[Land-speed] Fwd: Jesse James "record" at El Mirage

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Jet

He says its his world record. Free speech has nothing to do with accuracy.Just
put your nose in the air next time you see him.

Jack




----- Original Message -----
From: "Jet Fuel" <jet at pistonsandrods.com>
To: "LAND SPEED LIST" <land-speed at autox.team.net>
Sent: Wednesday, June 24, 2009 9:26:00 AM GMT -08:00 US/Canada Pacific
Subject: Re: [Land-speed] Fwd: Jesse James "record" at El Mirage

> There are a lot of things wrong in B  the
> B manner of the calimed record but the major issue is that the BMW ran a two
> way average timed by appropriate sanctioning body. And I think it was done
> within the 1 hour time limit. I B may have facts wrong. I am getting old

>From http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/BMW_H2R

Record Time (s) Speed
Flying-start kilometre 11.99 187.62 mph (301.95 km/h)
Flying-start mile 19.91 181.85 mph (292.66 km/h)
Standing-start 1/8 kilometre 9.92 45.62 mph (73.42 km/h)
Standing-start 1/4 kilometre 14.93 60.62 mph (97.56 km/h)
Standing-start 1/2 mile 17.27 65.15 mph (104.85 km/h)
Standing-start mile 36.73 98.60 mph (158.68 km/h)
Standing-start 10 miles (16 km) 221.05 163.81 mph (263.63 km/h)
Standing-start kilometre 26.56 84.72 mph (136.34 km/h)
Standing-start 10 kilometre 146.41 153.90 mph (247.68 km/h)

According to http://www.usautoparts.net/bmw/hydrogen/h2r_racer.htm

'The records were set at the high-speed Miramas Proving Grounds in
France in September 2004.'

The Mirmas Proving Grounds is also known as the BMW Autodrome. The
track is almost four miles long (6+km), banked, and paved. The
satellite view:

http://tinyurl.com/m6nmo5

I don't see any mention of repeated runs or FIA as a sanctioning body?
It seems both efforts resulted in numbers posted in no ones' books but
their own?

- 966B Glen
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