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Re: UK 200 mph Club

To: Malcolm Pittwood <MPittwood@compuserve.com>,
Subject: Re: UK 200 mph Club
From: Higginbotham Land Speed Racing <saltrat@pro-blend.com>
Date: Wed, 11 Sep 2002 16:36:40 -0500
Malcolm,
Would that be the 480 KPH Club? Why not make it the 500 club......not too
many of those around!? (-:
Good luck with the club, whatever you call it.
Skip

At 04:18 PM 9/11/02 -0400, Malcolm Pittwood wrote:
>Jack and list,
>
>The UK 200 mph Club has yet to be launched (and the Racing Green hats made)
>although the aims and objectives have been set out.  Its a job that would
>take off more easily if we had an event or series of events such as they do
>at Maxton for land based attempts with cars.  We have events for bikes and
>boats each year.  Membership would be back dated to 1929 for historical
>reasons.
>
>Membership to date would be 7 car drivers, 6 bike riders, 1 boat pilot (as
>we include water records).  Each having achieved records to National
>British standards.  Also included would be one 300 mph chapter member and
>one discretionary member (who went supersonic but could not safely run on a
>UK airfield at representative speed!).  Possibly a few honorary members,
>who whilst going over 200mph did not set records in the UK.
>
>Malcolm Pittwood, Derby, England.

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