Re: [MBZ] MBCA membership and voting...

2006-09-11 Thread Joe Knight
As I recall, Chuck, it took Spud more than a few trips down the tarmac to achieve that goal at ~2700' elevation in Idaho. If you're at all serious about it you might want to ask him for some tips. I think maybe traction control at launch was a bit of an issue & he maybe wound up stripping excess

Re: [MBZ] MBCA membership and voting...

2006-09-11 Thread Joe Knight
"Is that for age or mileage? Or is there a special club for centurarians (?) who drive 100 mph on the track?" __- Not quite, Andrew. My understanding is that kind of a holy grail for more or less stock 500E owners is to break 100 at the drag strip in the standing 1/4mi. -joe

Re: [MBZ] MBCA membership and voting...

2006-09-11 Thread andrew strasfogel
Is that for age or mileage? Or is there a special club for centurarians (?) who drive 100 mph on the track? On 9/7/06, Joe Knight <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: Just got off the phone w/ the nice lady at MBCA, Chuck; started from scratch to get you listed as sponsor. Should have the voting requi

Re: [MBZ] MBCA membership and voting...

2006-09-07 Thread Joe Knight
Just got off the phone w/ the nice lady at MBCA, Chuck; started from scratch to get you listed as sponsor. Should have the voting requisites w/i a week or 2. Hope you break into the century club at the drag strip. :) -joe I just checked w/the MBCA National Business Office. If yo

[MBZ] MBCA membership and voting...

2006-09-07 Thread Chuck Landenberger
Joe and all interested listers, I just checked w/the MBCA National Business Office. If you call (1-800-637-2360) and join, you will receive a ballot. The ballot must be received by October 16, 2006 in order to be counted. That's RECEIVED, not just postmarked. As info, the dues are $45.0