It is as much fun seeing the old stuff as well as the new photos and stories! The vehicles and speeds may have changed, but the Camaraderie seems to be about the same.
The second year we ran my 500cc streamliner in 1971, the salt was not as smooth as the year before and Rosey took off well and then spun and flipped end to end just past the mile and it looked bad. When we got to the site Rosey was getting out of the car and apologizing for wrecking my car! He didn't have a bruise or sore anything, it was a great day! The reason I believe he didn't get hurt is the inside of the cockpit was contoured to fit the rider all the way, so there were no tubes to hit. Don skinned the inside of the Yamaha to approximate the same idea so you can not hit the edge of anything. Something to think of for sure!
Here are some more pics of the car after the wreck, there is something about having the body also being the chassis, not easy to do, but very strong.
This is from 1970 with Bob Westbrook working on Don's twin 350 'liner. Bob was a great fabricator and ran some record flathead roadsters.
Result of the Rosey endo, way better than we thought when it happened.
Another view of the car, note the "Rosey" on the drivers hatch....great guy.
Don about the 7 mile getting ready to have something to drink, he was a cool customer my daughter spent quite a few weeks at Bonneville, the first trip when she was about 6 weeks old.
Enjoy
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