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Land Speed Racing (no LBC just an LBC guy)

To: <spridgets@autox.team.net>, <healeys@autox.team.net>
Subject: Land Speed Racing (no LBC just an LBC guy)
From: "Keith Turk" <kturk@ala.net>
Date: Tue, 30 Mar 1999 01:53:22 -0800
Reply-to: "Keith Turk" <kturk@ala.net>
Sender: owner-spridgets@autox.team.net
Well last time I had to make excuses for a lack of Horse power... I rebuilt
the Camaro over the winter and installed an air ride suspension package...
which worked flawlessly... and rebuilt the motor with all the right
stuff... sorta.... it still wasn't a killer motor.. as I am still learning
the Racing part..

Bottom line we found a Record that we could run against that was 151 mph...
and we made ten runs over the day... only two of which were below
150mph.... one a lic. pass for my racing partner.... The second I pulled
the Parachute when the car started bottoming out at 160 due to the down
force and not enough air in the bags... 

All that being fixed.. I ran a best time of 166.359 mph... and now the car
is a record holder ..... awesome experience.. I can see why Donald Healey
loved this....
Keith Turk 
Austin Healey 100  /  Bugeye / Box Sprite / Bonneville Land Speed Racer
Camaro ( D Gas Altered )

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