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Loring Timing Association (Maine) => Loring (AFB) land speed venue => Topic started by: Jessechop on May 06, 2016, 10:17:35 PM

Title: Day 1 in the books
Post by: Jessechop on May 06, 2016, 10:17:35 PM
Weather was great, ran until about 7:15 this evening. 222 I think was the fast pass on a bike by Hussain Al - Sowaigh.  174 with a car driven by Jordan Hanson

Going off memory and I am beat so I could be wrong.
Title: Re: Day 1 in the books
Post by: tauruck on May 06, 2016, 10:54:55 PM
Get some zzzzs bro.

Thanks for the report. :cheers:
Title: Re: Day 1 in the books
Post by: mstrdinan on May 06, 2016, 11:04:51 PM
THANKS  FOR THE REPORT
Title: Re: Day 1 in the books
Post by: Jessechop on May 07, 2016, 09:46:06 PM
Another picture perfect day. Sunny, warm and a nice tailwind.

Greg Neal set record 311 today which was a bit emotional for most of us. He then went on to bump the number to 343? total.

Hussain bumped his speed to 255 in the mile

2 new two club members, Ben Knight at 227 in the mile and Gilles Chiason at 206? at the 1.5

Dorheim (however it is spelled) and Biglow went 247 in the 608 lakester

It went well. Any incidents were handled quickly. Lines went fast, runs were plenty.

Cant say thanks enough to all of the racers and volunteers who make this happen. It truly is a group effort
Title: Re: Day 1 in the books
Post by: ronnieroadster on May 07, 2016, 09:59:24 PM
 To all the LTA crew I want to thank everyone for the great effort you all put into running the event. And a special thanks to Jeese and Kurt you both put your heart into the job your asked to do its greatly appreciated.   :cheers:
Title: Re: Day 1 in the books
Post by: Jessechop on May 07, 2016, 10:24:32 PM
Thank you Ron. Its simple, I try and do things as I would like to see things done if  I was on the other end.
Title: Re: Day 1 in the books
Post by: RidgeRunner on May 07, 2016, 10:33:45 PM
Thanks for the reports!  :cheers:

All the best for everything to go as well tomorrow, everyone to stay safe, have fun, and go fast.

Ed
Title: Re: Day 1 in the books
Post by: Jessechop on May 08, 2016, 05:20:47 PM
Top speeds stayed the same from Saturday. Made about 100 runs today. All in all a great event. I will link to the pictures after Stacy gets them sorted
Title: Re: Day 1 in the books
Post by: Glen on May 08, 2016, 06:38:27 PM
What are the 311 and 343 numbers????
Title: Re: Day 1 in the books
Post by: donpearsall on May 08, 2016, 07:24:46 PM
I am pretty sure the 311 number is the famous speed that Bill Warner made n 2011 on his motorcycle. He later died trying to beat his own record. If Greg Neal made a run at 343 mph that is truly incredible.
Din
Title: Re: Day 1 in the books
Post by: WOODY@DDLLC on May 08, 2016, 08:08:12 PM
Me thinks that is the total number of records that Greg has set as a tribute to Bill!  :-o
Title: Re: Day 1 in the books
Post by: 55chevr on May 08, 2016, 10:07:41 PM
Greg Neal wanted to achieve 311 land speed records as a tribute to Bill Warner.  311 is the record that Bill set for sit on motorcycles. Bill and Greg were friends from the Maxton events.

Joe
Title: Re: Day 1 in the books
Post by: donpearsall on May 09, 2016, 12:53:53 AM
Ok, thanks for straightening that out. Congratulations to Greg!
Title: Re: Day 1 in the books
Post by: Seldom Seen Slim on May 09, 2016, 07:28:00 AM
I wonder about that #343 - if Greg set #311 that day it'd be one heck of a trick to run another 30 records - heck, another 30 runs,

But as for the special-ness of the number 343 - that's that number of firefighters that died in the 11 Sept bombings a decade and a half ago.

Ask Bob Wanner why his race number is 343.  He's a retired firefighter from New York.
Title: Re: Day 1 in the books
Post by: Jessechop on May 09, 2016, 08:07:26 AM
It was 343 and he left the event at over 360, 365 I think was the total number.  Keep in mind,  some passes set 2 records
Title: Re: Day 1 in the books
Post by: RansomT on May 09, 2016, 11:34:14 AM
It was 343 and he left the event at over 360, 365 I think was the total number.  Keep in mind,  some passes set 2 records

and he is riding multiple bikes..  3 day event. 
Title: Re: Day 1 in the books
Post by: joea on May 09, 2016, 12:46:54 PM
So over 60 5 land speed records set at one 2 day event...what kind of "records" were broken ..?
Title: Re: Day 1 in the books
Post by: Jessechop on May 09, 2016, 12:49:22 PM
So over 60 5 land speed records set at one 2 day event...what kind of "records" were broken ..?

Land speed
Title: Re: Day 1 in the books
Post by: Stan Back on May 09, 2016, 01:03:50 PM
Must be quick in the tear-down lane.
Title: Re: Day 1 in the books
Post by: ronnieroadster on May 09, 2016, 03:14:05 PM
Must be quick in the tear-down lane.






  Tear down lane? Lines were short  :cheers:
Title: Re: Day 1 in the books
Post by: joea on May 09, 2016, 06:03:49 PM
65 land speed records broken in 2 days by one person,  that is impressive
Title: Re: Day 1 in the books
Post by: ronnieroadster on May 09, 2016, 07:20:49 PM
65 land speed records broken in 2 days by one person,  that is impressive








 Just another weekend outing for Greg.   :cheers:
   But he did have hauler trouble on the way home needing a tow.   :-o
Title: Re: Day 1 in the books
Post by: joea on May 09, 2016, 10:24:34 PM
Took me many years to break one record at Bonneville ...those guys on East Coast must really have it figured out
Title: Re: Day 1 in the books
Post by: Speed Limit 1000 on May 09, 2016, 10:30:13 PM
Maybe it is because you are just a regular Joe :dhorse:
Title: Re: Day 1 in the books
Post by: Truckedup on May 10, 2016, 06:14:00 AM
 Must have been a hell of a tail win to set all those new records  :-D