During a run by veteran motorcycle racer Ralph Hudson, the rider was reportedly jostled by a gust of wind and lost control of his bike at 252 mph, according to the SCTA, the Southern California Timing Association, which sanctions the event. The 71-year-old Poteet apparently has quite the good ear.īut the crew at Bonneville was also reminded this year just how dangerous racing can be. Yow! Even better, the tach stopped working on the final run and Poteet had to shift by sound. Poteet had recorded 400-mph runs on the salt over many years but it was this year that the team dialed it all together and set the 470-mph average, with an exit speed out the top end of the five-mile timed section of the course of 481 mph. The record runs were made with only 20 psi. It makes 3,155 hp and 2,017 lb ft of torque, Thacker wrote. The car’s Ken Duttweiler single V8 runs on methanol and is fed by two turbos capable of adding 35 pounds of boost. AA means the displacement of the V8 is over 501 cubic inches and BFS means Blown Fuel Streamliner. It was built to compete in SCTA’s AA/BFS class.
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