Got me a first class bystanding at my 1st world class land speed event
Left Thrus,. got back Sun. 9 pm. 13+hr riding w/o stops. I missed today's
racing, so don't know final results.
Almost 2 miles long Carnival of cars/bikes and cash going away real fast!
Paul and his CMA crew are a vital part of the event manning the gates
and where ever needed in heat of day. Paul sure made my trip giving
me the staff passes, place to sleep on ground and showing me the
ropes, while handling many sticks in the fires, riding around on his
Bonnieville racer as pits bike. Closest bikes to our breed were the Harley's.
Fastest I saw was a bi turbo Viper 240mph, then a blower Corvett-225.
Fastest Turbo'd Hyabrusa 222 mph, but I think a NOS Ninja 1400 pulled
230. About 6 bikes beat 200-210 and a number of others in the 180;s-upper
190's w/o power adders.
Mecrcedes factory Kompressor's are good for upper 150's and spiffed up
one still Mercedes upper 166's. Cadillac sports cars, factory mid 160's
and with boost up and muffers removed topped 175 but couldn't hear the
radio. I'd tell the Mecrcedes down in face d/t 'poor' times,, turn the radio
and a/c off next time....
Oh yeah I was put to work for me stay, hehe, handing out time slips with
best view in the place directly lined up on the final 132 ft time trap, so
seeing them run up to their harshest load, the cut off and try to stop in
1/2 mile on brushed concret with and w/o cutes. I'd have to say the
single biggest mood and time improver wouold be automatic transmissions,
as 89%, even those with geat runs, stated they'd missed a shift, in any number
of ways and reasons.
At the maxed out levels of these craft and watching them cycle through the
day, it was educational to watch the times go up and down with the condition,
temp most then wind. Its the early birds that get mos the records done.
Most exciting - 1500 hp Vett with prior 205 pass, wind got rear lifed and
skewed, he tried to power out of it but nope, so with sideways off the runway
just before the time trap and Right side dug in for exposion of wall of dirt
and rolled off cage and car parts. I was 4th on sense but only one with
exhingisher in hand but just oil smoke and drive got him self out, helmet
off, could stand balance and do cranial neve tests fine, even with some
blood coming out nose, he was failed like rag doll and front side panel and
windshield were in the pilot seat. Got photo's later.
Vintage stuff too, salt laker hods and my favorite '68 Camero Big Red ran 219
on all motor no power adders. Very famous in many events since '80's,
especially Pro Touring, modern guts in old metal and interiors. It broke a
pinon shaft which I got to watch up close being fixed plus lots of details
I asked. There were a few engines that when rev's within a few yards
of you made you flitch back and hurt ears, this was one of those, the
other's were Ford GT140s, the supercharged turbo'd kind, with tag
and lights etc. GT's pulled 220' about each time out. Big Red did
not get its act together this event, 1st poor hook up, spun tires the
whole mile
Big Red Camero
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WztbKSi25HY
http://www.bigredcamaro.com/newsite/mainpage.html
A Ford Fiesta broke the ton at 107 mph! A Honda CRX based beast did
mid 180's with drag chute to slow. Fella on a SV650 factory bike like mine
but race fairing did 130.
Record 324 mph set '08 by jet car. Fastest car Lamborghini 260, Fastest bike
turbo Suzuki 278, done by apeman animal in cross wind he had to lean way
over into but did not let off and won his day alive. Worse crash couple yr
ago Lamborghini went 250 in cross wind, drog chute that pulls mian chute
had time to drift to side of car before the main popped, jerked his ass
sideways and up, left 1000 ft of debre but pilot essentially fine.
Fastest car in past, 260 mph was Surpra based.
Some past hot shot runs
http://www.youtube.com/results?search_q ... +2010&aq=1
OH yeah Saturdays early crash that screwed the rest out of the best cool
conditions. I've got some chrome wheel pieces and a digital chip.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BtPOI4hkCKA
hobot
I took 4-5 rides so far, but now it's too friggin' cold again. :cry: