Cole
If you only got to Speed Week on Tuesday you missed a bunch. Would suggest
you try www.scta-bni.com for actual speed and records. Also
www.landracing.com
5) Tom Bryant and family run the Tom Thumb Special. Tom and I have traded
records several times over the years. Believe his best speed at this event
was 222 MPH. Just 4 MPH shy of the D/GCC record.
6) Joe or Jon Amo can probably add more to the "Scooter" question.
8) I thought the 'Salt' was the best its been in eight years. Hey they never
moved the short course and only had to move the long course once. I drove on
it late in the week and thought it was still OK. That hasn't happened in a
long time.
10) Staging lanes on the long course were OK. Short course lines were
somewhat longer, but not bad. By Monday I thought they were relatively
short.
11) #1183 Don McMeekin's Skyhawk. F/GCC & F/GC records.
And many, many more.
You need to put Speed Week 2001 on you calendar. And come join us at
Maxton some time also.
John Beckett, LSR #1179, E/GCC (Two more records and two more guys in the
200 MPH club)
----- Original Message -----
From: "cole coonce" <colecoonce@hotmail.com>
To: <land-speed@autox.team.net>
Sent: Friday, September 01, 2000 1:41 AM
Subject: Speed Week
> Greetings everybody.
>
> My name is Cole Coonce and I experienced Speed Week for the first time
this
> year (I know, I know...)
>
> Anyway: I do hot rod journalism, believe it or not. However, when I went
to
> Bonneville I wasn't on assignment, just chilling and soaking it all in
> ...(although I did put up some pics on my website, www.nitronic.com )
>
> Upon my return, however, Popular Hot Rodding approached me to fill up a
> three page spread on Speed Week 2000.
>
> So: while I took a few notes while I was out there (force of habit), there
> are some holes in my coverage...
>
> I need help with some fact-checking and some filling in of details. Here
> goes:
>
> 1) Carl Heap and The Phoenix setting the unlimited diesel record at 245
mph
> (?), an unofficial back door speed of 252 mph...I understand the thing
> weighs 19,000 lbs. What make of truck is this, exactly?
>
> 2) Nebulous Theorem II and III. They are powered by what?
>
> 3) Nick Arias III said to me, ""Have you ever seen a blown fuel Yamaha (?)
> with a Whipple?" Which 'liner was he referring to?
>
> 4) Al Teague's streamliner, which was running as B/Fuel when I was there
> (432 c.i. KB, 12-71 Mooneyham), posted a 2-way average of 372.281
> mph...didn't he go even faster with the B motor by the time the meet was
> over?
>
> 5) Who drives the Tom Thumb Specials II and III...didn't they also set
some
> records?
>
> 6) How many motor-sickles were there?
>
> 7) How did Mike Cook's Firebird run?
>
> 8) Is it accurate to say the salt was in superb condition? Did the quality
> of the surface confound some of the racers? I didn't get there until
> Tuesday...I understand a lot of teams hurt it in the opening days...yes?
>
> 9) Who drove the Infiniti Q45? How fast did it go? Did Ed Pink build that
> engine?
>
> 10) How long was the wait in the staging lanes during the first few days?
>
> 11) Anything else I missed?
>
> Thanks in advance for any and all help...
>
> I did call the SCTA today, but got a phone machine...my deadline is
tomorrow
> (Friday)...sorry for the 11th hour nature of this message, but this was
> sprung on me rather suddenly as well...
>
> Cheers,
>
> --
> Cole Coonce
>
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