VIDEO - 250.1 mph Lamborghini !!

[Joe Timney]

Kent,
Well stated, thank you

joe

[Genuine GM]

If you can afford 200K in mods, you can afford the couple thousand for safety equipment. 

As far as real men.....  the grave yard is full of real men that died before their time. 

I'll be as safe as possible, a guy proves nothing by taking short cuts and risk everything.

[KeithTurk]

Looking forward to how he turns out now that it's crashed..... I know he's been reported as being alive....  just waiting for further news of his condition...

K

[Hooley]

Well, I watched the Lambo do his flying Sat.  It was wild crash similary to Jim Kirk's at Speed Week. It was reported at the track that He was all right and went to a hosptil for obsveration. I was sure glad to hear that.I know he will be banged up for a while. I wish him a speedy recovery.  I was setting at about the 3/4 mile and had a good view. He went through the mile looking good, deployed the chute and there was a lot of smoke from the left side of the car. It was then it went to flying.
  One of the early runs I was at the starting line and  noticed the Chute lanyard going under the car. A real low placement. There was a cross wind that could have had an effect. Most of the cars were factory performance production fast cars. They didn't seem to be required to have the equipment that Bonneville requires.  Not very many cars used chutes. But they did have real big brakes. sometime duel calipers.  It is funny that this was talked about early in the year.

          When they resumed racing I went to the 1 Mile to watch the chutes being deployed. I watched for an hour or so and no one used one.  And they didn't seem to have a problem stopping even at speeds of 150 to over 200.

                                    Enough from me  Hooley

[javajoe79]

 So do you think waybe the chute mounted so low as well as the crosswind got it tangled up with one of the wheel? Glad he is ok and maybe this will make them look more seriously at their safety regs.

[SPARKY]

To quote a rather notable American Forrest Gump; "stupid is as stupid does".

[fredvance]

One of the ladies in the pit I was hanging out in got pics of the chute deploying, it did not get tangled up in anything. When it opened it yanked the rear wheels off the ground. the next frame it looked kind of like Kirks at SW

[Richard 2]

What old "world record" did he exceed?

I will make comments about my observations about the lack of what we all feel are "needed" and should be "required" safety equipment...

But I will not question his speed,,, 250.1 in a standing mile in a wheel driven car is worthy of accolades.


But how is the MPH speed measured, is it exit speed or average speed in the standing mile.

Rick

[fredvance]

exit speed

[woz]

http://www.autoweek.com/article/20101026/CARNEWS/101029927

crash video posted in Bonneville general chat area

[SPARKY]

i am glad i didn't sell or install that chute---

I think JT nailed it----- too big, too short, too low.

[jl222]

i am glad i didn't sell or install that chute---

I think JT nailed it----- too big, too short, too low.

  would someone explain why big chutes work at the drags AT faster speeds [sometimes 2 BIG chutes] and not in the mile
  To low yea to big to short no, also are these cars all wheel drive?
  This car has been squirrely in the past not sure the chutes to blame, but someone said there was a picture of the wheels coming off the ground in which case don't blame the chute for being to big when its not installed properly.

                  JL222

  What kind of HANS device was he wearing [or is that a question that shouldn't be asked]?

[Glen]

They were running in a strong cross wind and heard two others were blown off the course. I agree with JT on the size and the chute was flying high.

[Richard 2]

Wonder what that car weighs?

[bvillercr]

I wonder if they will start having wind delays.  Seems that the wind was howling and possibly should have waited it out.