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« on: March 30, 2005, 03:41:58 pm »

Martin Hill has just set the world's fastest terminal speed for a Jet powered Funny Car (in fact ANY jet car) over a 1/4 mile from a standing start at 336.10 mph  Shocked

story here : http://www.eurodragster.com/news/news.asp?Story=mar27#mar27

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« Reply #1 on: March 30, 2005, 03:52:23 pm »

I thought you WERE going Steve??
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« Reply #2 on: March 30, 2005, 03:56:54 pm »

I thought you WERE going Steve??

Dodgy looking weather and pressure from SWMBO to do some gardening  Cry
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« Reply #3 on: March 30, 2005, 03:57:32 pm »

I'm glad I'm not the only one cursing my luck Steve...
Only twice have I decided not to bother going to a meeting...

First time was the first 4
Second time was this..

At least I didn't miss Kim Reymonds 4.8 or Barry's 300..

Roll on The Main Event

PS: John Webster ran his first 4 at the Thunderball as well.
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« Reply #4 on: March 30, 2005, 03:58:43 pm »

Strange that!!  My weekend involved something along those lines too. Anyone would have thought we'd been away for the previous weekend!!  Wink
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« Reply #5 on: March 30, 2005, 04:00:54 pm »

Strange that!!  My weekend involved something along those lines too. Anyone would have thought we'd been away for the previous weekend!!  Wink

Yeah, bizarre eh!
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« Reply #6 on: March 30, 2005, 04:02:21 pm »

I'm glad I'm not the only one cursing my luck Steve...
Only twice have I decided not to bother going to a meeting...

First time was the first 4
Second time was this..

At least I didn't miss Kim Reymonds 4.8 or Barry's 300..

Roll on The Main Event

PS: John Webster ran his first 4 at the Thunderball as well.

Sickening isn't it.  I missed Sheavils blow over but managed to see all the Andy Carter 4's in the UK last year.
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« Reply #7 on: March 30, 2005, 04:06:18 pm »

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Sickening isn't it.  I missed Sheavils blow over but managed to see all the Andy Carter 4's in the UK last year.
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Did you see the first UK blowover?
Rico Anthes back in the late '90s....
Or am I just proving that I'm old???
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« Reply #8 on: March 30, 2005, 04:14:01 pm »

Yes, pretty much put the wind up him too.  Didn't he 'retire' after he wasn't the first European to run a 4?

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« Reply #9 on: March 30, 2005, 04:25:41 pm »

I always got the feeling that he 'Took his ball home'
When you consider the amount of money he makes out of running the Nitrolympics at Hockenheim he could come back with a pretty class act.
Last I heard he was building a 2 seat T/F car for passenger rides at Hockenheim.

Was that your own photo of Rico?
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« Reply #10 on: March 30, 2005, 05:10:36 pm »

Another good weekend outing this year if you get the chance is the Britcar. I was up at Silverstone on Saturday and the racing was thoroughly enjoyable. A bit disappointed that a few of the rumoured entries didn't show, but still good fun racing.

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« Reply #11 on: March 30, 2005, 07:36:47 pm »

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Sickening isn't it.  I missed Sheavils blow over but managed to see all the Andy Carter 4's in the UK last year.
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Did you see the first UK blowover?
Rico Anthes back in the late '90s....
Or am I just proving that I'm old???
Sh*T, you feel old, I was at the Pod in the late 70's when the Houndog Funny (they also had a rail) car stood on end due to an incrroectly setup slipper clutch (if my memory serve me correctly).
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« Reply #12 on: March 30, 2005, 07:47:16 pm »

Ian, Bootsie Herridge (of Houndog) also drove Gladiator in the 70's - here's one of my old photo's I've recently scanned of a great funny car from that era - a bit of nostalgia.



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« Reply #13 on: March 31, 2005, 02:05:30 pm »

Those were the days Cool
Brad has just transfered a video of old Super 8 cine films, shot at Blackbush, Silverstone, Snetterton, and the Pod,  on the his PC ready to burn a DVD - if it comes out OK we could start a distribution roundy roundy for anybody who's intersted?
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« Reply #14 on: March 31, 2005, 02:18:50 pm »

Great Ian, I'd be definately interested in seeing that.
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