2011 Land Speed Shoot Out

[1212FBGS]

just tuned in..... looks like it was a fun day..... Slim, where the heck is Nancy's bike?
kent

[RayTheRat]

Ray:

Again, I don't have my rule book handy, but wouldn't a 347" engine be a "C", rather than a "D"?

Jeff

Yep.  I said it wrong.  Too many days in the sun.    299 = "D", 347 = "C".

[jimmy six]

Can't seem to find them but don't the FIA engine class sizes differ from the SCTA?

Not positive but don't records only set at Speed Week, World of Speed and World Finals count for the records in the SCTA Rule book?

I thought all the "shootout speeds" were for FIA, FIM and personal best and advertising like the 2-up................

[Moxnix]

FIA

Class 8 -- 2 lier to 3 liter

Class 9 -- 3L to 5L

Class 10 -- 6L to 8L

Class 11 -- 8L & up

[Moxnix]

A long day out at the tower.  Didn't realize there were only 5 runs until the day's speeds were handed off on a USB memory stick from James Rice at Chronologic and posted on here.  Still, there was a lot of excitement when Richard Assen made his record pass.  At the first drivers meeting Mike Cook asked each driver and rider what speed they were shooting for.  Assen said 260.  

[Dean Los Angeles]

You are correct. SCTA references are because we don't know different. 
FIA
1     Up to    250 cm3       
2     Over    250 cm3    to    350 cm3
3     Over    350 cm3    to    500 cm3
4     Over    500 cm3    to    750 cm3
5     Over    750 cm3    to    1100 cm3
6     Over    1100 cm3    to    1500 cm3
7     Over    1500 cm3    to    2000 cm3
8     Over    2000 cm3    to    3000 cm3
9     Over    3000 cm3    to    5000 cm3
10     Over    5000 cm3    to    8000 cm3
11     Over    8000 cm3

 Group I :    Reciprocating 2 or 4 stroke engine with supercharger
 Group II :    Reciprocating 2 or 4 stroke engine without supercharger
 Group III :    Diesel cycle engine with supercharger
 Group IV :    Diesel cycle engine without supercharger
 Group V :    Rotary engine with supercharger
 Group VI :    Rotary engine without supercharger                  
 Group XV : Hydrogen reciprocating engine

 Group VII : Solar powered
 Group VIII : Electrical engine
 Group IX :    Turbine engine
 Group X :    Steam engine                  
 Group XI :    Hybrid engine                  
 Group XIV: Fuel Cell engine     


And that's it. Don't care what the car looks like.
Records at Bonneville are flying start 1km and mile. There are also standing start records from 1/4 mile through 5000 mile.            

[Moxnix]

Dave Petrali, USAC VP of Testing Operations is with James Rice at the tower.  He's been able to answer my questions with some print outs of the criteria on the cars that came to run.  Warum einfach wenn komplizert geht's auch, as my Kraut forebearers said.

[wobblywalrus]

A lot of credit should go to Richard Assen's engine builder.  That motor made a lot of runs and held up well.  Quite an accomplishment. 

[Moxnix]

Wobbly, the first run came from Floating Island to the freeway.  As Assen rolled into his pit, one of the crew turned on a leaf blower before the bike was in the chock and poked it into the front of the fairing behind the tire to continue cooling the motor.  They do that at both ends of the runs. 

[**RP**]

Great link  Thank you for sharing!!!! And Thank you Loctite for your support of LSR

[Moxnix]

Sound check?

[BudJ63]

Loud and clear.

[Glen]

good in southern Utah

[Moxnix]

Thanks, gentlemen.  Bikes are getting ready to run from the mountain.

[Seldom Seen Slim]

Bikes are about to run.

First up will be 1979, underway heading to Floating Island.  Looking to beat 225 mph.  The Lamb/Porterfield pit found some elect. problems overnight -- grounding on the data acq./ECU stuff.  Found and fixed -- wait for the speeds and we'll see.

Entering timed stretch:   entry  241   kilo  243  mile  242.9   Yup, sounds like they found whatever it was.