The ultimate record has three problems -
- the speed himself - 763 mph plus 1 percent - if you got bad luck with the
mach number it's more than 1 percent - Craig Breedlove's SoA could break it in
his newest coniguration
- the sound barrier is brocken, who cares for every higher speed, the next
number would be 1000 mph, this scares......
- money, going for a so record needs a lot of money - the Thrust SSC was
around 18 million dollars "worth".......Craig needs about 1,5 million, to go
again into this race for the record...and he got the car already finish - new
paint, and one J79 to rebuild....
See ya
Pork Pie
"Wester Potter" <mailto:wester6935@comcast.net> schrieb:
> I think we have seen several situations rather recently where
> individuals or groups have attempted to turn land speed racing into a
> commercial advantage for themselves. Rather fortunately it doesn't
> seem to work out for them. Whether it's the whole scene's rugged
> individualism, the reluctance to have someone else speak for them, or
> the flat out amateur nature of the whole land speed culture I can only
> guess. There's a reluctance to accept someone's words. They have to
> prove it on the salt, then people will listen, warm to them and accept
> them.
>
> I feel like Otto ran into this social "brick wall" in a way. We saw it
> with "Gator". The culture of land speed people is rather small and the
> language isn't one that's easy to buy into. It's strictly peer
> recognition and the society of peers is rather small and comparatively
> selective. Even in the land speed group, who remembers Richard Noble's
> ultimate speed with Thrust 2? It took Andy Green driving Thrusr SSC
> and a rememberable speed of the speed of sound to get recognition from
> outside the land speed community. Frankly, other than that one number,
> there's not a lot of people out there who care.
>
> If you don't think I'm right, try to explain to someone who is
> unfamiliar with the sport (but into other types of racing) what the
> letters after the car number represent on a record setting car and see
> if you get anything other than a blank stare.
>
> Wes
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