[Land-speed] British Steam effort 139.843mph

[Wester Potter]

I think we'll find that out by the 25th of September, after world of  
Speed and the Top Speed Shootout.

Wes

On Aug 27, 2009, at 3:28 PM, Joe & Lynne Lance wrote:

> What is that--about 200 MPH SLOWER than the Buckeye Boy college  
> students
> with their battery and fuel streamliners?
>
> Lance
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: land-speed-bounces at autox.team.net
> [mailto:land-speed-bounces at autox.team.net] On Behalf Of John Szalay
> Sent: Thursday, August 27, 2009 8:22 AM
> To: land-speed at autox.team.net
> Subject: [Land-speed] British Steam effort 139.843mph
>
> British team breaks oldest land speed record
>
> Edward's Air Force Base, California: Tuesday August 25th:
> at 8.19am (California time) Charles Burnett III successfully broke  
> the land
>
> speed record for a steam powered car - which has stood for more than  
> 100
> years - achieving an average speed of 139.843mph on two runs over a  
> measured
>
> mile.
> Driver Charles Burnett III piloted the car for both runs reaching a  
> peak
> speed of 136.103mph on the first run and 151.085mph on the second.  
> The new
> international record, which is subject to official confirmation by  
> the FIA,
> breaks the previous official FIA record of 127mph set in 1906 by  
> American,
> Fred Marriott, driving a Stanley steamer at Daytona Beach.
>
>
> http://www.steamcar.co.uk/
>
> http://uk.news.yahoo.com/4/20090826/video/vuk-uk-team-breaks-steam-car-recor
> d-49bfa63.html
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