[Land-speed] Fuel for Thought By Land Speed Louise Ann Noeth.

[Dave Dahlgren]

I might be wrong and usually am but didnt Teague Nolen White and Burkland go 
faster? Is this a class record or the ultimate record? They really need a 
record for the ultimate I don't care how you got it done to separate all 
this stuf.
dave
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Bryan Savage" <b.a.savage at wildblue.net>
To: "List Land Speed" <land-speed at autox.team.net>
Sent: Friday, January 07, 2011 12:24 AM
Subject: [Land-speed] Fuel for Thought By Land Speed Louise Ann Noeth.


> From:
> Fuel for Thought By Land Speed Louise Ann Noeth.
>
> The most historically significant
> Bonneville Salt Flats news this year came
> when world record holder Bill Summers
> of Goldenrod fame answered a phone call
> from Texan Charles Nearburg in late
> September; he was calling minutes after
> breaking the Summers Brothers decades old
> record averaging 414 MPH driving
> his b
Spirit of Rettb
 streamliner.
> b
Itbs about time,b
 quipped Bill Summers
> to Nearburg, b
We held that record a
> long time b 44 years, 10 months and 12
> days. That you went that fast with only
> one naturally aspirated engine driving
> only through two wheels, is a phenomenal
> achievement.
> Nearburg does not rely on traction
> control; he prefers to drive on feel, b
I
> canbt flat foot it until 300 MPH and can
> also spin the tires at will. b
I drive to find
> traction from the moment we push off
> the starting line. We have enough down
> force and drag, a combination of factors
> working together to exceed 400 MPH.b

> The Spirit of Rett was built over a
> six year time period by Arizona resident
> Howard Nafzger who took advantage of
> the sportbs broad opportunities to be creative
> and later sold the car.
> b
I was very surprised, humbled, and
> proud,b
 he said, b
Horsepower is easier to
> come by than slippery cars. Generally
> speaking, once the aerodynamic drag
> exceeds the available traction, adding
> more horsepower will not make you go
> much faster. How did Charles hook up so
> much horsepower with two-wheel drive?