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1. [Land-speed] Old Speed Records... (score: 1)
Author: drmayf <drmayf@mayfco.com>
Date: Wed, 11 Feb 2009 09:48:13 -0800
Just sitting here and had an odd thought (well all my thoughts are considered odd by some, lol)... was there ever an instance when a car or bike was driven on the Daytona sand and then on the salt? W
/html/land-speed/2009-02/msg00037.html (7,181 bytes)

2. Re: [Land-speed] Old Speed Records... (score: 1)
Author: Wester Potter <wester6935@comcast.net>
Date: Wed, 11 Feb 2009 11:38:27 -0700
It likely was John Cobb, he was the first Brit to run on the salt but as an endurance racer. He drove the Napier-Railton for 100 miles at a 152.95 average speed. I'm not sure where he had run before
/html/land-speed/2009-02/msg00038.html (8,229 bytes)

3. Re: [Land-speed] Old Speed Records... (score: 1)
Author: James Tone <gmc6power@earthlink.net>
Date: Wed, 11 Feb 2009 14:35:24 -0500 (EST)
Karol Miller did it with his 1956 Ford Victoria in the 50's. I believe he ran at Bonneville first and at a later date went to Daytona. When he first ran at Bonneville he used an unblown 300+ inch eng
/html/land-speed/2009-02/msg00039.html (8,093 bytes)


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