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*****Why do we have two threads going on this??****I Sid.
Check Charles Nearburg record over the Summers Bros. FIA class and rules, 45 years.DW
On 13 October ThrustSSC set a two way km speed of 760.474 mph and mile 762.146 mph. Unfortunately the second run was 49.6 seconds outside the turnaround time, so no record. Two days later the team set the current record that has stood for over 18 years - the longest for any outright record.
In the late 80's when we were knocking on the door of 400 with Betsy, there were a few times down at the other end I found myself referencing the history that Jon Cobb had been doing the same thing in the same place 50 years earlier & how lucky was I to actually be here. Sid.
Quote from: TrickyDicky on February 04, 2016, 02:32:15 PMOn 13 October ThrustSSC set a two way km speed of 760.474 mph and mile 762.146 mph. Unfortunately the second run was 49.6 seconds outside the turnaround time, so no record. Two days later the team set the current record that has stood for over 18 years - the longest for any outright record. Sorry, but a small correction....the longest outright standing record was Gary Gabelich and the Blue Flame....from November 1970 to September 1997....630+ mph over the kilo....Richard broke only the mile record at Black Rock October 1983.....
Quote from: PorkPie on February 06, 2016, 04:19:05 AMQuote from: TrickyDicky on February 04, 2016, 02:32:15 PMOn 13 October ThrustSSC set a two way km speed of 760.474 mph and mile 762.146 mph. Unfortunately the second run was 49.6 seconds outside the turnaround time, so no record. Two days later the team set the current record that has stood for over 18 years - the longest for any outright record. Sorry, but a small correction....the longest outright standing record was Gary Gabelich and the Blue Flame....from November 1970 to September 1997....630+ mph over the kilo....Richard broke only the mile record at Black Rock October 1983.....Thomas, can I attempt a small correction of my own? When Richard Noble beat Gary Gabelich's mile speed it became the outright record because it was also faster than the kilometre speed. Gary retained the kilo class record but it was no longer the outright record. There can only be one outright record at any given point in time.