Mayf
The 77 lakester nailed two records, one for Dr. Jeanie Pflum and the
other for Tanis Hammond who drove the car faster than any other
personhad even driven it . . .315mph out the back door and still
pulling when she shut it off. She ended up with a 299 record, but is
now itching for a blue hat.
Speedy Regards,
"LandSpeed" Louise Ann Noeth
LandSpeed Productions
Telling stories with words and pictures
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----- Original Message -----
From: <DrMayf@aol.com>
To: <land-speed@autox.team.net>
Sent: Thursday, August 17, 2000 7:43 AM
Subject: More Speedweek 2000
> Some other items popped up in my head. Two older racers who had
passed away
> were given one last run down the salt. Both had been cremated. One's
ashes
> were to be taken into the hills later and scattered. The other had
his ashes
> within the drag chute and were scattered on the salt. At least this
is how I
> remember it. Glen gave them the final "God Speed...." One of the
racers had
> his MSD ignition go flaky on him. Was looking for help and stumbled
into the
> Al Teague camp. Asked if anyone knew anything about MSD and Teague
had his
> chief mechanic stop what he was doing and go help the racer. The
NBIII motor
> that was replaced in the Motel ^ parking lot looked to be the same
as what
> was removed. The teething problems next day were turbo and carb
related. I'm
> sure it was sorted out ok. And this was an even stronger motor, so
maybe they
> did good. I saw the absolute bitchinest Crosley ever built. That
puppy could
> win show contests and prolly has. Tried really hard to get the
record for its
> class, 80 something but just not quite there. But much fun anyway.
Talked to
> the # 77 lakster people at the gas station in Las Vegas; I think I
saw it
> make a 277mph run. They were in impound then. Only one ambulance
run: a bike
> driver lost it in the first half mile. Broke his collar bone, 3 ribs
and
> something else. Went to the hospital, the med flighted to Salt LAke
City for
> additional observations. I recognized the need to be a really smart
motor
> guy. In the few days I was there the density altitude bounced around
from
> 4000 feet or so to 6000 ft. This requies that you know your engine
really
> well and have lots of data saying what jets are needed for both the
fuel and
> for any nitrous. I need to explore this more in depth. One day, the
corection
> factor for HP was 1.26. If I read this right this is a loss of 21%
of the
> horsepower! Yipes.
>
> more later as I remember...
>
> mayf
>
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