Tom
Congratulations. You and Jeff earned that one. 234
MPH...man...OK...maybe I'll have to put the "D" motor back in for next year.
Actually think we'll try a turbo on the "E" first. Looking for that "AA"
license.
When you get a chance tell us about weather conditions in October at
Bonneville and salt conditions since this is the last meet before next
August.
John
-----Original Message-----
From: Thomas E. Bryant <saltracer@awwwsome.com>
To: John Beckett <johnbeck@blueridge.cc.nc.us>
Cc: Land Speed <land-speed@autox.team.net>
Date: Sunday, October 24, 1999 6:35 PM
Subject: World Finals
>John,
>Great weather, great salt, and eventually great results!
>
>Our week started off with me taking a checkout run on Thursday. My
>glasses fogged and I was mostly blind so I was pointing at the opening
>between two orange mile markers (wasn't able to read the numbers). As it
>turned out I went 212MPH+ in the last mile. That was before I tried the
>Nitrous for about 1/2 mile, I finally read a sign board, #7, though it
>was time to shut it down. Through all the confusion, I forgot to turn on
>the tach, so I have to take the 212MPH in the third mile.
>
>Jeff made the next run at 223MPH shutting down about half way through
>the 3rd mile because it seemed to be dropping a cylinder. As it turned
>out, he had a 229MPH Kilo. The next run had about the same results
>registering 225MPH. Friday morning, with a new set of spark plugs, we
>again went to the starting line, this time running 230MPH, and on to
>impound. On the return run we fell short with a 216MPH time. We then
>requalified at 233.06 and came back with a 235.775MPH for a 234.418
>average. (Sorry John, but I had to borrow the record back.) The record
>is nice, but the real mission was to get Jeff a red hat. Now both Jeff
>and I are members of the Muroc and the Bonneville 200 MPH Clubs. I am
>also a Dirty "2" (El Mirage 200 MPH Club) member. We will be trying to
>fill Jeff into that slot in November at the El Mirage 2-day meet.
>
>John, as you have stated, "There are no easy records at Bonneville."
>This one was a difficult and an expensive one for us. See the web site
>report a little later for the details.
>
>I tried to keep up with what others were doing while we were thrashing.
>I will report what I think I know about that:
>
>After setting the AA/BFS at 390 MPH Al Teague backed up a couple of
>miles and closed the meet with a 405 MPH middle mile. Vesco qualified at
>428 & 427 MPH, but was unable to back up either because of mechanical
>problems. Nolan White ws there with his new 2-engine version of his
>streamliner and made a couple of easy passes working out problems.
>Wooden ran a 290 MPH average in AA/FCC and hurt the engine on a
>subsequent run. The Electric Streamliner went 251 MPH, the first
>electric car over 250. Dave Haller was fighting A/F mixture, had run in
>the high 190s. The Danny Boy Streamliner made a 240+ average in C/S.
>(FIA)
>
>It was really a great meet. My hat is off to the SCTA for running a low
>profile quality meet. The atmosphere harkens back to the sixties when
>life wasn't so hectic.
>
>Tom
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