MAYF, That ought to fire you up!!!!
Dick J
Malcolm Pittwood <MPittwood@compuserve.com> wrote: In six days time it will
be the 75th Anniversary of the first land speed
record set at over 200 mph.
Even after all this time the speed still marks a threshold speed above
which racers aspire to join a number of exclusive drivers clubs.
Briton Henry Segrave drove the "1000HP" Sunbeam on the Ormond Daytona beach
in Florida USA on March 29th. He attained a two way average of 203.792 mph
through the flying mile. The car can be seen in the National Motor Museum,
Beaulieu, Hampshire, England.
Malcolm Pittwood, Derby, England.
ps I hope that the Bonneville 200 mph club executive will honour this great
achievement, even though it was not achieved on salt and was many years
before the club opened.
Yahoo! Movies - coverage of the 74th Academy Awards.
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