[Land-speed] 283?

[Larry Mayfield]

For sure not a Sunbeam, lol.  I suspect this is the same kind of time 
trials as are at all the other short courses and that timing is done on 
a 132 ft trap at the end.  Just like the exit speed at B'ville.  It 
would be more interesting if they did it the FIA way with a clock 
started like a dragster at the starting line and then at the end with 
the trap to get top speed. That would give average speed for the 
distance as well as top speed.  I think Mickey Thompson had a double 
handful of records doing something like that way back when on an airport 
runway.  Not sure why photo cells would make a difference as to the 
mechanism but any kind of beam breaking would suffice to trigger the 
clocks.  This is not insignificant as anything going 283 mph from a 
standing start in a mile  is going pretty damn fast!

The best part though is you have a Guinness ( is that something you 
drink?...may be necessary to go that fast, for me anyway, lol) record, 
lol... How quaint is that?  Why not bring it to EM and run it?

Not my cuppa tea...

mayf

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204.913 mph flying mile
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On 11/3/2012 10:08 AM, David in Durango wrote:
> http://www.performancepowerracing.com/portfolio-view/2012-guiness-world-recor
> d-283-232-mph-ppr-badd-gt/