[Land-speed] Ford's Hydrogen 999 racer shooting for fuel cell land speed record > Hybrid News

[Glen Barrett]

I still have one in the garage Wes.Jon I know it attempted to make a run 
but a few feet don't count. It was driven around later though on the 
starting area before the rain.
Glen
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Cc: "Jon Amo" <webmaster at landracing.com>; <land-speed at autox.team.net>; "Rick 
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Sent: Thursday, July 12, 2007 4:01 PM
Subject: Re: [Land-speed] Ford's Hydrogen 999 racer shooting for fuel cell 
land speed record > Hybrid News


> Great source of batteries for the racers who were there the day they 
> packed it in.
> That pyramid must have been ten betteries high at one time.
>
> Wes
>
> -------------- Original message ----------------------
> From: "Jon Amo" <webmaster at landracing.com>
>> Glen,
>>
>> It got off the starting line, just only went a few think If I remember... 
>> I
>> remember the electric streamliner like it was yesterday...The crane they 
>> had
>> to get it off the flatbed on the salt... And talk about a huge crew... We
>> camped at KOA that year and I had some of them drawing pictures of it on
>> napkins about the internals... The owner went back and I heard was viewed 
>> as
>> failure went backrupt and not really heard from again. The Kenwood 
>> Electric
>> Car.
>>
>> jon