If you haven't all heard by now, there were no land speed records broken this time, but we're positive we'll get 'em next year.
The salt car ran great and we learned a lot. The experimental gear box and belt drive worked perfectly, no issues at all, we're very happy because everything worked like it was supposed to. But there's one thing we weren't expecting. Ron's a drag racer and in drag racing you obviously want the car as light as possible...well this sure isn't drag racing! On the salt you want it heavy and the guys learned that very quick. So the car was aero light, and the air had no where to escape under the car, which caused it to keep lifting up the back end every time he would approach 155mph. After a lot of thought and talking to some experts in air flow there's a plan for some changes to the belly pan to create some down force.
We won't be attending the World Finals in October, there's way too much going on from now to then, but we will be back on the salt in 2010. See ya in the new year!
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