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Thanks for your replies. Good info like this is why I got onto this net.
Pardon my being a beginner and just learning (sorry for dumb questions).
All of you are giving good support. This mornings approx. 6 people writings
put things in perspective. Start at the beginning is the message I get.
--- Ron
ARDUNDOUG@aol.com on 06/18/99 11:23:51 AM
To: Ronald B Anderson, land-speed@autox.team.net
cc:
Subject: Re: 130, 150, and 200 MPH Clubs
Ron Anderson,
My understanding of the 130 & 150 Clubs is that there are no records
to break. You just have to be timed at or above those speeds at a USFRA
meet.
You may also be able to qualify at a SCTA meet, but, I don't know.
The 200 MPH Club is something independent and totally different from
the 130 & 150 clubs. To qualify for the 200 MPH Club you must exceed 200
mph
while breaking an existing record. In the case of Bonneville, the 200 MPH
Club has established minimums for open classes (those with no existing
record). This avoids a guy getting in the club for running mediocre speeds
over 200 in a class that should command much higher results.
The existing GT (unblown) Bonneville records start at 266 for "AA"
and go down to 203 for "C". The "B" record is open, but, be assured that
the
Two-Club minimum will be between 220 and 230. It'd doable, but, not without
a
lot of effort.
I've been trying unsuccessfully for 12 years to qualify with my XXF
motors. I started out with my engine in the RedHead streamliner in 1987,
putting Billy Lattin in the club with a 212 average on gas, and am now
going
after the oldest record in the SCTA/BNI book, Cramer-Taylors 1969 XXF/FMR
mark of 201. I think that one of our members, Greg Gillette, got into the
club in this car.
I came close in 1991 at El Mirage, running in the XXF/FL against a
195 minimum I ran 194.6 on alky. I was pretty happy with the run, but,
close
only counts in horseshoes and hand grenades.
Ardun Doug King
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