for that much money they sure must of had a lot of 'team meetings' lol
Dave
> -----Original Message-----
> From: owner-land-speed@autox.team.net
> [mailto:owner-land-speed@autox.team.net]On Behalf Of
> MPittwood@compuserve.com
> Sent: Friday, September 16, 2005 2:01 PM
> To: Land Speed List
> Subject: So you thought Monster Garage spent money .... now see BAR
> Honda spend
>
>
> The latest news from Autosport Magazine - who have pictured the BAR Honda
> F1 car on the salt and reportred that the driver suffered vibrations that
> affected his vision - comes the information that this 'speed effort' /
> 'record attempt' / 'stunt' / 'cigarrette PR' / 'call it what you will', is
> to cost BAT in excess of #3.0m or about $5.5 million. I hope some of the
> organisations who have Bonneville in their blood get a good slice of this
> expenditure!
>
> And the team may get the driver to push the car to 260 mph - some 10mph
> above the simulated speed - say $20,000 per mile per hour
>
> Makes the Monster Garage spend on a belly tank appear to be small change.
>
> Malcolm Pittwood, Derby, England
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