Is the name of the rider a tightly held secret?? Joe :):)
"LandSpeed" Louise Ann Noeth wrote:
> UPDATE
>
> The bike rider that went down was x-rayed in Salt Lake and DID NOT
> break any bones, but Who ya baby is he going to be sore for a while. .
> .
>
> Speedy Regards,
>
> "LandSpeed" Louise Ann Noeth
>
> LandSpeed Productions
> Telling stories with words and pictures
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> ----- Original Message -----
> From: <DrMayf@aol.com>
> To: <land-speed@autox.team.net>
> Sent: Thursday, August 17, 2000 7:43 AM
> Subject: More Speedweek 2000
>
> > Some other items popped up in my head. Two older racers who had
> passed away
> > were given one last run down the salt. Both had been cremated. One's
> ashes
> > were to be taken into the hills later and scattered. The other had
> his ashes
> > within the drag chute and were scattered on the salt. At least this
> is how I
> > remember it. Glen gave them the final "God Speed...." One of the
> racers had
> > his MSD ignition go flaky on him. Was looking for help and stumbled
> into the
> > Al Teague camp. Asked if anyone knew anything about MSD and Teague
> had his
> > chief mechanic stop what he was doing and go help the racer. The
> NBIII motor
> > that was replaced in the Motel ^ parking lot looked to be the same
> as what
> > was removed. The teething problems next day were turbo and carb
> related. I'm
> > sure it was sorted out ok. And this was an even stronger motor, so
> maybe they
> > did good. I saw the absolute bitchinest Crosley ever built. That
> puppy could
> > win show contests and prolly has. Tried really hard to get the
> record for its
> > class, 80 something but just not quite there. But much fun anyway.
> Talked to
> > the # 77 lakster people at the gas station in Las Vegas; I think I
> saw it
> > make a 277mph run. They were in impound then. Only one ambulance
> run: a bike
> > driver lost it in the first half mile. Broke his collar bone, 3 ribs
> and
> > something else. Went to the hospital, the med flighted to Salt LAke
> City for
> > additional observations. I recognized the need to be a really smart
> motor
> > guy. In the few days I was there the density altitude bounced around
> from
> > 4000 feet or so to 6000 ft. This requies that you know your engine
> really
> > well and have lots of data saying what jets are needed for both the
> fuel and
> > for any nitrous. I need to explore this more in depth. One day, the
> corection
> > factor for HP was 1.26. If I read this right this is a loss of 21%
> of the
> > horsepower! Yipes.
> >
> > more later as I remember...
> >
> > mayf
> >
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