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« on: May 28, 2015, 03:08:37 AM » |
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https://grrc.goodwood.com/section/festival-of-speed/Amongst other things, drag racing's "Big Daddy", Don Garlits is attending this years event and apparently is bring over Swamp Rat 1. (392 Hemi with carburettors)
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Our lady of blessed acceleration, don't fail me now! - Elwood Blues
Nitro doesn't add power, it multiplies it! Bob Loux, running 10.07 secs @138mph on a 650 normally aspirated Triumph drag bike in 1965!
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« Reply #1 on: May 30, 2015, 08:51:40 AM » |
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You know how some people have "been there and got the Tee shirt", well Don's one of 'em. Here are a few interesting facts about the man. Don was one of the American team that came to the UK with Swamp Rat VI back in 1964 for the first Dragfest events (these events, along with Sydney Allard, are what got drag racing started in the UK), and by then he'd been racing for well over a decade as he started back in 1950 He drove the first dragster to top: 170 180, 200, 240, 250 and 270mph on the standing quarter. He also drove the first dragster to top 200mph on the 1/8 mile. In 2002, aged 71, he took Swamp Rat 34 out of the museum (as ya do) and achieved a speed of 323.04mph! At age 82 he's been estting records with an electric dragster http://motorsportstalk.nbcsports.com/2014/05/02/big-daddy-don-garlits-82-sets-yet-another-national-drag-racing-speedelapsed-time-record/(Photo courtesy Devastation Motorsports) Wikipedia says he "perfected" the rear-engined top fuel dragster (the standard format for today's machines). Before the rear-engine format (where the driver sits in front of the power plant), the divers sat behind the engine, straddling the diff with the clutch somewhere near their feet. It was with the early format that that Don suffered serious injury in 1970 when the transmission exploded, cutting the car in half. A young spectator was seriously injured by part of the flying debris. see http://wediditforlove.com/BigDaddy.htmlhttp://www.garlits.com/index.htmlhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Don_Garlitshttp://motorsportstalk.nbcsports.com/2014/05/02/big-daddy-don-garlits-82-sets-yet-another-national-drag-racing-speedelapsed-time-record/ |
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Nitro doesn't add power, it multiplies it! Bob Loux, running 10.07 secs @138mph on a 650 normally aspirated Triumph drag bike in 1965!
"Incontinence Hotline" - please hold.
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« Reply #2 on: June 08, 2015, 09:14:41 PM » |
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That's a hell of a photo isn't it.
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On the last freedom moped out of Nowhere City.
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« Reply #3 on: June 13, 2015, 06:50:33 AM » |
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Goodwood have announced some of the motorcycle racers who'll be at the FoS, and they include:
Valentino Rossi
Casey Stoner
John McGuinness (fresh from his win in the Senior at the TT)
Bruce Anstey
James Hillier
Carl Fogarty
Cameron Donald
Ryan Farquar
Giacomo Agostini
Chaz Davies
Leon Haslam
Ryuichi Kiyonari
Sylvain Guintoli
Jonathan Rea
‘King’ Kenny Roberts
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There's nowt as light as a hole, so add lightness.
Our lady of blessed acceleration, don't fail me now! - Elwood Blues
Nitro doesn't add power, it multiplies it! Bob Loux, running 10.07 secs @138mph on a 650 normally aspirated Triumph drag bike in 1965!
"Incontinence Hotline" - please hold.
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« Reply #4 on: June 26, 2015, 06:36:28 PM » |
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Some photos from Friday 26th.
Display outside Lord March's front door
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There's nowt as light as a hole, so add lightness.
Our lady of blessed acceleration, don't fail me now! - Elwood Blues
Nitro doesn't add power, it multiplies it! Bob Loux, running 10.07 secs @138mph on a 650 normally aspirated Triumph drag bike in 1965!
"Incontinence Hotline" - please hold.
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« Reply #5 on: June 26, 2015, 06:37:32 PM » |
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Display with "Babs" in the foreground, making her way up the hill
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Our lady of blessed acceleration, don't fail me now! - Elwood Blues
Nitro doesn't add power, it multiplies it! Bob Loux, running 10.07 secs @138mph on a 650 normally aspirated Triumph drag bike in 1965!
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« Reply #6 on: June 26, 2015, 06:39:06 PM » |
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Don Garlits in Swamp Rat I (just trundling along after a burnout)
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There's nowt as light as a hole, so add lightness.
