Who's next?

[PorkPie]

Seldom Seen Slim...or short...

Jon

thanks for all you done now for decades for the Speed Community,

and for me  :clap :clap :clap :clap :clap

have a enjoyable retirement from your job as Mr. Landracing....and yes, say Hello to Nancy 



Mike, welcome to your new job...

I know you very well....and your welcome at the salt.....tough....as I always have to check my rips if they are still on the right place....

you be the right choice 

[theazoldcrow]

 
Hello,,,, thank you,,,, and congratulations !    Jon,,, gonna miss ya on here Buddy !    BCNU at the Bend in The Road !      Crow, P.R. doo for The Bend in The Road Gang !

[desotoman]

Adios, Jon aka SSS, I wish you and Nancy the best in health and life, thank you for your time and effort over the years devoted to this website.

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A new day for Landracing.com, Welcome MRK as new owner. Thank you for picking up where Jon has left off.


Tom G.

[Scott]

Many thanks to Jon and Nabcy for there efforts and time.

[Stan Back]

Mike who?

[MRK]

Well folks, I'm the chosen one.
First off, let me say that I'm honored that Jon has shown the faith in me to take over the Landracing.com website. I know that for the past 20 plus years, he's been the guy that kept it going and allowed you all to have a platform to discuss the world of land speed racing. My intent is to honor his legacy and keep it going for years to come.
Here's a little about me. I'm a Southern California native who grew up loving just about anything that went fast. I had guys in my neighborhood with hot rods and drag boats. There was a sign painter that lived on the corner who was always busy lettering and pinstriping cars. We raced our Sting Ray's like we were Malcolm Smith and jumped trash cans like we were Evel Knievel! Needless to say, the car culture was always a thing, and you couldn't help but to be influenced by it.
Fast forward a few years and in my professional life I was a career parts guy. I started as a delivery driver at a small Italian car dealership in Santa Monica and ended up with a 40-year career in the parts business working for one of the largest European parts importers in the country. It was a great run that allowed me to meet people from all over the globe. I left the parts business for good in 2023 and have spent the past few years travelling and working on the many projects that have built up over time. I still have a base in Southern California and am a short drive from El Mirage, Famoso and Willow Springs. Plenty of opportunities to get my fix!
Also, I spent 10 years as a volunteer with the SCTA. I didn't get to the Salt until 2011. You would think that a kid growing up in SoCal would have made the pilgrimage before he turned 50 but it wasn't so for me. As most who've encountered the hallowed ground known as the Bonneville Salt Flats, I was awestruck. So much so that I?ve gone back almost every year since. As a volunteer, I worked with Dan Warner from 2014 through the 2016 season and in 2017 I became the official Record Certification Officer. That lasted until 2024 when the SCTA Board decided that a change was in order and a new Impound Chief was appointed. I had the time of my life helping racers achieve their racing goals and am proud of what I accomplished during my tenure.
And that brings me to the new role ahead. My goal as the new owner of the website is to make sure that Jons vision is kept intact. I don't intend to get heavy handed, but we must all admit that there are some needed updates. The front page of the site is where the most work is needed and that will come over time. The forum's will be pretty much left alone but there will be enhancements. Mostly in the background and they should improve your experience.
I hope you will give me some input on what you'd like to see as it is your community. I'm just here to enhance it.
Feel free to contact me through the website for now. I will have another dedicated email address set up soon.
Best regards, Mike

Great news my advice is to migrate it to Discourse. It is a modern format that takes much of the management out of it. See my posts #39 and #47 on this thread. My offer still stands.

Thanks Mike.
Private message sent.

[SPARKY]

Mayor Mike,   

Welcome aboard.

Thanks Jon    thanks for all you have done for LSR .   Kudos to all that you did  !!!!

even if you were born east of the magic eastern Calif. border

With Respect and Reguards

Sparky

[sabat]

Mike who?

Mike Kaehny.

Thanks Mike, I'm relieved that all this history and information will be maintained and continue to grow. Best of luck during the takeover transition.

Many thanks to Jon W, I hope to see you & Nancy on the salt or dirt again someday. Maybe with a Kawasaki?

Also, thanks to the site founder, Jon Amo, who started this board way back when. Not sure if he (or Joe) stops in anymore.

Cheers,
Dean

[TD]

Great news!

[TD]

It would be great were the new forum software to ease the limitations on the size of images uploaded.  While I know disk storage is not truly free, other forums I'm on don't have these sorts of limits.

Also, let us know how we can (financially) contribute.

Thanks
Tim

[Stan Back]

Thanks, Mike. 

I'm glad that this forum will be passed on -- and am sure that you'll be a good caretaker.  I would have tried as a last resort, but with my skills, I'm down to being able to just get a comment put together.  Thanx for using the Teague photo -- it's the best one I've ever taken.  Someday I'd like to give you a call regarding record certification -- just to share a rare experience.

Jim Kitchen

[MRK]

Thanks, Mike. 

I'm glad that this forum will be passed on -- and am sure that you'll be a good caretaker.  I would have tried as a last resort, but with my skills, I'm down to being able to just get a comment put together.  Thanx for using the Teague photo -- it's the best one I've ever taken.  Someday I'd like to give you a call regarding record certification -- just to share a rare experience.

Jim Kitchen

Thanks Jim. You took that photo? Holy smokes!! It's an iconic image!! I'd like to get a copy and have Teague sign it!

[Stan Back]

Yeah -- you just had to be there.  I'm no photographer, but I can see a good one when I do.  I shot that one day, way back when it was, and after I had it printed, I had an 8x12 made of it (now like right over on the wall looking as I'm typing).  I made an 8x10s to give to him after the next meet.  And all of the team wanted one, too.  So, I made some more.  And since it's been on covers and magazines and whatever.

You have to tell that the way back then you had to push start the car and loop it back to the starting line and stop and push it off.

I never really knew Al, but like my friend Steve Batchelor and I, we'd try to help fund with devotions at Bonneville.  Years later (just a few years back), I ran into Al at the LA Roadster show and we chatted for a couple of minutes.  We both had been in the Army and Vietnam at the same time.  What a nice person! (His Model A was way faster than mine.)   

[MRK]

It would be great were the new forum software to ease the limitations on the size of images uploaded.  While I know disk storage is not truly free, other forums I'm on don't have these sorts of limits.

Also, let us know how we can (financially) contribute.

Thanks
Tim

Thanks for the input. I will table this with the new software company we are looking at.
Cheers.

[kiwi belly tank]

If you want to contact Al, pm me & I'll give you his email.
  Sid.