Pick on Keith Day eh.....Cool I got a SFI 15 Firesuit... and a Stong
consitution....( what ever the world that means..)
You can call those things Wendover records if you want....long as they come
with that silly Hat.... and has anyone else noticed.... you don't have to
set a record AT Bonneville to get in the Bonneville Two Club.... YEAH no
kidding... I think your political Pull is going to have to be pretty strong
to do it else where.... but that is the deal.... or that is the way I read
it...
Hmmm JOHN? NEVERMIND..... I like the ECTA two club just the way it is....
Set a record in ANY class and get a time slip at 200.000 mph or better....
at an ECTA approved event... and walla... your in.....
Keith
----- Original Message -----
From: "Malcolm Pittwood" <MPittwood@compuserve.com>
To: "LSR List" <land-speed@autox.team.net>
Sent: Saturday, January 13, 2001 8:09 AM
Subject: World Records
> Dave and the List,
>
> The FIA, as a Federation of Motor Sport Organisations around the world,
> cannot dictate where anyone runs for an International record approved
under
> their regulations.
>
> Apart from the outright record for the flying start mile (if I may Keith,
I
> call it the World Record) which can only be set at one desert location up
> to 15 miles long (Black Rock), there are many records (particularly those
> for duration distances and times) that were set at Bonneville (on the 10
> mile flat circle) but have since been broken on race and test tracks -
> Talladega, Fort Stockton, Nardo (7 mile circle) - all at lower altitudes.
>
> The point is that for FIA records you have to not only choose the class
you
> wish to run in but search for and locate the appropriate track.
Bonneville
> may not be the most appropriate track to use when you have the whole world
> to look at. But this is OK, as so few on this list are bothered with the
> FIA (or FIM).
>
> My ideas for FIA car record sites at the moment:- If you want to go fast
> thrust powered go to the Black Rock, Nevada (if you can afford the fees).
> If it is a wheeldriven contender then Lake Gairdner Australia (until Save
> the Salt restores Bonneville). If using stored energy then perhaps a salt
> lake in South America (at 20,000 feet above sea level). If attacking any
> duration record - Talladega or Nardo.
>
> As for getting SCTA Car Classes (or ECTA, John) to be close to FIA (or
even
> UK), I think this is a lost cause as both parties have long standing
> regulations and history and neither will move from their entrenched
> positions. Would the SCTA accept my production Volvo 12 hour to 24 hour
> records?
>
> I must admit that it would be fun to set an SCTA record here in the UK or
> mainland Europe that was faster than the Bonneville speed. Hmm, thinks,
> where can I find a Camaro body, red and white paint and a purple firesuit
> ... ...??
>
> Malcolm Pittwood, Derby, England.
> (Which days are make fun of Keith Days again??)
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