| Author | Message | ||
     Rocketman |
He He, just thought I'd try and amuse you ,so for fun only, and because I've got this super little old book with all the information in it, I thought I'd draw you up a little quiz. Ain't I good to y'all. Like I said, no prizes, but hey we'll all know who the winner is, which is an honour in itself, right ? So here we go, the title "Brain of LSR" awaits one of you lucky suckers  Rules : No one who has the book "Pocket Guide to Speed Records" written by Andrew Duncan may enter. Andrew Duncan may not enter. Blake is excluded on the basis he can work everything out. Elvis is excluded. Rocket isn't Enjoy........ 1; Where and what year did the first LSR take place ? 2; Name the driver ? (this is a trick question because I didn't say which driver  "> ) 3; What powered the first LSR holding cars ? 4; A Stanley Steamer broke the LSR in 1906. What was the record speed ? 5; Who was the first person to top a 150 MPH LSR and where did the record run take place ? 6; Who was the first person to top a 200 MPH LSR and where did the record run take place ? 7; What make of car was the first to top 200 MPH and what was significantly special about it ? 8; Who is the most successful LSR racer of all time ? (besides Team Elves of course 9; Who was the first person to top a 500MPH and 600MPH LSR and what were the years ? 10; Who was the first person to exceed the speed of sound on land ? 11; What is the highest speed a vehicle has traveled across the earths surface and in what year ? Trophy to be awarded to the winner at Bonneville (but don't hold your breath ) !!!!!! Rocket (Message edited by blake on January 11, 2005) | ||
| Tripper |
#10 - He was a Frenchie were'nt he? | ||
| Blake |
I farted a sonic blast once. Does that count? Blake (packingjalepénos&refriedbeansforBonneville)  | ||
| Hootowl |
Only if it was slushy. | ||
| Road_Thing |
Do they have fajita marinada in Utah? r-t | ||
| Court |
>>>>>Do they have fajita marinada in Utah? ANSWER: If the early settlers taveling West in covered wagons knew......once you get past Denver and before you reach Sacto......if you want it or need it, BRING IT. Hence the major 9.18.02 shopping trip in SLC. Provisions in Wendover are pretty much Hersehy's bars, cans of Coke and whatever you can pick up in a Pawn Shop or track down in a trailer park. Ergo. . . NO, they don't | ||
| Rocketman |
r-t what's farting marijuana ? Rocket | ||
| Aaron |
just off the top of my head ... 4: I thought they set a few records with the Stanley (I did take you guys up to the Hotel, right?) ... They had a lakester that went like 127 if memory serves, and a sedan that went like 106? I know F.O. Stanley later crashed at 150 and he never raced again. 9: Craig Breedlove. In the 60's. 10: That Blue Flame effort back in the 70's laid claim to it, but there was some controversy over whether or not they really did it since there was no sonic boom. Seems the speed of sound is a somewhat variable thing, with the weather and such, and mathematically the speed they went should've been above the speed of sound. The car that actually made the boom was that British effort a few years back. Whatshisname was piloting it ... Richard Noble? I remember he was a RAF pilot, and the car was like 56 feet long and had the equivalent of several hundred thousand horsepower. | ||
| Road_Thing |
Rocket: It happens when you eat too many brownies...  Looking forward to meeting you in person, mate... r-t | ||
| Rocketman |
Y'all failed you miserable blaggards  You'll 'ave t' wait for the answers 'till I get back t' England now, as punishment. actually I didn't bring the book !! You expect me to know the answers ???? Rocket | ||
| Choptop |
1.-2.-3. Year-1813, Place-Switzerland, Record-3Mph, Driver-Issac de Rivaz. NOTE, this is NOT officially recognized as an official record by the FIA. The first according to them is as follows: Dec 18, 1898, 39.252MPH , Car -Jeantaud, Driver-Chaselloup-Laubat, Place- Acheres, Engine-Fulmen Battery Electric 4. a Stanley Steamer went 121.570mph on Jan 26, 1906. Later that day the record was brke by the same car and driver by going 127.600mph. Location? Daytona Beach , FL. 5. Tommy Milton, 156.030mph in a Duesenburg at Daytona, FL. On his record attempt vehicle caught fire and was unable to make 2nd pass. 6.-7. Henry Seagrave, 203.842mph, March 29, 1927, in a Sunbeam 1000 (1000hp) with a V-24 engine. 8.Sir Malcolm Campbell, 8 all out tops speed LSR records. also holder of many water speed records. 9.500mph-Craig Breedlove,Nov 2, 1965. 600mph-Craig Breedlove, Nov 15, 1965 10. Andy Green 11. 763.035mph, 1997, Thrust SSC Team, Black Rock, NV. I'll pick up my prize out on the Salt !!!! | ||
| Choptop |
DOH!!! I got 5. worng !!! here is the correct answer... July 21, 1925, Sir Malcolm Campbell, in a Sunbeam, @ 150.901mph | ||
| Choptop |
Some other tidbits... Breedlove was the first person through 400mph @ 407.518mph on Aug 5, 1963 in the J-47 Jet engined Spirit of America. Jon Cobb went 394.20mph in a piston driven car on Sept 16, 1947.  | ||
| Rocketman |
Chop, great effort What book you reading  Most of your answers are correct but NOT 10 and 11. Read those questions again !!!!! Rocket ps, You'll get your 'trophy' at Bonneville | ||
| Choptop |
11. is a trick question, you'd want to say Chuck Yeager, but the speed of sound is much less at altitude. I dont know if he was indeed the first person to go the speed of sound AT SEA LEVEL. When he broke the sound barrier at altitude, he was going less than the speed of sound on land. So there. The first person to break the speed of sound in a vehicle that was in constant contact with the earth was indeed, Andy Green. 12. Again trick question, depending on how you want to interpret it. Highest speed while in constant contact with the earth is indeed the Thrust SSC Team. Other than that... The Space Shuttle does about 17,500 mph. For a non-space vehicle the record would be Mach 6.7 - 4,520 mph - 7232 km/h, set by an X-15 on 10/3/1967 piloted by Captain William "Pete" Knight. | ||
| Anonymous |
1967 was a long time ago, relatively speaking. Lots has happened since then, not all of which is in the public record.  | ||
| Rocketman |
Chop, Stan Bartlet (sp) broke the sound barrier at Edwards. It wasn't official but the timing was almost certainly accurate. without the book infront of me, I can't give you the exact details. As for the vehicle that travelled the fastest across the earths surface, it was an unmanned sled that did about 3000MPH !!! I'll post it correct when I get back to Yorkshire Bummer about Bonneville eh Rocket |
