 mph car, but I don't
live in Australia or England, and Craig Breedlove (who, by the way, was my #1 hero and role model), who lived fairly close
to me, recently died.
I plan to attend World Finals this year (2023), again as a spectator -- if it doesn't get rained out. I'll be driving a 2007 Toyota Tacoma truck, the color of "desert sand" (tan), with a missing left front fender. And I plan to bring an ice chest with canned soda and beer . . . to give to people I see there -- a token of friendship and camaraderie with the land speed racing community.
I can't automatically commit to a huge amount of help, and I'm financially quite poor. But if you live within about 50 miles
of Oakland, and can use a small bit of occasional help, please let me know, and maybe we can discuss this. My e-mail address
is boringandrew@yahoo.com. Good luck to all racers. And more generally, good luck to all of us.
