Ferrari Mailing List: Last Add: F40 at Bonneville & such!

[Red5hilser (Red5hilser]

   Guys: All you ever wanted to know about speed runs out in the desert!
   --  Yer pal Bubba



   [1]http://www.hotrodhotline.com/feature/2007show/07sctarichard/



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   In a message dated 2/13/2009 5:17:11 A.M. Pacific Standard Time,
   Red5hilser writes:

   Hey Paul: The Salt Flats guys always think positive. Why take the time
   and trouble to fabricate and install padding if you're not going to
   crash, right?



   I never got to Bonneville, but used to go to Murock Dry Lakes out on
   the Mojave on occasion. The So. Cal. Timing Assn. used to have runs
   out there, and they were interesting to say the least.



   My favorites were the old P-51 drop-tank Lakesters with a huge bored
   out OHV V-8s stuffed inside the rear and a wheel at each corner.
   Nothing more. With Go-Kart like suspension, they were clocked at well
   over 200 MPH. How did the drivers fit inside the damn thing with those
   two huge stones getting in the way? <g>



   The lake-bed was smooth as a billiard table and had the consistency of
   cement. I know. I took a spill out there once, riding my 250cc
   ex-Works CZ Motocrosser. (My mother worked for the U.S. Suzuki
   competition dept, and they sold it to me for $400. Long story).



   But, unlike the Salt Flats guys, I had prepared for any eventuality,
   and worn my leathers. I'd seen too many other Kenny Roberts
   wanna-be's, clad in only shorts and a tee shirt being hauled off in
   the ambulance after a failed Evil Knievel type jump. Anybody out there
   remember Rocket Rex Staton?



   Ach, the memories, yer pal Ferrari Bubba



   In a message dated 2/12/2009 8:43:40 P.M. Central Standard Time,
   [2]pbennett [at] macnet.com
   I found two pictures fascinating, underbonnet front end details
   and the driver's seat.  Crude aluminum plates no padding.
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