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------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ He is still in the convalescent hospital and will more than likely never leave. His health is very frail and mentally he is slipping away. You must always keep in mind that he is 90 years old and little more can be expected. Micheal Rickman |
------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Bill Crites passed away recently. He was 68. He worked for the NHRA, National Dragster and other publications. He was also an art director and production manager at National Dragster and worked with Leslie Lovett, Teresa Long, Tom McEwen, Bill Holland, Dawn Mazi-Hovsepian, Dave Kommel, Tom Schiltz and Phil Burgess. He was good friends with Steve, Gloria and Cindy Gibbs. His brother, Ken Crites, informed the news that his brother died from a heart attack. Scrub Hansen |
------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ From Vice President Don Ferguson III, "I just got word from Bud Morrill's wife Tammy that he had just passed away from congestive heart failure. For those who don't remember he ran GMC's and flatheads in many different cars at El Mirage and Bonneville. He has been living outside of Dallas, Texas for the last 3 years with his wife and two boys. They plan on returning to El Mirage and Bonneville to spread his ashes." Roy Creel |
------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Wendy Jefferies just posted that Bud Morrill passed away a few days ago. No other details available at this time. Glen Barrett |
------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ I don't know much about him when he was racing. He married a much younger woman and started having kids instead. Wendy Jeffries, Editor, Bonneville Racing News |
------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Guess what, I have been nominated for the Motorsport Hall of Fame. That is a big WOW. Paula Murphy |
------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ We are on the Spurgin-Giovanine Roadster finally and we have a goal to complete by summer 2009. I am providing you with some information on the S-G Roadster and it was an incredible feat that took place during the 1948 SCTA racing season. |
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Ernie: Great news on the discovery, purchase and restoration of the Spurgin-Giovanine Roadster. You truly have a gem, one of the all time great SCTA dry lakes cars and we will put out the word for those with photographs or memories of the car to write in and share what they know. It is one thing to have the car, it is altogether another thing to know its history. Is Tom Fritz the master? He's one of the best of a great group of hot rod artists. I joke with Tom that I should have bought one of his paintings when he was a "starving artist," but now he is far beyond my pocket book. He eyed me for a second and said, "Richard, I've got a lay away plan for you." Tom Fritz is one of the best racing, hot rod, dry lakes and motorsports artists around and will no doubt be represented at the upcoming Grand National Roadster Show in Pomona, California from January 23-25, 2009. |
------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Here is the copyright/trademark article. As you may be aware, I have been researching Bonneville, dry lakes and early drag racing history for the last fifteen years or so. I have been fortunate to be able to write regular columns and articles on a variety of subjects, but the old stories are my main interest. An extension to this has been my building a model of the City of Burbank streamliner (which has sold out), and recently reproducing old hot rod programs and decals from the early years. These interests almost immediately bring up the question of copyright. Copyright ownership is of a great concern to me for my artwork, writings and respecting other people's rights. All the items that I reproduce have hazy copyright/trademark ownership trails. I am not an expert, but I have researched this issue and would like to offer the following, as a discussion point if nothing else. |
------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ December 30, 2008. Ladies & Gentlemen: As we leave 2008 behind and roll into 2009, here are a few notes about last year. First, we actually have made significant progress toward announcing a date when we may go after the record. Second, we now have another competitor. Yes, it's Richard Noble and Andy Green, just like it was back in 1997 when we were fooling around with the American Eagle One. This time, we feel like we really have a good chance of beating them to the mark. You can never underestimate your competitors and you just never know who is lurking in the shadows (Rosco?). Even without the competitors pushing us, this project is technically difficult and financially draining, but you cannot take shortcuts. We have a great deal of technical support from companies that are helping us with just about everything we need but, of course, we are still struggling to find money. Every test session costs about $20,000 for travel expenses, lodging for the team members, fuel, insurance, permits, porta-potties and all sorts of other things that add up. We've conducted a total of 8 test sessions and 23 runs to date. Our next testing session will be met with great expectations of exceeding 400, then 500, with a speed limit of 575. We imposed this speed limit until we gather data from our onboard data acquisition system and matched that to the CFD analysis. If we feel we are on target, we will begin planning for our high speed runs with date and location yet to be determined. By that time, we will really be in need of a title sponsor to help us finance the run for the record. The entire team is champing at the bit (horse talk) to get rolling and show the world what we're made of. The innovation and tenacity of the team is an example of the good ol' North American "Can Do" attitude. The car is built, we have a fantastic team and we're so close we can just smell victory. Ed Shadle. Sent in by Jon M. Higley, C.I.O./E.A.D., Crew Lead/Webmaster, North American Eagle, Inc., http://www.landspeed.com. |
