[Fot] GT6 at the Salt Flats...

[jkhagen at charter.net]

If you check the SCTA check out  D. Johnson I think he still holds 
1300-1500 cc sportscars in Spitfire @about 153mph.  Dean was Spitfire 
SCCA Nat'l
champ F-prod?    John Hagen


On Wed, Jul 11, 2012 at 4:43 PM, Kas Kastner wrote:

> You might be surprised at how high the speeds are for some of the 
> classes. Tom
> Kreger's SAAB sedan does over 150. It really depends on the class. 
> Our TR-4A
> did 128 in 1966 and change with full windshield and top etc.  the 
> record for
> that class at that time was held by a Damiler 2.5 and it was about 131 
> as I
> rmember. The Salt is 4200 feet high and that altitude saps a lot of 
> power.
> GT-6 should be able to do the job but you had better check the records 
> with
> the Southern California Timing Association, they rule at the salt.
>
> Never be beaten by equipment
>> From: bownes at seiri.com
>> Date: Wed, 11 Jul 2012 15:02:22 -0400
>> To: clw2000 at msn.com
>> CC: fot at autox.team.net
>> Subject: Re: [Fot] GT6 at the Salt Flats...
>>
>> Many years ago MJB pointed out that the land speed record for 
>> production
> under
>> 2 L cars should be well within the reach of the GT6.
>>
>> Sure am glad I live east of the Mississippi. That's the last project 
>> I
> need!
>>
>>
>> On Jul 11, 2012, at 12:51, Charles WATSON <clw2000 at msn.com> wrote:
>>
>>> Not bad for a car that never entered a wind tunnel during its 
>>> design!
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> Thanks,
>>>
>>> Chuck Watson
>>>
>>>
>>> Mellow Mushroom Pizza Bakers
>>> Columbia, Greenville, Spartanburg & Lexington, SC
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>> From: charly at mitchelplumbing.com
>>>> To: BillDentin at aol.com; fot at autox.team.net
>>>> Date: Wed, 11 Jul 2012 07:11:04 -0700
>>>> Subject: Re: [Fot] GT6 at the Salt Flats...
>>>>
>>>> http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jjwZHnjxvd4&feature=related
>>>> Charly Mitchel
>>>> ----- Original Message -----
>>>> From: <BillDentin at aol.com>
>>>> To: <fot at autox.team.net>
>>>> Sent: Wednesday, July 11, 2012 6:45 AM
>>>> Subject: [Fot] GT6 at the Salt Flats...
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>> Amici...
>>>>>
>>>>> GT6ers, in particular, may be interested in the current issue of
> Triumph
>>>>> World magazine. There is a feature article on a Triumph GT6 that 
>>>>> has
> been
>>>>> making speed runs at Bonneville. I did not bring the issue to the 
>>>>> shop
>>>>> this
>>>>> morning, but from memory I believe the guy's name is Copeland, and 
>>>>> he
> is
>>>>> from
>>>>> Arizona. Their last trip registered 300 mph and was the fastest
>>>>> 'sportscar'
>>>>> at the event. They hope to hit 340 mph on the next trip.
>>>>>
>>>>> Exotic looking car, with major front end body modifications. The 
>>>>> rear
> end
>>>>> is classic GT6, with stabilizer fins added on each side where the 
>>>>> rear
>>>>> fender bead goes.
>>>>>
>>>>> Copeland's story would make a good movie, in that he is the 
>>>>> survivor of
> a
>>>>> massive salt flats crash in a 1950s Bocar years ago. The incident 
>>>>> put
> him
>>>>> out of commission for over a year, but did not dampen his need for
> speed.
>>>>> He's back at it, and in a Triumph GT6..
>>>>>
>>>>> I am not sure...maybe he is an FOT member.
>>>>>
>>>>> Bill Dentinger
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