Page 2 Bonneville 200 Mile Per Hour Club members class records and minimums
list for 2000 states;
"The limitations of membership, such as admitting foreign drivers who come
to Bonneville or record runs made in Europe, will be left up to the members
themselves."
Not a one man decision but apparently could be considered if proposed at the
next general meeting of the club.
Wes
on 3/23/02 4:29 AM, Malcolm Pittwood at MPittwood@compuserve.com wrote:
> In six days time it will be the 75th Anniversary of the first land speed
> record set at over 200 mph.
>
> Even after all this time the speed still marks a threshold speed above
> which racers aspire to join a number of exclusive drivers clubs.
>
> Briton Henry Segrave drove the "1000HP" Sunbeam on the Ormond Daytona beach
> in Florida USA on March 29th. He attained a two way average of 203.792 mph
> through the flying mile. The car can be seen in the National Motor Museum,
> Beaulieu, Hampshire, England.
>
> Malcolm Pittwood, Derby, England.
>
> ps I hope that the Bonneville 200 mph club executive will honour this great
> achievement, even though it was not achieved on salt and was many years
> before the club opened.
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