Chuck
The old BWT Chevette ran a respectable 163 MPH on its second pass. Ace is
just working his way up the license ladder. Lots of seat time is a good
thing in a car that has potential to go 225 / 230 MPH at Maxton. Ace said it
handles great, but looks to me like it has way more torque than the tires
can handle. Sounded really neat with the Zoomies though. Will be interesting
to see it stretch its legs at Bonneville this year.
JB
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Chuck Rothfuss" <crothfuss@coastalnet.com>
> To: "Scott Cowle" <scowle@mentorcollege.edu>
> Cc: <land-speed@autox.team.net>
> Sent: Tuesday, May 28, 2002 5:22 PM
> Subject: Re: Maxton weekend
>
>
> > Scott & List,
> >
> > I was only there Saturday again, and spent most of the day in
shutdown
> > with Joe. I can tell you that the new bike top speed was pushed up
> slightly
> > over 235 MPH on Saturday afternoon. Steve Knecum, same guy that ran
> > the 234 last meet, on the same bike with a little adjustment on the
boost
> > pressure and a load more traction.
> >
> > The run didn't even sound all that fast as he was coming at us,
> > since we'd become used to hearing him lose traction for nearly the whole
> > mile. He backed off the throttle a couple times when the rear tire did
> > break loose and made it look really easy. First indication we had in
> > shutdown that it had been a really fast pass was when we saw him leaning
> > into the dogleg as he passed us and entered the long shutdown lane.
> > He may have gone even faster Sunday, but I haven't heard a peep from
> > anybody.
> >
> > The old BWT Chevette was back with a new A motor, but I only got to
see
> > one easy pass at 110 MPH on Saturday. Car sounds great and looks really
> > fast.
> >
> > I hope everyone made the trip home in the holiday traffic safely, and
> > hope all
> > had a safe Memorial Day.
> >
> > Chuck
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