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Although - I did have some participants that we did not allow to drive after they demonstrated their abilities. K
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Did I get into the wrong line of work or what?!?
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-Dave Semper Fi! 69 Camaro SS396 L34 X66 |
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My dad told me "you will never get rich working for General Motors".
I thought it was sort of a general observation; I didn't realize he meant "me" specifically! K
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Are you on to a new project now & out of the skunkworks?
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Some guys they just give up living And start dying little by little, piece by piece, Some guys come home from work and wash up, And go racin' in the street. Bruce Springsteen - Racing In The Street - 1978 |
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After that - it's back to the salt mines... K
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Goes right along with, "money isn't everything...".
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-Dave Semper Fi! 69 Camaro SS396 L34 X66 Last edited by HawkX66; 12-21-2017 at 04:14 PM. |
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It's also why he kept his day job with GM and didn't race professionally as a career.
He said "...I like racin' too much to do it for a living". K
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'63 LeMans Convertible '63 Grand Prix '65 GTO - original, unrestored, Dad was original owner, 5000 mile Royal Pontiac factory racer '74 Chevelle - original owner, 9.85 @ 136 mph best Last edited by Keith Seymore; 12-22-2017 at 05:57 PM. |
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I was able to contact Tim Logsdon, "The Boss" mentioned in the article linked at the beginning of this thread. I will try and get Tim to join the site....but here's his response to me sending him the link to the article (Thanks again for posting it Craig!) :
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And now the real "rest of the story" ... great stuff, great car ... had a friend at Chanute AFB in Il that had one. To say it was quick was an understatement!! Craig
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Some more info from Tim...This may be the commercial he gave me on video-as I haven't found it yet...
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