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My backroad memorial
My favorite memories of my brother are of him in the driver's seat, tearing down dirt roads. So on nights when I miss him more than I can bear, I just turn up the radio, roll down the windows, and speed.
By Susan Straight [2007-04-09]

  • 32 hours & 7 minutes

    is the coast-to-coast USA driving record, set in 1983 in a modified Ferrari.

    Driving fast doesn't kill people; driving dumb does.

    A lovely reminiscence of your brother; enjoy your late night road adventures and memories, I have a few I savor myself:

    Terminal Tower to Pop's Truck Stop: 38 miles in 19 minutes.

    East Side Highway in a 2-litre Datsun Roadster with a 3/4 race cam/headers/side pipes - the traffic miraculously parting like the Red Sea when they heard the exhaust from the race-prepped SRL 311.

    My current car goes 145. If they didn't want me to find that out, they shouldn't have built it to go that fast. If you are going to drive fast, there are some things you have to do:

    1. no cell phones

    2. no eating sloppy cheeseburgers

    3. no looking at the passenger when you're talking

    4. no changing the stations

    5. hands at 10 and 2

    6. pay attention

    7. If there's a collision in front of you - steer for the point of impact.

    -- robert lewis
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    Monday, April 9, 2007 07:48 AM
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