Re: British Car Sets World Land Speed Record...

[Joe Curry <curry@wolfenet.com>]

Ken Streeter wrote:
> 
> Even if it wasn't in a Triumph, a British Car
> once again holds the World Land Speed Record!
> And to think that my TR6 uses Castrol oil, too!
> 
> (From Reuter's news service at
> http://www.yahoo.com/headlines/news
> 
> -------
> 
> Monday October 13 8:41 PM EDT
> 
> Jet Car Breaks Sound Barrier
> 
> By Adrian Croft
> 
> GERLACH, Nev. (Reuters) - The jet-engined British Thrust SuperSonic
> Car broke the sound barrier twice on land Monday, but under
> international racing rules, it failed by one minute to set a supersonic land 
>speed record.


It was a mistake,  He was on the way to Laughlin, Nev. for Triumphest
and took a wrong turn.  When he saw all the onlookers, he got scared 
and got the hell out of there.

Joe Curry   '63 Spit