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I posted this about a year ago on another subject, but I will tell my tale again here.

When I first built my LAE in '94 I attended several local car shows.

I don't remember if it was in '95 or '96, but I went to a show in Cayucos, a small costal town in California about 7 miles north of Morro Bay.

After I got parked and all polished up, another Cobra made itself known to the crowd and parked beside mine. As it worked out it was Dick Smith in the infamous #198. Dick was good friends with the organizer of the event and visits it on accation to support his friend.

We talked about several things during the course of the show but one of the things I remember most was that Dick said that he didn't believe that the timing equipment, or possibly the operators, that gave him the 198 record speed was accurate.

As with all of those that do great and wonderful things, and like to have something to talk about, he didn't say anything to the timing crew thinking they would discover the error and make the necessary adjustments.

There is always the possibity that the recording equipment was correct, but if the driver thinks it in a streatch, it probably is.

There are few drivers more in tune with their car that Dick Smith. He held the Pikes Peak hill climb for several years, one time it got taken away from him he went out the same day and reclaimed the record.

He knows what his car will do and he knows what he can do with it. If he questions the 198 speed, then I tend to believe him.

That is possibly one of the first controversial world class happenings that took place in Florida.