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 > DOC UK Website: www.deloreans.co.uk Unsubscribe: doc-uk-unsubscribe@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx ** Unless otherwise stated, all messages posted to the group are assumed public and may be printed in the club magazine ** Yahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/doc-uk/ <*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: doc-uk-unsubscribe@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx <*> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/