------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ The 8th Annual B'ville NW Banquet will be held February 21, 2009. Location; Shilo Inn Portland Airport, 11707 NE Airport Way, Portland 97220. The cost for this year's event is $48.00 per person. After February 8th the cost goes up to $55.00. There will be a registration limit of 150. Registration cut off date is February 15, 2009. Admission will be by pre-registration only and there will be no at the door registration. There will be a flower and cash drawings for the ladies attending. PLEASE register as soon as possible as it will help me make arrangements with the hotel. Send check or Money Order payable to: Glenn Freudenberger, 11113 37th DR SE, Everett, WA 98208. If you have any questions send me an e-mail at [email protected], call 425-337-4558, or try my cell phone at 425-422-6944. I'll get back to you within 24 hours. Doors open at 5:00PM. The featured speaker will be Bret Kepner from ESPN TV. His interest in Bonneville is amazing. Plans are not completed yet for Friday or Saturday extra events. Reservations for the Shilo Inn can be made by calling 503-252-7500 or 1-800-222-2244. We will have a block of rooms held for us, after January 6th, at a reduced rate. I suggest you call the Portland location, 503-252-7500 and be certain to mention that you are affiliated with the B'VILLE NORTHWEST REUNION. This rate covers several days before and after the event. If you make a reservation before January 6th, I'll assure you that I can guarantee the reduced rate after you get there. Refund policy. Up to February 5th all but $5 will be refunded. I must have the written request in my hands by February 5th. After February 10th, no refunding. I would love to see you. Thanks, Glenn Freudenberger |
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------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ There seems to be much discussion of the name of the Pete Dean Sportsmanship award recently. Back in 1984 when I was the President of the SCTA we suffered the loss of Pete at the May event at El Mirage. Pete was well liked and possessed those qualities that make a man stand out from his peers. It was my idea to honor Pete with a name change to the trophy at that time. I believe that Art's name had been mistakenly removed from the award and that the trophy was simply known as the Sportsmanship Award. My board of directors did not correct me and approved the name change. The board included such names as Bob Higbee and Elmo Gillette. If I had been informed of the mistake I certainly would have taken a different route to honor Pete. I apologize for my error and hope that further research will help to correct the situation and that Art Tilton's memory will preserved. Dan Warner |
------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ I am contacting you for Bill Bernstrauch, Norfolk, Nebraska. Bill would like to join the land speed historians society. Bill has made numerous Bonneville land speed videos from 1986 to present. They are very good to outstanding in quality and documentation, along with narration. He also helps as crew member for the Mackeichan and Shultz racing team from Lincoln, Nebraska. Please contact me at your convenience and I will forward your information. Thank you. Bob Dehaes |
------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Thank you. My brother has attempted contact with the person he supplied the photos to, but they have not responded to his request. Maybe your contact will be a different person. Sincerely, Kim Fleck |
------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Editor's notes; We are working on an exciting new discovery, the Spurgin/Giovanine/Borgh Roadster and the restoration project and historical research into it. This is in response to a letter from Ernie Nagamatsu, the owner/restorer and Curt Giovanine, Bob's son. The complete list of emails, stories, research papers will appear in an upcoming issue of the newsletter. If the readers have any knowledge or memories of the car, please send them in to me to publish. |
------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ I just read the lastest issue and the bio on Ed. I have known Ed for several years as a part of Ron Main's team and never realized his background. He comes across as a humble and generous person, just one of the guys. If it wasn't for your bio project I would not have known of Ed's impressive background. I will pay attention the next time he begins to tell a story. Well done Richard, Dan Warner |
------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Legends of Riverside Racing Film Festival and Gala, at www.legendsofriverside.com/newsletter1.htm. This year, the "Legends of Riverside" will be honoring the drivers of the "Times Grand Prix" of 1958 and '59, including Dan Gurney, Bruce Kessler, Carroll Shelby, Bill Krause, Joe Playan, Scooter Patrick, John Fitch, Sterling Moss, Peter Brock, Bob Bondurant, Andy Porterfield, Augie Pabst, Tony Settember and the Seattle Team Empire group of George Keck, Tom Meehan, Ralph Ormsbee and Pete Lovely. The Formula 5000 crowd includes 1968 Champ Tony Adamowicz and Eric Haga, Jerry Entin, Stuart Forbes Robinson, Davey Jordan and Skeeter McKitterick. And from the USRRC, Indy Car and Can Am ranks, you'll meet Jerry Grant, Bill Vukovich, Elliot Forbes Robinson, John Morton, Lothar Motschenbacher, Bob Bondurant and Oscar Koveleski, founder of the Polish Racing Drivers of America. For you Corvette fans, Hall of Famers Dick Guldstrand and Doug Hooper will be there. Other invitees, as yet unconfirmed, include George Follmer, Parnelli Jones, Sam Posey and Jay Leno. Plus authors, artists and photographers like Wally Wyss, Allen Kuhn, Rick Rucker, Dave Friedman, Pete Lyons, Will Edgar and Peter Bryant will be on hand showing off their art and photos or autographing their books. Films you'll see include Paul Newman's "Winning" with a special "Tribute to Paul Newman" from his racing friends, the Times Grand Prix broadcast with Phil Hill as commentator as part of "Phil Hill Remembered," Pete Lyons "Can Am Thunder," introduced by the legendary Can Am historian Pete Lyons himself, with a commentary by many of the drivers, "The Racing Scene," the James Garner documentary featuring Scooter Patrick and Davey Jordan and introduced by the writer, Will Edgar, "The Making of LeMans" from filmmaker Michael Keyser, "Gumball Rally," Hollywood's humorous depiction of the "Cannonball Run" and "Sound of Speed," the award winning Bruce Kessler documentary of a test session of Lance Reventlow's Formula One car. This is a limited attendance event, only 150 tickets are available and they're going fast. For complete information, ticket purchases and accommodation availability and a detailed schedule of events, visit www.legendsofriverside.com or call us at 951-369-6966, Riverside International Automotive Museum - 815 Marlborough Ste 200 - Riverside, CA 92507. Kathy Weida |
------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ I really appreciate your networking help but could we stop the publication of my e-mail address? The Petersen museum did not hold these photos and referred me to a Ms. Noeth. I will get in touch with Wally Parks. Thanks again for your referrals, and for safeguarding my e-mail address. Roger Mola |
------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Inductees to the Motorsports Hall of Fame. The categories are air racing, at large, drag racing, historic, motorcycles, open wheel, powerboats, sports cars and stock cars. Notice how many of the honorees have had some land speed racing experience. |
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