Think about it: We race on a hard surface covered with mush and standing
water.
Dave the Hayseed
----- Original Message -----
From: "Dave Dahlgren" <ddahlgren@snet.net>
To: "Malcolm Pittwood" <MPittwood@compuserve.com>
Cc: "LSR List" <land-speed@autox.team.net>
Sent: Saturday, December 15, 2001 6:30 AM
Subject: Re: Mickey Thompson
> I don't mean to belittle going 400+ mph in any way, but something has
occurred
> to me over the years. The progress in the unlimited cars has been very
slow.
> Does anyone have some insight why this is? It seems like cars were going
400+ in
> '47 and to date the best improvement has been this year at just under 460
and
> the piston record is only about 6 mph better than '47.. Is it lack of
entries,
> lack of technology, or have we reached the limit of adhesion to go much
faster?
> Certainly we have the power available. Does anyone know what the speeds
were on
> Vesco's 458 run on a by mile basis as well as the others that have run in
this
> range. It might be interesting to plot the acceleration rates for each
mile and
> see if there is something in common with all of them.. I am starting to
think it
> all comes down to where the rubber meets the salt as when I last got an
e-mail
> from Tom Burkland he mentioned running 450 at 53% throttle so it is not
about
> power available in my mind it might be about 'sticktion' though. May be we
> sometimes have to just close the hood and see what is the real problem....
>
> I would love to hear from those that have run in the 400 and over range
what
> they think is the next big hurdle to going faster if they would like to
share
> their thoughts with the rest of us...
> Dave Dahlgren
>
> Malcolm Pittwood wrote:
> >
> > Whilst correcting an error from the family press release (which is also
> > published in many magazines and books), I would not want this list to
think
> > that I would wish to take away anything from MT's achievements in motor
> > sport - be it on the salt, drag strip or dirt.
> > I guess that this hot rodder and his Challenger 1 car did more to affect
> > Donald Campbells speed record activities in the early '60's than anyone
> > else.
> > Its just a shame that one way speeds become described as 'one way
records'
> > over time.
> > 406 mph if backed up would have affected every wheel driven team until
the
> > Vesco's and Burkland's got motoring.
> > Malcolm Pittwood, Derby, England.
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