Malcomb,
Which highway did you pick. 318? If you stay until the
19th, you can see the Silver State race.
Ed
--- M Pittwood <MPittwood@compuserve.com> wrote:
> List
>
> Firstly congratulations to all who participated in
> Speed Week, especially
> those who set records - I am now aiming to attend
> the 60th event on the
> salt. Thanks Jon for the updates and photos on
> landracing.com and to the
> SCTA/BNI for their results lists and more photos.
>
> In September, I and two colleagues from Primetime
> Land Speed Engineering
> will be visiting the state of Nevada - flying in and
> out of Las Vegas.
> This is between 7th and 14th, so as to complete the
> arrangements for a
> highway based FIA Land Speed Record attempt on the
> International electric
> class record. Thanks to the input from this list we
> are being helped by
> the open road racers organisation - MKM. The
> attempt is scheduled for May
> 05.
>
> Although primarily a 'business trip' there will be
> time perhaps to take in
> some motor sport - I know Dennis Manning's event
> will be on the salt and El
> Mirage will be on the dirt - but does anyone know of
> any Drag Racing action
> in the State of Nevada at this time? [My colleagues
> Colin and Mark are
> former top fuel Funny Car (AAFC) drivers, as well as
> jet car drivers here
> in the UK].
>
> Of course if anyone from the list wants to meet some
> Brits for some land
> speed bench racing just let me know ........ Colin
> is the current Outright
> UK land speed record holder at 300.3 mph and Mark
> held the record before
> him. As for me well ....... Jack Costella, Jim
> Webb, Keith Turk and John
> Beckett in particular can fill you in if you ask
> them.
>
> Has anyone got Dave Petralis (the USAC timer) e mail
> - my electronic
> address book has been trashed recently.
>
> Thanks
> Malcolm Pittwood, Derby, England.
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