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[Tigers] 219mph in AZ

To: drmayf@mayfco.com
Subject: [Tigers] 219mph in AZ
From: Tom Hall <modtiger@comcast.net>
Date: Tue, 04 Dec 2007 21:59:27 -0800
At 10:40 PM 12/3/2007, you wrote:
>Couple of rich kids, eh? I wish I could claim a top speed record that
>way! Me, I have to go out on the salt, put on a funny car suit in
>August, run for at least 3 miles not more than five and be timed over
>the entire distance just to be qualified to set a record, lol. Just how
>dangerous was that stunt? A single bobble and it is all toast. Including
>the in car crew. The last guys who did a stunt like this, in England I
>think, showed the video and got caught by the police because they were
>able to identify the car and who owned it! Hooray! Street is no place
>for stunts like this. While I really don't give a rats ass about them,
>it is theother folk they might kill that ticks me off.
>
>mayf

Far as I can tell, the Silver State Challenge 
www.silverstateclassic.com is still an active venue and it is not 
that far from Arizona.  They have an unlimited class which the Lambo 
ought to work quite well in.  It may not have the history and record 
setting status of the SCTA but it certainly would give some 
reasonable control over the worst danger factors.  I'd just consider 
the  referenced video a further proof of the Darwin Theory.  I'd 
consider the average age of the participants at Bonneville, who've 
been doing this for years and years, and how many attempts the Lambo 
crew will get before the inevitable news story.  BTW, I just watched 
the Nat Geographic show on this years salt runs.  Nicely done.


Tom Hall
ModTiger Engineering LLC
www.tigerengineering.net
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