Hey Wes and Gang Out There,
I had the pleasure of visiting with Marlo Treit today on the phone. He
advised that Nolan White got on the salt last week and went 442mph with his
twin engined streamliner. I saw it at the World Finals but didn't have a
chance to look it over. He was running a single engine prior to that and now
is running two 800hp big blocks. For those of you who don't know Nolan is
the first to go over 400mph with a single engined vehicle. He had triple by
pass surgery earlier this year and is 72 years old. He is our hero and a
true hot rodder from the word go!!!!!
Dave Haller #93 C/GALT
----- Original Message -----
From: Wester S Potter <wspotter@jps.net>
To: Daniel Warner <dwarner@electrorent.com>
Cc: <land-speed@autox.team.net>
Sent: Monday, November 15, 1999 6:50 PM
Subject: Re: spoilers
> List,
> George also went 7 mph faster without the belly pan. His comment ? ...
> "shows you how much I know about streamlining."
> Wes
> ----------
> > From: "Daniel Warner" <dwarner@electrorent.com>
> > To: "joe boogie" <boogiewoogie12@hotmail.com>
> > Subject: Re: Fw: spoilers
> > Date: Mon, 15 Nov 1999 06:58:55 -0800
> >
> >For starters there was no '99 WOS. At the World Finals George lost a
major
> >portion of his belly pan. He then had his crash on a later run. Should a
> >vehicle which changes its configuration not be allowed to run?
> >
> >Much food for thought here.
> >
> >Dan
> >
> >-----Original Message-----
> >From: joe boogie <boogiewoogie12@hotmail.com>
> >To: dferguso@ebmail.gdeb.com <dferguso@ebmail.gdeb.com>;
> >land-speed@autox.team.net <land-speed@autox.team.net>
> >Date: Friday, November 12, 1999 4:02 PM
> >Subject: Re: Fw: spoilers
> >
> >
> >> VERY GOOD POINT. OPEN MINDS ARE GOOD.
> >>
> >>
> >>>From: dferguso@ebmail.gdeb.com
> >>>Reply-To: dferguso@ebmail.gdeb.com
> >>>To: landspeedracer@email.msn.com, land-speed@autox.team.net
> >>>Subject: Re: Fw: spoilers
> >>>Date: Fri, 12 Nov 1999 08:22:42 -0500
> >>>
> >>>yes, i saw some pics of potters ride with "chine blades" underneath at
99
> >>>w.o.s. if he cut them off like you say, and then he subsequently
> >crashed,
> >>>could there be a connection ??? - these chine blades underneath our car
> >ARE
> >>>NOT STREAMLINING - thay are not a fairing or smoothing or any device
> >>>whatsoever which decreases the drag coefficient of the car. technically
> >>>they increase the drag by a miniscule amount, and technically our car
> will
> >>>go a little slower with them. THEY ARE A SAFETY DEVICE. let me get one
> >>>thing straight with the folks on our land speed forum and anyone at the
> >>>scta that cares. black radon engineerings number one priority is
safety -
> >>>period. going fast is a secondary priority, and bagging a record is
> >>>tertiary at best. i am APPAULED that an entry with a somewhat different
> >>>safety component gets so much negative feedback. in todays age where
you
> >>>can spill coffee in your lap and make millions, how do you think the
> state
> >>>of utah or the BLM will react if competitors are seriously hurt or
killed
> >>>on the flats. would we get this much negative feedback if we showed up
> >with
> >>>20 firebottles mounted in the car ?????- the scta rules do not say 20
> >>>firebottles are allowed in altered class - there is no difference here
> >>>folks - think safety if you want your grandchildren to actually race on
> >the
> >>>flats and not just look at old photos of them.
> >>>
> >>>
> >>>regards-
> >>>doug @ black radon engineering
> >>>
> >>>
> >>
> >
> >
>
>
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