people are real uptight here............
once on the salt most of it melts.........
CHEERS........Malcom.........hoping to see the effort arrive..
Joe :)
Quoting "MPittwood@compuserve.com" <MPittwood@compuserve.com>:
> I wonder why some US racers become troubled by a speed car that happens to
> carry the name of an engineering company - in this case JCB, on its flanks.
> This so called "corporate" organisation builds back hoe diggers and such
> other fine implements for industrial use as the 'Fastrack', And it builds
> diesel engines too. It is not in the racing or speed business.
>
> The Ricardo people might be compared to a Dave D or a Mike, as they are all
> in the 'tune up' business to maximise the power output from something some
> one else has produced. The teams aerodynamacist is a retired former rocket
> designer ............. now don't we have such a person in this group based
> in the USA? And their consultant is the former outright land speed record
> who first used the Black Rock desert, having been flooded off the salt.
> The driver may be a bit special as he tackled rear wheel steering and the
> sound barrier and came out with a significant record.
>
> All US racers should just welcome a British team who wants to show its
> paces on the Bonneville Salt Flats .............. rather than in South
> Africa or Australia or Tunisia or Bolivia or Dubai or indeed any other
> location in the world (or indeed a highway in Nevada).
>
> Malcolm Pittwood, Derby, England
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