Waldo Stakes I beleive is his name. They have had misfortune of bad ice and
not as long as they need.. Not the vehicle.
They have also come up with a new lsr car design Mach 3 they claim. Anyways
Jonathan
----- Original Message -----
From: "John Beckett" <saltracer@servusa.com>
To: "Jonathan Amo" <webmaster@landracing.com>; "dpulju"
<dpulju@usintouch.com>; "Land-Speed" <land-speed@autox.team.net>
Sent: Wednesday, June 04, 2003 4:58 AM
Subject: Re: ice racing
> Who is the guy who built the LSR rocket sled to run on the ice? Hasn't had
> much luck with it for some reason.
>
> JB
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Jonathan Amo" <webmaster@landracing.com>
> To: "dpulju" <dpulju@usintouch.com>; "Land-Speed"
> <land-speed@autox.team.net>
> Sent: Wednesday, June 04, 2003 3:17 AM
> Subject: Re: ice racing
>
>
> > Dale,
> >
> > If you remember history, Henry Ford did that setting a record in Jan
13th
> > 1904 on the Frozen lakes of Michigan at 91.369 mph. If I recall a
printed
> > statement he made, "...that was the stupidest thing I ever did..."...
> > He did that with an inline 4 cylinder that displaced around 16,708 cc's
> > with a whoping 72 horsepower. He did it with no streamlining. no gears
and
> > no clutch. Just a direct drive system.
> > The french never recognized his record acheivements, but as the history
> > books tell us the record only lasted 2 weeks because on Jan 28
Vanderbuilt
> > took the record from Ford at 92.299 mph. Vanderbuilts (who was a
> > millionaire )car had a piston displacement of 8,700 cc's and had 90hp,
> using
> > 4 speeds, magneto ignition and was chain driven. He was first to use
> Daytona
> > as a racecourse. During his speed runs his mechanic rode with him.
> >
> >
> > Our guy, you know, the Henry Ford guy, he also revolutionized the 8 hour
> > work day, and was first to implement mass-production, thus the Model T.
> >
> >
> >
> > Jonathan Amo
> >
> > ----- Original Message -----
> > From: "dpulju" <dpulju@usintouch.com>
> > To: "Land-Speed" <land-speed@autox.team.net>
> > Sent: Tuesday, June 03, 2003 9:59 PM
> > Subject: ice racing
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