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Hey Claire

That sounded like fun...did you have your camcorder set up at the 
time?

Regards

Mike
#2001 HEC6T
403

--- In doc-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx, "Claire Usher" <claire_usher71@...> 
wrote:
>
> Hi all,
> 
> well what a blast myself, Rich Hutchinson and Phill W have had 
today 
> at Santa Pod :o)  We were on the Retro Cars Magazine stand as 
Phill 
> had 'Sorbet' in their buyers guide earlier this year.
> 
> However, the 1/4 mile drag strip was too tempting, and we just had 
to 
> do it :oD
> 
> I'd figured that Flopsy and #1274 would be pretty evenly matched, 
as 
> I knew Rich had a quick car and I that Flopsy is no slouch, and 
the 
> official timings proved that to be the case.  Both of us were to 
the 
> boards giving our cars everything, and at the finish line Rich 
beat 
> me by just 0.3639 of a second and 0.39mph.
> 
> You have to admire Rich for what he has done with #1274 on not 
only a 
> limited budget, but also on just his driveway, where he is often 
seen 
> tinkering away in all weathers.
> 
> The best bit of the day though, was the 2 runs done 
by 'Fireforce', 
> the jet powered drag racer (its got a helicopter engine!)  Some 
> awesome figures here:
> 
> 0-60mph - 0.1 seconds
> 0-100 mph - 1.1 seconds
> standing 1/4 mile around 6 seconds - best end speed today was 
257mph
> max power - 11,000 horsepower
> 
> it uses 25 gallons of red diesel for each run, the fuel lines are 
3 
> inches wide and are rated at 400psi.
> 
> and bloody hell is it loud!!
> 
> I'm on such a high from today, and cant wait to go back for 
another 
> go - now where did I put that bottle of nitrous.............
> 
> Cheers
> 
> Claire
> #2292 (standing 1/4 mile 17.554 secs @ 77.05mph)
> DOC170
>






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