Interesting Point Mike..... Seems to Me Donald Healey Tested his Car on a
long runway in England before coming to Bonneville in 1956.... Just like me
testing mine at Maxton before Running at Bonneville.
If you went faster then the SCTA record and the car had been inspected to a
class standard.... I sure wouldn't have a problem with you claiming a WORLD
record either.... Long as there was a Sanctioning body... with
Credibility..... WHAT I am saying is that the FIA lacks the Credibility in
this SPORT.... not in F1
Okay I am taking my Limited opinion and limited Knowledge and going away on
this subject. The list here is much more important to me then who claims
what record.... and I sure don't mean to offend those who believe the FIA
represents the Correct way to Go Fast....
Keith .... ( Yeah I been 200mph in the Worlds fastest Jaguar.... with an
American motor.... hmmm bet that makes it a NON jaguar.... who cares... it
was Awful fast )
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> From: Mike Jenkins <MikeJ@speedrecordclub.softnet.co.uk>
> To: Keith Turk <kturk@ala.net>; John Beckett
<landspeedracer@email.msn.com>; Wester S Potter <wspotter@jps.net>
> Cc: land-speed list <land-speed@autox.team.net>
> Subject: Re: Sanctioning
> Date: Wednesday, March 01, 2000 1:58 PM
>
> List,
>
> I'm not sure Keith's argument as to 5 the five venues that run to
> SCTA/USFRA/ECTA/DRLA allow you to claim that your records are world
> records - after all we've got three current venues in the UK (Elvington,
> Bruntingthorpe & Pendine Sands) which are used for record breaking, and
> there are many others in the world which all run to FIA/FIM rules. I can
see
> why you have scrapped the 1hr turnaround for ease of running a meeting -
but
> on the other hand we used to have a regular records meeting in the UK
which
> ran to FIA/FIM rules which only stopped due to problems with hiring the
> course.
>
> As far as the FIA not being the correct body to sanction land speed
records,
> they and their predecessors have been certifiying land speed records
since
> before the First World War.
>
> Mike Jenkins
>
>
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