Motorhomes at Speedweek.

[grumm441]

Streamliner, thats just tooo coool, that big tub got right along!!
Check this out, entertainment plus from the Pom's.
  Sid.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ohkAxbeMxVo

Sid
I laughed all the way thru that clip
But if you watch it closely, for the most part, when James May is driving, he has an egg in his hand, except for at 6:27 when he is hitting the other van with a frying pan out the window.
The DLRA had a record for a bus,
2002 Club Animal    #151    Ford Bus    BUS    66.57    
however it seems to have been retired
G

[streamliner]

And here's Alex Tremulis' account of the run.  He was always good for an entertaining story, and some of you guys are mentioned in it, as well...   

ps:  I tried resizing, downsizing, upsizing, etc., but the pics still came out sized as you see them.  To get a bigger view so it's easier to read, magnify your window view by clicking the magnify button in the bottom right hand corner of your explorer window.   










And Alex Tremulis on that day...

[streamliner]

So the Travoy literature said: "A new world speed record for motorhomes, set at El Mirage Dry Lake, California 97.613mph."

I think this may technically be in error, as it doesn't look like a two-way run, etc, etc.  It may have been the fastest officially timed speed, but not a "world record".  What would have been the class at that time, and what was the record for that class in 1970?  The early 1970's GMC looks like it did run at Bonneville in 2006 and had at least its first sanctioned record at 99+mph(?).  What record did it run against?

Is this even the right way to look at motorhome records, or is there even a motorhome class???  Where do you draw the line between a shorter and a longer motorhome? 

Just curious and wanting to get the facts right...

[4-barrel Mike]

ps:  I tried resizing, downsizing, upsizing, etc., but the pics still came out sized as you see them.  To get a bigger view so it's easier to read, magnify your window view by clicking the magnify button in the bottom right hand corner of your explorer window.   

The website restricts picture height to 400 pixels, so the fault is not yours.  Perhaps you could save them pdf's and attach them in full size?

Mike

[dw230]

There are no motorhome classes. Any one can say anything they want. Ain't America grand, free speech and all that, what a country.

There are no two way runs at El Mirage. If I remember correctly the Bonneville speed for the motorhome was a courtesy pass. None of it means a thing.

DW

[Seldom Seen Slim]

Six or eight or so years ago John Szaly was trying/hoping to run his motorhome at World of Speed.  He was hoping to make it a "class", or (as I remember) if nothing else, get a timing slip to show to others so he could have some kind of bragging rights about the fastest motorhome.  (John and his wife helped Nancy and me with some crew duties then).  I don't think he ever go to run the mh, though.  He hasn't been active on the land-speed list in quite a while - and I don't think he's ever been here.  John -- if you're reading this, please let us know the "real" story of what went on, okay?  Thanks.

[dw230]

Mods - for the love of God, please lock this thread!

DW

[Seldom Seen Slim]

Are you talking to me, Dan?




Yeah, I think the subject has been flogged enough.  Anyone interested could, I suppose, search the Forum looking for this or other thred that mention motor homes.

It'll go locked pretty quick.  First - a bowl of strawberries.

[Seldom Seen Slim]

NHarmon, please forgive me -- but as DW pointed out, this thread has strayed quite a ways from your original query - about taking a motorhome to visit SpeedWeek.  So -- I'll stop the thread since most of us are only goofing around with it.  You've been offered some good information, and if you still have more questions to ask -- well, go at it again.  That's your privilege here, and I sure won't stop you.  But if it gets goofy again - I'll stop it again.  Might as well leave the forum for real land speed racing stuff, not the what if's about motorhomes.

Sorry, ladies and gentlemen, but this thread is now kaput.