1./ Street class is available to you , you can go 125mph if you like , you've been told that time and time again.Despite what you say your Renault Clio isn't designed to crash at it's maximum speed , no car is . Cars are designed almost without exception to be economical transport , there is no point in a manufacturer designing a car for parameters for which it will never be used because they wouldn't sell enough to make a profit.
a modern car that's designed with safety in mind and packed to the gills with modern safety equipment and proven to be safe by crash testing
so , there wasn't a roll over at 125 mph test last time I looked, the phrase "designed with safety in mind" sounds like sales brochure stuff to me , it's an unqualified statement that rolls off the tongue nicely but doesn't really mean anything.Certainly your Clio is safer than an that old Ford in many ways but I see no basis to assume that it will run any straighter or more predictably at it's top speed.It would corner better and brake quicker to be sure but that's not necessarily the issue here.
2./ Nearly everybody on this message board knows each other from making the effort to go to Lake Gairdner and even if they aren't best friends conduct themselves in a polite manner .You are an anonymous member of this board with no experience in motorsport that can be verified , no car building experience that can be verified and and a whole lot of claims about a car , that, can't be verified. If you had been at the lake , maybe held a record or been involved in a car that had been running even half fast your opinion would be worth , well , something.
3./ You jeer about "supposed safety" and things that belong in a museum yet you have no demonstrable knowledge of the history of land speed racing.If you were more familiar you would know that there are numerous instances of major manufacturers and race teams who have floundered when attempting to "pick off " records , Bar-Honda was a recent one .At the same time there are many records held by privateers with incredible skills and an inate understanding of how to go fast.
5./ The term "cursory inspection" seems to imply that when it comes to scrutineering you know something or more worryingly that you are calling into question either the ability or the integrity of those who vet cars for the club at the meet. Now that would be a brave and unselfish thing for a known club member to do BUT they'd want to be fairly sure of what they were talking about .
6./You have been given the time of day many more times than you would seem to deserve on this message board and as an anonymous participant you aren't treated any differently to another but you seem to have taken personally rules that are quite simple and drawn up from experience. In the most basic terms these rules might stop one from getting out of their depth...too quickly as it were.
For those who missed it here is Gordon's very first sentence on this message board.
I saw the publicity this year's event got. I was sorry I missed it because that weekend I was on a quiet public road not that far away giving my road car a very very illegal run to find out what it'd do. Thought it might be a bit of fun to give it a run all the way out to its top speed on the salt lake at next year's event. And maybe get more involved if it is.
I like you Gordon , I like people who aren't afraid to go out on a limb and make a dickhead of themselves for a laugh , you are joking aren't you?
http://tbn0.google.com/images?q=tbn:dyt ... Donkey.jpg
:D;) Are you sure your name isn't Franklin - from the early days of the Landracing BBoard????
Sorry, my 2c worth.
