[ratpack] Re: Salt flats stuff
- From: Larry Knight <carpixguy@xxxxxxxxx>
- To: ratpack@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Mon, 30 Aug 2010 07:54:54 -0600
Both Ray and Dr. Z,
I appreciate you continuing search for over steer on my behalf. Be careful,
it is contagious!!!
Great stuff both of you!
On Sun, Aug 29, 2010 at 9:28 PM, Ray Buck <rbuck@xxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> I'm posting this to 3 lists so please forgive if yer on all 3 lists and get
> duplicates.
>
> Larry: sorry, but no oversteer. If ya got that on the salt, bad things are
> about to happen.
>
> I'm at the salt flats again (third time this summer) covering the BUB
> Motorcycle Speed Trials. The thread is here:
> http://www.landracing.com/forum/index.php/topic,8542.0.html I'm the
> unofficial official reporter for www.landracing.com.
>
> Here's a gratuitous shot of a V-Twin bike exiting the measured mile. I
> didn't get a speed on it, but I'd estimate around 120 or so. Not real fast,
> but the rider is, no doubt, enjoying him/herself. At this meet, many of the
> riders are on a quest to better their personal top speed. Some do, some
> don't.
>
> [image: []]
>
> and here's Dave Edwards who just ran 176 in a production class 1650 cc
> Kawi. He and his crew were ecstatic cuz tat means they can move from the
> short course to the long course...and shoot for 200.
>
> [image: []]
>
> I've done my best to keep these images small and I know there are folks on
> dial-up connections who would appreciate it if you'd remove 'em when
> replying.
>
> This is what I've been doing this summer...among other things:
> http://www.chevyasylum.com/lsr/bsf2010/Welcome.html
>
> I've found out that retirement just means 16 hour days, 7 days a week.
> Yesterday I shot a Concours d'Elegance (French for "shiny old cars") and
> this morning headed back to the salt. I guess I have a bad case of salt
> fever.
>
> There are a coupla things I just haven't gotten to putting on the web yet.
> One of 'em is a private test session where the OSU Buckeye Bullet, (did yer
> ears prick up, Rich?) which has moved away from the hydrogen fuel cell
> concept and gone back to batteries (lithium instead of lead-acid that was
> originally used) and set a new record for its class at 304 mph and a little
> bit of change. Damn, that thing is quiet! If yer not on yer toes ya miss
> it. http://blog.buckeyebullet.com/
>
> A Brazilian stock car and driver Caca Bueno
> http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cac%C3%A1_Bueno was there to run 340 kph
> (which they did) but any more than that I don't really know. What surprised
> me was the fact that when I passed out some business cards, several guys on
> the team and on the video crew knew me from my posts on www.landracing.comI
> guess I got Andy Warhol's 15 minutes of fame. :)
>
> I still gotta edit a buncha web pages. But I spose I wouldn't do it if I
> didn't get something out of it. I haven't figgered exactly what it is that
> I get, but I'm getting it. :)
>
> Back to work.
>
> RtR
> www.chevyasylum.com
> www.raytherat.com
>
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