Me thinks Sammy's life was highly exaggerated. The 3.54 "pass" was
supposed to be at: http://www.santapod.co.uk/ Like where is this track
record???????? Jets don't instantly accelerate, not even in your dreams.
Watch the military's best.
God Bless America, ßill O|||||||O
mailto:-------------------- http://www.----------.com/

c wrote:
>
> I need to correct myself here:
>
> <snip>
>
> Anyway, my point here is that the rocket cars
> > had got so fast, and I believe I remember hearing about a run that was
> over
> > 400MPH and in the very low 4 second range, but that I am not sure of.
>
> To quote this site:
> http://www.eurodragster.com/news/sammy_miller_tribute/
>
> Sammy's career was one of superlatives. He raced Funny Cars of the Fuel
> variety before switching to rockets in 1976. His Spirit of '76 was the first
> Rocket Funny Car and it very quickly smashed track records across the USA.
> Sammy's next rocket FC was the first Vanishing Point, a Vega-bodied car in
> which he recorded the first ever three-second pass in Florida in 1979, and
> in which he first broke the 300 mph barrier in Europe, at Santa Pod in July
> of the same year. A number of Vanishing Point FCs, the Oxygen Rocket
> Dragster, and a Jet Dragster followed, all of which still hold ET and speed
> records. He also set a world ice speed record when he put skis on the Oxygen
> dragster and recorded 247 mph at Lake George. Sammy also arranged the first
> ever rocket races, which were against Al Eierdam and which were also
> contested at Santa Pod.
>
> In 1984 Sammy recorded a pass of 3.58 at Santa Pod Raceway which still
> stands as the absolute ET record anywhere on the planet.
>
> Chris

 

Me thinks Sammy's life was highly exaggerated. The 3.54 "pass" was
supposed to be at: http://www.santapod.co.uk/ Like where is this track
record???????? Jets don't instantly accelerate, not even in your dreams.
Watch the military's best.
God Bless America, ßill O|||||||O
mailto:-------------------- http://www.----------.com/

c wrote:
>
> I need to correct myself here:
>
> <snip>
>
> Anyway, my point here is that the rocket cars
> > had got so fast, and I believe I remember hearing about a run that was
> over
> > 400MPH and in the very low 4 second range, but that I am not sure of.
>
> To quote this site:
> http://www.eurodragster.com/news/sammy_miller_tribute/
>
> Sammy's career was one of superlatives. He raced Funny Cars of the Fuel
> variety before switching to rockets in 1976. His Spirit of '76 was the first
> Rocket Funny Car and it very quickly smashed track records across the USA.
> Sammy's next rocket FC was the first Vanishing Point, a Vega-bodied car in
> which he recorded the first ever three-second pass in Florida in 1979, and
> in which he first broke the 300 mph barrier in Europe, at Santa Pod in July
> of the same year. A number of Vanishing Point FCs, the Oxygen Rocket
> Dragster, and a Jet Dragster followed, all of which still hold ET and speed
> records. He also set a world ice speed record when he put skis on the Oxygen
> dragster and recorded 247 mph at Lake George. Sammy also arranged the first
> ever rocket races, which were against Al Eierdam and which were also
> contested at Santa Pod.
>
> In 1984 Sammy recorded a pass of 3.58 at Santa Pod Raceway which still
> stands as the absolute ET record anywhere on the planet.
>
> Chris

 

Me thinks Sammy's life was highly exaggerated. The 3.54 "pass" was
supposed to be at: http://www.santapod.co.uk/ Like where is this track
record???????? Jets don't instantly accelerate, not even in your dreams.
Watch the military's best.
God Bless America, ßill O|||||||O
mailto:-------------------- http://www.----------.com/

c wrote:
>
> I need to correct myself here:
>
> <snip>
>
> Anyway, my point here is that the rocket cars
> > had got so fast, and I believe I remember hearing about a run that was
> over
> > 400MPH and in the very low 4 second range, but that I am not sure of.
>
> To quote this site:
> http://www.eurodragster.com/news/sammy_miller_tribute/
>
> Sammy's career was one of superlatives. He raced Funny Cars of the Fuel
> variety before switching to rockets in 1976. His Spirit of '76 was the first
> Rocket Funny Car and it very quickly smashed track records across the USA.
> Sammy's next rocket FC was the first Vanishing Point, a Vega-bodied car in
> which he recorded the first ever three-second pass in Florida in 1979, and
> in which he first broke the 300 mph barrier in Europe, at Santa Pod in July
> of the same year. A number of Vanishing Point FCs, the Oxygen Rocket
> Dragster, and a Jet Dragster followed, all of which still hold ET and speed
> records. He also set a world ice speed record when he put skis on the Oxygen
> dragster and recorded 247 mph at Lake George. Sammy also arranged the first
> ever rocket races, which were against Al Eierdam and which were also
> contested at Santa Pod.
>
> In 1984 Sammy recorded a pass of 3.58 at Santa Pod Raceway which still
> stands as the absolute ET record anywhere on the planet.
>
> Chris

