Damn Jim... glad to have you here
we don't have alot of rules... or a ton of folks yet... feel free to
embellish us with as much as you care to share... Jump in anytime and have
at it....
Keith Turk
Austin Healey 100 / Bugeye / Box Sprite / Bonneville Land Speed Racer
Camaro ( D Gas Altered )
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> From: Jim Bickford <jbickford@volcano.net>
> To: land-speed@autox.team.net
> Subject: Introduction Jim Bickford
> Date: Sunday, March 14, 1999 6:55 PM
>
> Hi all,
>
> I took Wendy's suggestion and subscribed this weekend.
>
> I started Lakes racing in 1979. First with a blown fuel Honda motorcycle
> (750cc-1123cc) that put two of
> my riders in the Bonneville and El Mirage 200 mph clubs. At that time it
was
> more enjoyable to build the
> bikes than ride them. In 1984 we earned High Point Champion for El Mirage
> and set the track record
> there at 218.444 mph. Fast one way at Bonneville was 240 mph with our
> fastest record at 219 mph.
>
> In 1993 I started construction of a streamliner, something my wife would
> allow me to drive, full roll cage, 4 wheels, etc. Again it uses the Honda
> DOHC 4 cylinder engines from the bike allowing me to run the H, I and J
> Blown Fuel classes. Over the last few seasons with it I gained entry
into
> the Muroc and El Mirage
> 200 mph clubs.
>
> Last August at Bonneville running with the H motor we cleared the 2 1/4
mile
> at 255 mph the 3 mile at 263 mph
> (the crew was thinking, finally the 2Club at Bonneville). However between
> mile 3 and 4 at 280 mph it
> blew over. I'm fine but will have to build another car next year.
>
> Jim Bickford
>
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