Well John Looks like he stole it back.....
Hate to do this To you Tom... but I am conning John into the Turbo thing
also...
Hmmm Well after November you have all winter....
Thanks for the report Tom....
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> From: Thomas E. Bryant <saltracer@awwwsome.com>
> To: John Beckett <johnbeck@blueridge.cc.nc.us>
> Cc: Land Speed <land-speed@autox.team.net>
> Subject: World Finals
> Date: Sunday, October 24, 1999 3:22 PM
>
> John,
> Great weather, great salt, and eventually great results!
>
> Our week started off with me taking a checkout run on Thursday. My
> glasses fogged and I was mostly blind so I was pointing at the opening
> between two orange mile markers (wasn't able to read the numbers). As it
> turned out I went 212MPH+ in the last mile. That was before I tried the
> Nitrous for about 1/2 mile, I finally read a sign board, #7, though it
> was time to shut it down. Through all the confusion, I forgot to turn on
> the tach, so I have to take the 212MPH in the third mile.
>
> Jeff made the next run at 223MPH shutting down about half way through
> the 3rd mile because it seemed to be dropping a cylinder. As it turned
> out, he had a 229MPH Kilo. The next run had about the same results
> registering 225MPH. Friday morning, with a new set of spark plugs, we
> again went to the starting line, this time running 230MPH, and on to
> impound. On the return run we fell short with a 216MPH time. We then
> requalified at 233.06 and came back with a 235.775MPH for a 234.418
> average. (Sorry John, but I had to borrow the record back.) The record
> is nice, but the real mission was to get Jeff a red hat. Now both Jeff
> and I are members of the Muroc and the Bonneville 200 MPH Clubs. I am
> also a Dirty "2" (El Mirage 200 MPH Club) member. We will be trying to
> fill Jeff into that slot in November at the El Mirage 2-day meet.
>
> John, as you have stated, "There are no easy records at Bonneville."
> This one was a difficult and an expensive one for us. See the web site
> report a little later for the details.
>
> I tried to keep up with what others were doing while we were thrashing.
> I will report what I think I know about that:
>
> After setting the AA/BFS at 390 MPH Al Teague backed up a couple of
> miles and closed the meet with a 405 MPH middle mile. Vesco qualified at
> 428 & 427 MPH, but was unable to back up either because of mechanical
> problems. Nolan White ws there with his new 2-engine version of his
> streamliner and made a couple of easy passes working out problems.
> Wooden ran a 290 MPH average in AA/FCC and hurt the engine on a
> subsequent run. The Electric Streamliner went 251 MPH, the first
> electric car over 250. Dave Haller was fighting A/F mixture, had run in
> the high 190s. The Danny Boy Streamliner made a 240+ average in C/S.
> (FIA)
>
> It was really a great meet. My hat is off to the SCTA for running a low
> profile quality meet. The atmosphere harkens back to the sixties when
> life wasn't so hectic.
>
> Tom
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