- 1. Bentley 24 hour (score: 1)
- Author: Malcolm Pittwood <MPittwood@compuserve.com>
- Date: Mon, 7 Jul 2003 09:06:44 -0400
- Wes and List The Nardo track is banked (not extreme, but I have not seen it) - hence hands off speed on a 12.5 kilo - 7.5 miles or so, true circle. The FIA, under whose rules the car will run, will n
- /html/land-speed/2003-07/msg00152.html (8,697 bytes)
- 2. Re: Bentley 24 hour (score: 1)
- Author: "John Beckett" <saltracer@servusa.com>
- Date: Mon, 7 Jul 2003 21:37:32 -0400
- Wes Potter would probably know, but I thought the 10 mile circle was run before they had the berm/dike on the south east section. All before my time. Thought I heard some where that the Meteor create
- /html/land-speed/2003-07/msg00182.html (9,690 bytes)
- 3. RE: Bentley 24 hour (score: 1)
- Author: "Russel Mack" <rtmack@concentric.net>
- Date: Mon, 7 Jul 2003 10:22:46 -0500
- Well, didn't they set endurance records at Bonneville with that corporate-sponsored Olds "Quad-Four" streamliner, back in the '80s? Seems like I also remember seeing a map of Bonneville Speedway show
- /html/land-speed/2003-07/msg00184.html (9,698 bytes)
- 4. Re: Bentley 24 hour (score: 1)
- Author: "John Beckett" <saltracer@servusa.com>
- Date: Tue, 8 Jul 2003 06:36:30 -0400
- No, I think that was in Texas or Arizona on a 5 or 7 mile track. Have not heard of any endurance events at Bonneville in more years than I can remember. JB -- Original Message -- From: "Russel Mack"
- /html/land-speed/2003-07/msg00187.html (8,297 bytes)
- 5. RE: Bentley 24 hour (score: 1)
- Author: "Jon Wennerberg" <jonw@up.net>
- Date: Tue, 8 Jul 2003 09:28:48 -0400
- The Rand McNally map still (03 edition) shows a circle track at Bville. Jon Well, didn't they set endurance records at Bonneville with that corporate-sponsored Olds "Quad-Four" streamliner, back in t
- /html/land-speed/2003-07/msg00189.html (8,485 bytes)
- 6. Re: Bentley 24 hour (score: 1)
- Author: "Thomas E. Bryant" <saltracer@awwwsome.com>
- Date: Tue, 08 Jul 2003 08:56:47 -0700
- I remember the 10 mile circle. As I remember, part of it crossed the International Course. In 1962, Mickey Thompson & Lloyd Cox drove a Pontiac Catalina to several records on the 10 mile circle. In
- /html/land-speed/2003-07/msg00191.html (10,200 bytes)
- 7. RE: Bentley 24 hour (score: 1)
- Author: "Mike Meierle" <mike.meierle@alcatel.com>
- Date: Tue, 8 Jul 2003 09:13:01 -0700
- This story should shed some light. It describes the feats of Ab Jenkins on the salt with reference to the circle track at Bonneville he ran on. http://historytogo.utah.gov/mormonm.html Topology maps
- /html/land-speed/2003-07/msg00192.html (9,411 bytes)
- 8. RE: Bentley 24 hour (score: 1)
- Author: John Szalay <john.szalay@worldnet.att.net>
- Date: Tue, 08 Jul 2003 12:41:31 -0400
- It still shows on several maps however an aerial photo of the Salt taken in 1993 and 1997, show no sign of the circle track.. http://www.terraserver.microsoft.com/image.aspx?t=1&s=15&x=40&y=705&z=12&
- /html/land-speed/2003-07/msg00193.html (9,340 bytes)
- 9. RE: Bentley 24 hour (score: 1)
- Author: "Mike Meierle" <mike.meierle@alcatel.com>
- Date: Tue, 8 Jul 2003 09:49:09 -0700
- But then its not marked on the topographic map of the flats http://www.terraserver.microsoft.com/image.aspx?t=2&s=16&x=20&y=352&z=12&w=1 Go to 16 meter resolution...... http://www.terraserver.micros
- /html/land-speed/2003-07/msg00194.html (8,175 bytes)
- 10. Re: Bentley 24 hour (score: 1)
- Author: W S Potter <wester6935@comcast.net>
- Date: Tue, 08 Jul 2003 11:11:34 -0600
- The area for the ten and twelve and one half mile circles is there but salt thickness is another problem. The mining companies have probably taken at least a foot of salt off the whole area since the
- /html/land-speed/2003-07/msg00195.html (8,391 bytes)
- 11. RE: Bentley 24 hour (score: 1)
- Author: "Mike Jenkins" <mikejenkins@speedrecordclub.com>
- Date: Tue, 8 Jul 2003 20:09:21 +0100
- The most recent FIA distance records set at Bonneville were on 24 September 1974 by Graham Hill, Luigi Chinetti Jr. & M. Minter in a Ferrari. The distances were 500km, 500miles and 1000km. A 10km rec
- /html/land-speed/2003-07/msg00201.html (7,924 bytes)
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