Cole,
Here are some answers direct from my Record Certification sheets:
1) The Phoenix two way average is 231.356. The truck is a 1943 International
K-7. Engine
is a Detroit V1692 displacing 1472 ci.
2) NT II (Jack Costella) is powered by a Nissan V6 in F/FS, record 223.661.
Later replaced by Sm Chev, no record but had a back door in excess of 300
mph. NT III uses a Yamaha R1, records set I/FS = 227.394, I/GS = 226.118.
3) Nick was referring to Mark Lingua's #1167. The engine is not so much
Yamaha as it is a Lingua now. Mark does excellent work with much
experimentaion.
4) Al's final B/BFS record is 381.867 with an exit speed of 395.710 on the
second run for the record.
5) Tom Bryant from this list is the contact for the Tom Thumb Specials.
6) A bunch
7) Mike had a run in excess of 185, They swapped the engine and Mike was
running over 190 when the blower pully left.
8) I'll let the entrants answer this one. I liked it.
9) Larry Detrich drove the Q45. Final record was 200.490 with a top exit
speed of 202.560.
Larry got a red hat for his first time efforts, later spun after using the
lap top to tune more power into the car. The engine is an ex-Eddie Cheever
IRL from Ed Pink's shop.
10) Not sure, these guys wouldn't let me leave my impound area.
11) Yes!!!!
I hope this helps,
Dan Warner
----- Original Message -----
From: cole coonce <colecoonce@hotmail.com>
To: <land-speed@autox.team.net>
Sent: Thursday, August 31, 2000 10:41 PM
Subject: Speed Week
> Greetings everybody.
>
> My name is Cole Coonce and I experienced Speed Week for the first time
this
> year (I know, I know...)
>
> Anyway: I do hot rod journalism, believe it or not. However, when I went
to
> Bonneville I wasn't on assignment, just chilling and soaking it all in
> ...(although I did put up some pics on my website, www.nitronic.com )
>
> Upon my return, however, Popular Hot Rodding approached me to fill up a
> three page spread on Speed Week 2000.
>
> So: while I took a few notes while I was out there (force of habit), there
> are some holes in my coverage...
>
> I need help with some fact-checking and some filling in of details. Here
> goes:
>
> 1) Carl Heap and The Phoenix setting the unlimited diesel record at 245
mph
> (?), an unofficial back door speed of 252 mph...I understand the thing
> weighs 19,000 lbs. What make of truck is this, exactly?
>
> 2) Nebulous Theorem II and III. They are powered by what?
>
> 3) Nick Arias III said to me, ""Have you ever seen a blown fuel Yamaha (?)
> with a Whipple?" Which 'liner was he referring to?
>
> 4) Al Teague's streamliner, which was running as B/Fuel when I was there
> (432 c.i. KB, 12-71 Mooneyham), posted a 2-way average of 372.281
> mph...didn't he go even faster with the B motor by the time the meet was
> over?
>
> 5) Who drives the Tom Thumb Specials II and III...didn't they also set
some
> records?
>
> 6) How many motor-sickles were there?
>
> 7) How did Mike Cook's Firebird run?
>
> 8) Is it accurate to say the salt was in superb condition? Did the quality
> of the surface confound some of the racers? I didn't get there until
> Tuesday...I understand a lot of teams hurt it in the opening days...yes?
>
> 9) Who drove the Infiniti Q45? How fast did it go? Did Ed Pink build that
> engine?
>
> 10) How long was the wait in the staging lanes during the first few days?
>
> 11) Anything else I missed?
>
> Thanks in advance for any and all help...
>
> I did call the SCTA today, but got a phone machine...my deadline is
tomorrow
> (Friday)...sorry for the 11th hour nature of this message, but this was
> sprung on me rather suddenly as well...
>
> Cheers,
>
> --
> Cole Coonce
>
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