Doug. Thanks for the update. Good to hear everything,save the chute, worked
as planned. Must have been pretty scary to see. RF
----- Original Message -----
From: "Doug Odom" <dlodom@charter.net>
To: "Rich Fox" <v4gr@rcn.com>; "landspeed@autox.team.net"
<land-speed@autox.team.net>
Sent: Friday, August 22, 2008 8:28 AM
Subject: Re: [Land-speed] Pops Motorsport
> Rich, Everyone is in fine shape. Not even any sore spots.
> I drove the liner on a easy shake down run Monday to 236mph and everything
> handled good. We did ruin a oil line because it was to close to the header
> pipe. Made some new lines and heat shield Tues. Gail wanted to drive so I
> told her if anything didn't feel right to just pull off and keep it under
> 6000 rpm. She went 240 and everything was going good. She got the high
> speed chute out and was slowing down. When she hit the low speed chute it
> kited and lifted the rear of the car. I have not had a chance to see the
> videos so this is just observation from a couple of people. The car is
> unhurt from the bulkhead behind the front tires to the bulkhead behind the
> rear tires and all the safety restrains worked just like the are supposed
> to. I should more when I see the videos. We are home now and I will try
> and send a picture later.
> Doug Odom in big ditch
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Rich Fox" <v4gr@rcn.com>
> To: "landspeed@autox.team.net" <land-speed@autox.team.net>
> Sent: Thursday, August 21, 2008 6:47 AM
> Subject: [Land-speed] Pops Motorsport
>
>
>> It would appear that Doug Odom's 'liner crashed at speed at the 5. Any
>> news?
>> All OK? I know Doug builds a good car.
>> _______________________________________________
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