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[roversam]

Hi there everyone. To start my name is Sam, i live in a little town in norther cal called Cloverdale. me and a group of freinds are realy into cars and my next project after i get done restoring my landrover series 2a is to build a car to race. my goal is to just make 200mph not to realy set a record. just a personal goal of mine. i have a 1934 chevy pickup (well whats left of it) that i want to build a roadster pickup out of, with a ls1 and twin turbos in it. I was going to build it on a frame i have here its a 1928 model aa frame i was going to cut down and z notch, does this seam to be a feasable thing to do to just get a time slip? I hope that i can fit in somewhere like the lakester class with it. but not knowing if i need to be in a cass at all for all i need to do is pass tech? hope someone can help me out with some info on this for the rule book is a bit vauge when it comes to this kinda thing.
Sam

[Moxnix]

Hoi!

[Glen]

A lakester and a roadster are worlds apart in design and classes. Your best bet is to make a trip to the lakes and Bonneville and study the vehicles that are running. Make you decision on what to build after the learning trip. Have fun and hope you can find a class to build to.

[Stan Back]

You can't run Lakester classes with any automotive body parts, so that's out.  You could run Time Only with the car teched to the appropriate Street Roadster class.  Someone ran a '48 Ford roadster pickup last year, I believe.

Stan

[tater]

Hi
 Been lurking and learning for a while, but now the salt truck is started........
I live in Idaho just 5 hrs from Wendover.
I drag race and have done sprint boats and mud racing. I want to try the salt. I have a couple rigs I want to run ,going to start out with 61 unibody Ford with a sbf.


Randy

[littleredtrouble]

Hello!

I'm brand new to LSR and made my first trip to the Salt during World of Speed in 2010 with Nick Sutton and his 1991 Eclipse "Retribution."

I'm a student at CU in Denver and am working on finishing my Business Marketing degree. One of my final projects entails creating a marketing plan, and I have chosen to do a sponsorship plan for Nick & his car.

What I'm looking for is any sort of statistical information for Speedweek regarding the number of entries, attendees, pre-event advertising, and anything else that may be tricky to find online to help me get a jump on this. I think I may have bitten off more than I can chew, but I'm looking forward to the challenge!

So... if anyone can direct me to a good source, it would be greatly appreciated!

Thanks!

Jenn

[Seldom Seen Slim]

Jenn, most of us know everything there is about land speed racing, and we're always quick to tell anyone that'll sit still while we talk.  The drawback to this great store of knowledge and wisdom is the fact that each of us has DIFFERENT statistics -- whatever we can remember.

Now that that disclaimer has been stated -- I'll probably send you a PM so you can chat off-line with me.  Most likely off-line will be a good way to gather information from any of us -- so we don't run into hassles from those many versions of history.

Welcome to the Forum, and thanks for being here.  We all look forward to seeing you on the salt.

[dw230]

Jenn,

I have found that a good way to get recent history for deals like this is at the www.SCTA-BNI.org website. If you look at the intro to salt racing and results from each meet(click on Bonneville in left column). The results give the number of entries, number of runs, records set, etc.

The Bonneville 200 MPH club website has some info that should be useful, www.bonneville200mph.org.

The American Hot Rod Foundation has a board member, Jim Miller, who is very knowable about Bonneville history, www.ahrf.com. There are many on this board that can help.

Contact me if you think I may be able contribute to your plan,

Dan

[stobl]

Hi All,

I'm just getting started in the LSR world after growing tired of the limits of 1/4 mile.  I've been converting over my 1976 Cadillac Fleetwood the past two years, and with hearing about ECTA's facility issue after this year, i'm hoping to button it up within the next couple months.  Just need to drop the motor in, run the plumbing, and it should be able to move under its own power.  Car has been in the family since new, and will be in AA/BFCC.  It has the original motor that came with the car, just heavily worked over (now 512"), with boost and e85.  No clue how fast it'll be able to run, but I'm just looking to have fun.  I'm sure i'll make it over to Bonneville whenever i get all the bugs worked out. 

Car before I "improved" it:
http://tinyurl.com/4ujx6fe

I don't have a recent full-body picture as it's still stuck in the garage on jack stands, but here's the engine bay from december while trying to get everything set up for the good engine:
http://tinyurl.com/4unlcjb



Hope to see you all out there,

Blake

[Stan Back]

Probly got a head start on ballast . . .

Stan

[Avanti Kid]

Blake, welcome to our type racing at Bonnville where we can be in WOT or 85 seconds (on 5 mile course) and really enjoy the long run till we need to pop the chute, looking forward to seeing your big Caddy on the salt, take care, Dave 

[Stainless1]

Blake, welcome to our type racing at Bonnville where we can be in WOT or 85 seconds (on 5 mile course) and really enjoy the long run till we need to pop the chute, looking forward to seeing your big Caddy on the salt, take care, Dave  

AKid, WOT for 85 seconds   I thought your car was a lot faster than that    

Blake, welcome

See ya on the salt  

[Avanti Kid]

Stainless!, so far with our old Studebaker 289 ci engine at 800hp last year we did 210 at 2 1/4 & 213 at 3 & 216mph at the 4 mile, but that's at only 6300 rpm (rev limiter) and at only 20 lbs boost, so this year we plan on ________?? Gosh in 1993 at El Mirage my car only did 125 mph, when I was hoping for 140mph  Dave

[NortonPete]

Hi all,

I've been reading the forum on & off for the past few weeks.

Based on the South coast of England, near Portsmouth.

Is it possible to be bitten by the salt bug before you've even been there once?
I think it is because it seems to have happened to me.

I've got a couple of old Brit bikes - a wartime BSA B31 350cc in a bobber style and a 1947 Norton 500cc Model 18 that's pretty standard & which I shipped to Buenos Aires in January 2009 & spent 10 weeks in the saddle riding it through Argentina, Chile, Peru, Colombia & Venezuela following the route taken by Che Guevara in 1952 & immortalised in the book & movie 'The Motorcycle Diaries'.

I'm planning a trip to Bonneville this summer. It'll either be just to watch & learn or, if I find a 'donor' bike very soon, to watch, learn & take part!

I've got some tech questions to ask but will look for the right thread to do that rather than asking here.

Pete

[Seldom Seen Slim]

Welcome, Pete.  First of all, if you've been lurking here - you probably know that there are quite a few Brits on the Forum, so howsabout telling them/us just where in the Isles you're located?  Maybe one of your landsmen will be near enough that you'll be able to set up some more personal communications.

Second -- we normally (as much as we can be normal) we'd suggest that you visit Bville without a race vehicle for the first time - to figure out lots of the questions you'll have without having the additional stress of running, too.  But since you live quite a few hours/miles away, maybe it won't be easy for you to be here two times in a row - so if you elect to find and race a bike - then so be it.  Dob't be afraid to ask for help no matter what course you follow.  We enjoy sharing nour accumulated knowledge and wisdom (another wink of the eye goes here) and want to help you get ready for this great hobby - and event.

Come back soon, and ask away.