[Land-speed] OT: Live and direct from the salt flats 1 of ???

[Tom Shannon]

Rayrat;

Good stuff bud!! What happened to Charles Nearburg from TX and the Old Wooden
Liner? Heard the FIA meet is open to public is that true? Looks like UHP had
to keep the spectators from stopping off I-80, Guess I missed you Ray at MMSP
on Sun,worked turn 15. Keep it comin' Rayman..Tom ShannonMagna, Utah> Date:
Mon, 22 Sep 2008 15:06:04 -0600> To: land-speed at autox.team.net> From:
rbuck at xmission.com> Subject: [Land-speed] OT: Live and direct from the salt
flats 1 of ???> > OSU is here with there Hydrogen-powered liner. They have a
wifi > repeater set up for folks to use. 54mbit, but far superior to > nothing
at all.> > I've had to resort to some very quick photo editing and a
photobucket > account, but here are some of the shots I made during the Poteet
& > Main Speed Demon turnaround and return launch:>
http://photobucket.com/RayTheRat_Poteet-Main_Turnaround> > They're running by
FIA rules which means a run in each direction with > a 1 hour turnaround time
for cars and 2 hour time for bikes. Don't > ask me why. No idea...maybe
because they're French. :)> > That liner (powered by a 2.2 liter turbo motor)
ran 390 mph one way > and destroyed one of its front tires along the way. They
barely got > it replaced and the other stuff done in time for the return. On
that > run, the car caught fire somehow/somewhere and ended up with an >
average of 345 and change. The driver (George Poteet) was unharmed > as far as
I know. That's gotta be the all time record for an F > class Blown Fuel
Liner...and for a 4-banger at that!> > Back to work shootin photos.> > RtR>
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