I think Wally Parks had somewhat the same comments when he drove (and spun)
the Bill Burke lakester at Bonneville in 1949. But they didn't have fire
bottles on board ... you used a fire extinguisher after you stopped the car.
Great gleam in his eye when he tells the story.
Wes
on 10/29/01 7:00 AM, Keith Turk at kturk@ala.net wrote:
> totally understand why it's important...
>
> As for rear engined Lakesters.... well .... they are a Hoot.... fun
> stuff... BUT how do I know when to hit the Fire bottles?
>
> K
>
> Keith Turk
> Austin Healey 100, Bugeye, Box sprites, Bonneville Camaro ( Land Speed
> Racer)
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