[Land-speed] Pops Motorsport

[Rich Fox]

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 at charter.net>
To: "Rich Fox" <v4gr at rcn.com>; "landspeed at autox.team.net" 
<land-speed at 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 at rcn.com>
> To: "landspeed at autox.team.net" <land-speed at 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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