Our lady of blessed acceleration, don't fail me now! - Elwood Blues
Nitro doesn't add power, it multiplies it! Bob Loux, running 10.07 secs @138mph on a 650 normally aspirated Triumph drag bike in 1965!
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« Reply #7 on: June 26, 2015, 06:41:36 PM » |
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BMW Motorrad stunt rider Mattie Griffin, this guy can ride!!!!
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There's nowt as light as a hole, so add lightness.
Our lady of blessed acceleration, don't fail me now! - Elwood Blues
Nitro doesn't add power, it multiplies it! Bob Loux, running 10.07 secs @138mph on a 650 normally aspirated Triumph drag bike in 1965!
"Incontinence Hotline" - please hold.
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« Reply #8 on: June 26, 2015, 06:42:34 PM » |
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Promo mini on the Perkins stand  28th June update - Its on the Cummins stand (thanks Trev  ) |
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There's nowt as light as a hole, so add lightness.
Our lady of blessed acceleration, don't fail me now! - Elwood Blues
Nitro doesn't add power, it multiplies it! Bob Loux, running 10.07 secs @138mph on a 650 normally aspirated Triumph drag bike in 1965!
"Incontinence Hotline" - please hold.
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« Reply #9 on: June 26, 2015, 06:45:13 PM » |
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Sunbeam engine - proper!
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There's nowt as light as a hole, so add lightness.
Our lady of blessed acceleration, don't fail me now! - Elwood Blues
Nitro doesn't add power, it multiplies it! Bob Loux, running 10.07 secs @138mph on a 650 normally aspirated Triumph drag bike in 1965!
"Incontinence Hotline" - please hold.
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« Reply #10 on: June 26, 2015, 06:48:01 PM » |
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The Blitzen Benz of 1909. 21.5 L (25,000cc) in 4 cylinders
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There's nowt as light as a hole, so add lightness.
Our lady of blessed acceleration, don't fail me now! - Elwood Blues
Nitro doesn't add power, it multiplies it! Bob Loux, running 10.07 secs @138mph on a 650 normally aspirated Triumph drag bike in 1965!
"Incontinence Hotline" - please hold.
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« Reply #11 on: June 26, 2015, 06:50:15 PM » |
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The land speed record Darracq from 1905.
V8 of 25,400cc.
The driver threw this into the corners, opposite lock 'n' all...... wow!
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There's nowt as light as a hole, so add lightness.
Our lady of blessed acceleration, don't fail me now! - Elwood Blues
Nitro doesn't add power, it multiplies it! Bob Loux, running 10.07 secs @138mph on a 650 normally aspirated Triumph drag bike in 1965!
"Incontinence Hotline" - please hold.
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« Reply #12 on: June 26, 2015, 06:51:42 PM » |
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Babs' 27.1 Litre V12 Liberty engine from 1923
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There's nowt as light as a hole, so add lightness.
Our lady of blessed acceleration, don't fail me now! - Elwood Blues
Nitro doesn't add power, it multiplies it! Bob Loux, running 10.07 secs @138mph on a 650 normally aspirated Triumph drag bike in 1965!
"Incontinence Hotline" - please hold.
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« Reply #13 on: June 26, 2015, 06:54:58 PM » |
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One of the stars of the event, the 1911 Fiat S76. 300HP 28,400cc in only 4 cylinders.
When driven at Saltburn Sands in 1911 its flame throwing exhausts blew the hats off pedestrians when driven to break the World Flying-Mile Land Speed Record
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There's nowt as light as a hole, so add lightness.
Our lady of blessed acceleration, don't fail me now! - Elwood Blues
Nitro doesn't add power, it multiplies it! Bob Loux, running 10.07 secs @138mph on a 650 normally aspirated Triumph drag bike in 1965!
"Incontinence Hotline" - please hold.
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« Reply #14 on: June 26, 2015, 06:56:53 PM » |
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The 1908 Mors Grand Prix car. 1908, 12.8 Litres, 4 cylinders
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There's nowt as light as a hole, so add lightness.
Our lady of blessed acceleration, don't fail me now! - Elwood Blues
Nitro doesn't add power, it multiplies it! Bob Loux, running 10.07 secs @138mph on a 650 normally aspirated Triumph drag bike in 1965!
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