Glenn Freudenberger says
"Elmo Gillette is UNSCRUPULOUS and COWARDLY. Morals and integrity are unknown to him.
When I was providing the photographs that were used in the rulebook and the event posters I spend as many as 6 hours per day shooting. I also provided fotos for several motorcycle magazines and European automobile publications. Each time before I went out to shoot I would clear it with Bob Higbee, the official starter. He always knew where I was and he approved of what I did. Elmo decided to police me and dictate the conditions under which I did my work. When I discussed this with Higbee he advised me to carry on as I had always done. Apparently this did grind on Elmo.
One day a white roadster with number 69 on it veered 150 feet off of the course and headed directly toward me. The driver was Elmo Gillette. Then he swerved back on the course and finished his run. I was watching the car all the time through a 500 mm lens and was completely aware of what was happening. It seemed to me that he had just established the conditions to report that I was in an unsafe area and was a problem. If that was not his intention and it happened accidentally, he was not qualified to drive that car.
In the late ?80?s when I ran a TZ 750 bike I qualified for a long course record run. My record attempt was on Saturday and I was probably the only bike. I arrived at the line on time. One car ran and the starter pointed at me and hollered, ?You are next. If you don?t run now, you lose your turn.? I had just rolled up there and there were at least 2 cars before me. At that time there were separate lines for motorcycles and cars. I immediately turned the bike around, fired it and planned to warm it. It was only the third unblown750 that wasn?t on fuel that had qualified for the long course. The previous 2 belonged to Don Vesco. As I pulled to the line, the starter pointed to me and said,?Go now.? The bike had not warmed at all. The starter never did a safety inspection or even approached the bike. ?Go now, or get out of line.? I left, cold engine and all. I didn?t understand the urgency of the situation. It was Saturday. Cars usually ran first to give them more turn around time. The only runs were the qualified record runs and there were no more than ten total attempts. Between the 1 and the 2 my helmet started to come up over my eyes. I had left w/o my helmet strap being tightened and the starter never even checked me. That was documented in the story that CYCLE Magazine did on my Speed Week endeavor. You guessed it. The started wasn?t Bob Higbee, it was Elmo Gillette. He got me again.
If you ask him about those times and he says, ? I don?t remember that? just remember his recall about other happenings may not be complete either.
If he says, ?I didn?t do that.? He?s a damned liar. He cost me a record attempt and I remember that exceedingly well.
In my opinion, any judgment made on information Elmo Gillette provides is fallacious. Integrity is a concept that he has never known.
How many others has Elmo Gillette stomped on and they never reported it? I have no idea. One is one too many.
If anyone in this arena lacks guts it is Elmo Gillette. Attending Bonneville since 1949 has not added a single point to his IQ.
No doubt Elmo voted for Jim with a pink color crayon.
?It?s better to be known as a fool than to open ones mouth and remove all doubt.? ANON
It takes a man of great fortitude to tell Mary West to BUTT OUT while looking at his own BUTT everytime he shaves.
With absolute assurance that I am correct,
Happily...
Glenn Freudenberger"
