The rider was Kevin Murphy from Nevada and to update everyone he did have
some broken,cracked ribs, a broken thumb and I heard later a dislocated
shoulder. Sorry about the first indication on the salt that there were no
broken bones. He is very sore as he should be with that kind of get off at
speed.A speedy recovery to Kevin.
Glen
Joe Amo wrote:
> Is the name of the rider a tightly held secret?? Joe :):)
>
> "LandSpeed" Louise Ann Noeth wrote:
>
> > UPDATE
> >
> > The bike rider that went down was x-rayed in Salt Lake and DID NOT
> > break any bones, but Who ya baby is he going to be sore for a while. .
> > .
> >
> > Speedy Regards,
> >
> > "LandSpeed" Louise Ann Noeth
> >
> > LandSpeed Productions
> > Telling stories with words and pictures
> > ------------------------o0o--------------------------
> > ----- Original Message -----
> > From: <DrMayf@aol.com>
> > To: <land-speed@autox.team.net>
> > Sent: Thursday, August 17, 2000 7:43 AM
> > Subject: More Speedweek 2000
> >
> > > Some other items popped up in my head. Two older racers who had
> > passed away
> > > were given one last run down the salt. Both had been cremated. One's
> > ashes
> > > were to be taken into the hills later and scattered. The other had
> > his ashes
> > > within the drag chute and were scattered on the salt. At least this
> > is how I
> > > remember it. Glen gave them the final "God Speed...." One of the
> > racers had
> > > his MSD ignition go flaky on him. Was looking for help and stumbled
> > into the
> > > Al Teague camp. Asked if anyone knew anything about MSD and Teague
> > had his
> > > chief mechanic stop what he was doing and go help the racer. The
> > NBIII motor
> > > that was replaced in the Motel ^ parking lot looked to be the same
> > as what
> > > was removed. The teething problems next day were turbo and carb
> > related. I'm
> > > sure it was sorted out ok. And this was an even stronger motor, so
> > maybe they
> > > did good. I saw the absolute bitchinest Crosley ever built. That
> > puppy could
> > > win show contests and prolly has. Tried really hard to get the
> > record for its
> > > class, 80 something but just not quite there. But much fun anyway.
> > Talked to
> > > the # 77 lakster people at the gas station in Las Vegas; I think I
> > saw it
> > > make a 277mph run. They were in impound then. Only one ambulance
> > run: a bike
> > > driver lost it in the first half mile. Broke his collar bone, 3 ribs
> > and
> > > something else. Went to the hospital, the med flighted to Salt LAke
> > City for
> > > additional observations. I recognized the need to be a really smart
> > motor
> > > guy. In the few days I was there the density altitude bounced around
> > from
> > > 4000 feet or so to 6000 ft. This requies that you know your engine
> > really
> > > well and have lots of data saying what jets are needed for both the
> > fuel and
> > > for any nitrous. I need to explore this more in depth. One day, the
> > corection
> > > factor for HP was 1.26. If I read this right this is a loss of 21%
> > of the
> > > horsepower! Yipes.
> > >
> > > more later as I remember...
> > >
> > > mayf
> > >
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