I surfed onto the Bonneville web page and at the bottom was your
organizations web page. Going to you ECTA web page was very interesting. I
had heard rumors of East Coast Land Speed events but thought that it wasn't
really true- much to my surprise it is true.
I race a 250CC 2 cycle Micro-Sprint at Airport Speedway
(airportspeedway.com) near Wilmington, De. We race on dirt and our track is
small (1/8th mile). Our cars have competed at Harrington Fairgrounds track,
a 1 mile sand oval track- they do fly at that track. We also have a 125CC 2
cycle & a 600 CC 4 cycle class also.
What I would like to ask is are sprint type cars eligible to compete in
these events?? We push start and only have a single rear axle brake. Usually
we run wings but for max speed that would be too much drag. I'm sure our
cars would be in your slowest class (the E class I think). I know I would
like to try this. I have looked over your tech sheet and feel I could get
the car to pass inspection fairly easily. Have any Micro's ever tried
running there???
I did see a picture of a enduro kart in you pictures- if they can compete we
should be able to also as we have a full roll cage of 1 1/4" X .065 wall
chrome-moly, full 5 point harness, arm restraints. The only thing we do not
have is collapsible steering columns, are they required on all vehicles or
just the ones over a certain speed range??. Also only one rear brake OK?? or
is 4 wheel brakes required??
Looking forward to hearing from you
Ralph E. Littlefield
President- Boeing Auto club
610-591-4754 W 302-239-3587 H
ralph.e.littlefield@boeing.com
Important safety tip- the brakes are useless
when your upside down.
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