Apparently it could. The private timing was just for the TV show.
Mayf says the hydrogen system it uses is safer than the Ballard
technology used by Ford and Ohio State.
Wes
On Jun 18, 2009, at 9:32 PM, dan warner wrote:
> Why couldn't the Jesse james car run an SCTA/BNI/USFRA event? It
> meets current safety regs and section 2.B of the 2009 rulebook piuts
> the car in a fuel class.
>
> DW
>
> --- On Thu, 6/18/09, Wester Potter <wester6935@comcast.net> wrote:
>
> From: Wester Potter <wester6935@comcast.net>
> Subject: Re: [Land-speed] Jesse James brings hydrogen land-speed
> record back to America: AutoWeek Magazine
> To: "Dale Pulju" <d.pulju@pahrump.com>, "LAND SPEED LIST"
><land-speed@autox.team.net
> >
> Date: Thursday, June 18, 2009, 12:01 PM
>
> And Rick Byrnes went 207 with the Ford electric car using hydrogen to
> create the electricity. Ohio State has gone over 270 with their
> streamliner using the same Ballard technology as Ford did. Oh yes ...
> they were timed at the Bonneville Salt Flats. Would any of the
> sponsoring organizations allow Jesse's liner to run at their event? I
> seriously doubt it. SCTA even required the setup that created the
> hydrogen for the Ford attempt to stay away from the extreme end of the
> pits by a thousand feet.
>
> Wes
>
> On Jun 18, 2009, at 6:43 AM, Dale Pulju wrote:
>
> >
> > http://www.autoweek.com/article/20090617/CARNEWS/906179969
> >
> > was it a fia record? or just an el mirage record? was the german
> > record an fia record? or just a german record?
> >
> > dale
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