I'll Bet Everybody Else Aready Saw This

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The story is almost two weeks old. Jessi's a legit badass...

http://t.autos.msn.com/news/womens-land-speed-record-set

[Deaf Bob]

I hadn't.. Thanks for posting..
You'dda thunk that an OREGON news agency woulda jumped on this!



Well, I thought I'd better "study" on who Jessi is...
Gotta say WOW!
Love that the NAE is based in the PNW!

[DanStokes]

Good for Jessi! Always liked her.

I hadn't heard of this venue before. I'll have to do some research.

Dan

[Deaf Bob]

Good for Jessi! Always liked her.

I hadn't heard of this venue before. I'll have to do some research.

Dan

Usually populated by wind powered cars there..
There were a few land speed record attempts there as well.. Not very well publicized..
That area of OR is very sparsely populated..

[oletrux4evr]

What kind of wheels do they run at those speeds?

[DanStokes]

Depends, but they're often solid aluminum discs - or so I've read. The Speed Demon car runs LSR tires but I forget the maker. Conventional-looking rubber but no doubt highly engineered, on billet wheels.

Dan

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Depends, but they're often solid aluminum discs - or so I've read. The Speed Demon car runs LSR tires but I forget the maker. Conventional-looking rubber but no doubt highly engineered, on billet wheels.

Dan

Yeah, wheels is great question, but tires...

I think tomorrow I'll go into the Cleveland Tire Store and ask for a tire that is rated for 800 miles per hour (the next attempt they mention in that story), just to see what they say.

[oletrux4evr]

I kinda suspected a solid wheel with a solid 'rubber band' to protect the metal wheel........let us know the rating on those tires will ya Pdub??

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I kinda suspected a solid wheel with a solid 'rubber band' to protect the metal wheel........let us know the rating on those tires will ya Pdub??

I can already tell ya, by the code it'll be Zx25000