Congratulations to all who made it to Boneville 2000, whatever you did at
the event to make it a success. The stories on the list are nearly as good
as being there, much more alive than the raw run statstics on the SCTA
site.
Did anyone see Jim Tiller from Britain with his J2 Allard Chevy V8 ?
Has an electric streamliner gone very fast ? Word here last weekend was
275 mph - any truth ?
I spent three days on Pendine sands with the Bluebird Electric team last
weekend - new British Electric records to claim for the metric distances
(things that aint miles !!) of 500 and 1kilo.
Malcolm Pittwood, Derby, England.
ps If you wish to look at the FIA web site (hey most of you might like to)
it is possible to see their records listed in a file (off the technical
regs section). The most interesting and hardly ever reported speed record
of interest is Al Teagues flying start (fs) kilometre record of 425+ mph.
The FIA have not made much of this speed, even though they normally take
which ever is the faster distance as the best - either fs mile or fs kilo.
I thought I would share this with the list members.
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