Henry,
As a great amateur sport of Land Speed Racing, we are not in it for money. There
is none. You go to race, meet friends and have one hell of a good time. Its a
much different aspect as in the drags. You blow a tire, need a shock, need some
nitrous there is usually somebody ready to help you as out at "Land Speed Racing
events" Unlike the drags that I have been too, either your competitors turn
their head or nudge you away. We are a great little community racing that you
cant do anywhere else but 3 places in the states.
Im sure we all welcome you with open arms and are ready to help you succeed in
your Land Speed Endevours, I sure hope you come join our unique form of racing,
join our "cummunity" and have one hell of a time.
Jonathan Amo
webmaster/owner
http://www.landracing.com
Henry Deaton wrote:
> At 06:02 PM 11/22/00, Keith Turk wrote:
> >Henry that is a Great peice... neat to see the different stuff... I already
> >learned not to call them slow.... what was the best 1/4 mile speed for a EV
> >Drag bike so far?
>
> The fastest EV drag bike is ran a 9.45 second quarter last August. It's
> best speed to date was 153 mph. My best run so far was a 14.25 second run
> at 92.5 mph. The fast guy is Bill Dube'. He's building a new bike that
> should be running in the 8's next year, but you never know. I'm hoping to
> run in the mid 9's with my new bike unless I give up drag racing completely
> to go run in the dirt and salt. It's crossed my mind. But I was talking to
> the guy with the world's fastest electric dragster this morning and he was
> trying to get me to get serious about bracket racing. Says there's lots of
> money in it, while there isn't any money at all doing the lsr stuff. Maybe
> not a bad thing, IMHO.
>
> I bought some steel today to start on my new frame. After talking to Turbo
> Rick last weekend I'm thinking about putting a swingarm on my bike. I have
> been running a rigid rear end, which is great for drag racing. I did see
> alot of harley's with rigid rear ends at El Mirage, but it sure seems like
> some rear suspension would be nice when the dirt starts getting a few ruts
> in it. Rick said all of the really fast bikes had suspension. Makes
> building the bike a little more complicated, but I'm probably already in
> over my head so what's the difference :)
>
> Henry
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