Gary had hands on, working experience in the GM wind tunnel before his
Bonneville racing days. Obviously he learned well. Hope he can do well
with the new venture.
Wes
on 3/16/03 9:33 AM, John Beckett at landspeedracer@msn.com wrote:
> Gary was out to Maxton awhile back. Extremely knowledgeable about all this
> aero stuff. Whish we could get him to comment on some of the questions posed
> here on this list.
>
> John Beckett, D/GCC #79
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: Bill Pokey Bennett
> Sent: Saturday, March 15, 2003 3:35 PM
> To: land-speed@autox.team.net
> Subject: Gary Eaker and Wind Tunnel
>
> I just ran across a new full size wind tunnel opening up in North Carolina.
> It is co-owned by Gary Eaker. Listed were two notes of interest:
>
> -- Co-designer, builder, and driver of 1988 Pontiac Trans-Am land speed
> record holder at 293 mph. (Bonneville - 1989)
> -- Co-aerodynamicist of GM's EV1 electric vehicle, world's lowest aero drag
> production car (Cd = 0.19), holder of electric car speed record @ 183 mph in
> 1994
>
> Anyone have any info on these?
>
> They have a website check it out. Hey they do have pricing for non
> professional racers.
>
>
> http://www.aerodynwindtunnel.com/index.html
>
> Bill
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