[Bmcu] Miner's Day

[Ron Christensen]

Yes indeed . . . and it was a 7,000 lb. LBC.  Campbell retired from land speed racing after that then went out and set the water speed record.  His son, Donald set the wheel driven mark at 403 then went out and killed himself trying to increase his own water record much as another Brit,  John Cobb had done years before.

The ultimate speed at Bonneville was set by Gary Gabelich in October of 1970 at 622 MPH, the last World Land speed record to be established at Bonneville.

From: bmcu-bounces at autox.team.net [mailto:bmcu-bounces at autox.team.net] On Behalf Of Mark Milligan
Sent: Thursday, August 23, 2012 12:43 PM
To: bmcu at autox.team.net
Subject: Re: [Bmcu] Miner's Day

...in other words the first absolute world speed record set at Bonneville was done so in a LBC (well, not quite little) on September 3rd.

On 8/23/2012 12:13 PM, Mark Milligan wrote:
On September 3rd, 1935 on the Bonneville Salt Flats, Sir Malcolm Campbell became the first person to drive an automobile over 300 mph.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Malcolm_Campbell




On 8/23/2012 10:50 AM, Ron Christensen wrote:
September 3rd is the 367th annual celebration of the Third English Civil War: in the Battle of Dunbar, English Parliamentarian forces led by Oliver Cromwell defeat an army loyal to King Charles II of England and led by David Leslie, Lord Newark.

From: bmcu-bounces at autox.team.net<mailto:bmcu-bounces at autox.team.net> [mailto:bmcu-bounces at autox.team.net] On Behalf Of Floyd Inman
Sent: Thursday, August 23, 2012 5:34 AM
To: BMCU, Team
Subject: [Bmcu] Miner's Day

Lest we forget, one week from Monday is September 3. And what is so important about September 3?








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