Re: [Amc-list] bonneville salt flat rambler???

[JOE FULTON <piper_pa20@xxxxxxxxxxx>]

--- Tom Jennings <tomj@xxxxxxx> wrote:

> But what's wrong with 'fastest rambler-powered' as a
> goal? It's
> hard to believe that NO ONE has run rambler-powered
> out there.
> 

Actually, there's nothing wrong with going after
braggin rights, but most people out on the salt are
actually going for a class record.  There have been
new classes created over time which keeps the interest
up and attracts new people to the salt.  For instance
the Vintage coupe and XXO engine classes are
relatively new, I think.  The car which I crew on
holds the record (over 152 mph) in VC/XXO and is
powered by a Buick straight 8.

> Joe, is there a year by year history or listing of
> who ran
> what? 

I don't know.  It would be worth checking the SCTA
website to track down the past recordholders.

> To my utterly inexperienced eyes, at over 125mph
> it's all
> chassis, chassis, chassis. Horsepower is obvious.
> So's wierd
> chassis oscillations, when you experience them at
> fatal speeds.

Actually, it's more about getting every last ounce of
power from the engine every year.  Chassis designs
seem to stay pretty static but people run their
engines to the absolute limits and break lots of
parts.  You see things breaking the you just do not
fail in everyday driving.

I do recommend visiting the salt flats during speed
week if you have any interest at all in this kind of
racing.  

Joe Fulton  
 

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