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Offline bbarn

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Fastest on dirt?
« on: September 27, 2015, 12:26:58 AM »
Ok, a challenge to all you historians out there. What is the fasted speed recorded by a car on dirt?
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Re: Fastest on dirt?
« Reply #1 on: September 27, 2015, 12:35:09 AM »
Probably not what you are fishing for but I would say Thrust SSC at 763mph at Black Rock Desert.

By the way, rumor had it the Carbiliner was out West.
We were hoping it would show up at the Alvord Desert.
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« Reply #2 on: September 27, 2015, 12:47:22 AM »
Wheel driven: fastest speed on dirt...
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Re: Fastest on dirt?
« Reply #3 on: September 27, 2015, 01:06:07 AM »
Wheel driven:
Pete Prentice, 312.100, El Mirage, October 1999, Leggitt-Mirage C/BFL.

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Re: Fastest on dirt?
« Reply #4 on: September 27, 2015, 01:20:59 AM »
Quote from: salt on September 27, 2015, 01:06:07 AM
Wheel driven:
Pete Prentice, 312.100, El Mirage, October 1999, Leggitt-Mirage C/BFL.

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That was easy
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Re: Fastest on dirt?
« Reply #5 on: September 27, 2015, 01:24:00 AM »
Wait a minute, was this a trick question, do you have some Carbiliner news?
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« Reply #6 on: September 27, 2015, 02:52:44 AM »
Well, no records, but we had some fun this week. Now if there were some timing equipment and a sanctioning body present it may be a different story.
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« Reply #7 on: September 27, 2015, 07:30:36 AM »
Quote from: bbarn on September 27, 2015, 02:52:44 AM
Well, no records, but we had some fun this week. Now if there were some timing equipment and a sanctioning body present it may be a different story.

The NAE team told the racers where they were during the week. Did not give much else away though. Is this a case of another location which might be accessible and suits the wheeldriven?

With all the bright folk on the team I guess the telemetry might have given / gave, some good results .................... that we would all like to know about!
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« Reply #8 on: September 27, 2015, 08:29:23 AM »
Well, we found a little lakebed in the middle of nowhere right next to nothing. On Tuesday we laid out a course of 7.2 miles in length. We had some dust issues in the beginning of the week which forced us to give up the first 1.2 miles of track. After overcoming some mechanical issues in the middle of the week Rob posted a 360mph pass on Friday using only 3.25 miles of course. If we would have had a day longer we feel confident we could have raised that number a fair bit.
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« Reply #9 on: September 27, 2015, 08:32:16 AM »
The location is probably not well suited for a meet as the surface would likely deteriorate and need moved after several passes. We ran the course with chase vehicles and made several passes both on and next to our own tracks. Traction was good, dust was low from the 2-5 running north to south. It is something that we will watch and explore to see what happens to the surface over time and weather conditions. We met some natives that gave us some good information related to the surface conditions, moisture content and how to prep the surface. We will likely go back to do more testing of the surface and the liner at some point in the future.

We are still traveling home, we have loads of pictures and videos to share. Stay tuned, some of them are spectacular!
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Offline Rick Byrnes

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Re: Fastest on dirt?
« Reply #10 on: September 27, 2015, 11:44:22 AM »
Were you any closer to home than bendover?
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« Reply #11 on: September 27, 2015, 11:46:38 AM »
Unfortunately not. We were several hours beyond B'ville  :/
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Re: Fastest on dirt?
« Reply #12 on: September 27, 2015, 05:52:24 PM »
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« Reply #13 on: September 28, 2015, 05:16:37 PM »
New vids of our testing are up on our FB page.  Remember,  it is a public page so you don't need a FB account to view them.
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« Reply #14 on: September 28, 2015, 06:34:24 PM »
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