 

"Now, I'm sure if someone built an unlimited jet car based on the
newest jet technology, it might be a different story" BULLSH*TE!
God Bless America, ßill O|||||||O
mailto:-------------------- http://www.----------.com/

c wrote:
>
> HAHAHA Bill, I was saying that the TF cars are faster!!!! I think you need
> to read a little better! FFS!
>
> Chris

 

"Now, I'm sure if someone built an unlimited jet car based on the
newest jet technology, it might be a different story" BULLSH*TE!
God Bless America, ßill O|||||||O
mailto:-------------------- http://www.----------.com/

c wrote:
>
> HAHAHA Bill, I was saying that the TF cars are faster!!!! I think you need
> to read a little better! FFS!
>
> Chris

 

"Now, I'm sure if someone built an unlimited jet car based on the
newest jet technology, it might be a different story" BULLSH*TE!
God Bless America, ßill O|||||||O
mailto:-------------------- http://www.----------.com/

c wrote:
>
> HAHAHA Bill, I was saying that the TF cars are faster!!!! I think you need
> to read a little better! FFS!
>
> Chris

 

"Now, I'm sure if someone built an unlimited jet car based on the
newest jet technology, it might be a different story" BULLSH*TE!
God Bless America, ßill O|||||||O
mailto:-------------------- http://www.----------.com/

c wrote:
>
> HAHAHA Bill, I was saying that the TF cars are faster!!!! I think you need
> to read a little better! FFS!
>
> Chris

 

Bill, I've come to the conclusion that you just don't get it. Let me break
it down for you, and I will type REALLLLLLLL SLOOOOOWWWW so you can
understand what I said. I will try to emphasize the important words so that
you can see this clearly.

"Now, I'm sure _"IF"_ someone built an unlimited jet car based on the
newest jet technology, it _"MIGHT"_ be a different story"

Neither one of us knows what a jet car WOULD be capable of using whatever
the most powerful jet engine is out there. I don't know what it is, and I
don't really care either. I was trying to make a point that the jets used in
these cars are USUALLY some older technology. I mean, for ---- sakes, I
pasted a link in a previous post that showed a TF car .3 seconds quicker
than a jet car, and then did the math to show that the TF car would be about
132 feet ahead of the jet car based on a speed of 300MPH (just for ease of
calculation, but I will figure it out for whatever speed and ET difference
you would like), and yet because you're in such a hurry to make it look like
you know everything about everything, you argued with me, even though I was
agreeing with you. Me thinks that you just like to argue, and personally I
have better things to do with my time than argue with someone like you.
Chris



"L.W. (ßill) ------ III" <----------@***.net> wrote in message
news:42E0629C.30DFDC52@***.net...
> "Now, I'm sure if someone built an unlimited jet car based on the
> newest jet technology, it might be a different story" BULLSH*TE!
> God Bless America, ßill O|||||||O
> mailto:-------------------- http://www.----------.com/
>
> c wrote:
> >
> > HAHAHA Bill, I was saying that the TF cars are faster!!!! I think you
need
> > to read a little better! FFS!
> >
> > Chris

 

Bill, I've come to the conclusion that you just don't get it. Let me break
it down for you, and I will type REALLLLLLLL SLOOOOOWWWW so you can
understand what I said. I will try to emphasize the important words so that
you can see this clearly.

"Now, I'm sure _"IF"_ someone built an unlimited jet car based on the
newest jet technology, it _"MIGHT"_ be a different story"

Neither one of us knows what a jet car WOULD be capable of using whatever
the most powerful jet engine is out there. I don't know what it is, and I
don't really care either. I was trying to make a point that the jets used in
these cars are USUALLY some older technology. I mean, for ---- sakes, I
pasted a link in a previous post that showed a TF car .3 seconds quicker
than a jet car, and then did the math to show that the TF car would be about
132 feet ahead of the jet car based on a speed of 300MPH (just for ease of
calculation, but I will figure it out for whatever speed and ET difference
you would like), and yet because you're in such a hurry to make it look like
you know everything about everything, you argued with me, even though I was
agreeing with you. Me thinks that you just like to argue, and personally I
have better things to do with my time than argue with someone like you.
Chris



"L.W. (ßill) ------ III" <----------@***.net> wrote in message
news:42E0629C.30DFDC52@***.net...
> "Now, I'm sure if someone built an unlimited jet car based on the
> newest jet technology, it might be a different story" BULLSH*TE!
> God Bless America, ßill O|||||||O
> mailto:-------------------- http://www.----------.com/
>
> c wrote:
> >
> > HAHAHA Bill, I was saying that the TF cars are faster!!!! I think you
need
> > to read a little better! FFS!
> >
> > Chris

 

Bill, I've come to the conclusion that you just don't get it. Let me break
it down for you, and I will type REALLLLLLLL SLOOOOOWWWW so you can
understand what I said. I will try to emphasize the important words so that
you can see this clearly.

"Now, I'm sure _"IF"_ someone built an unlimited jet car based on the
newest jet technology, it _"MIGHT"_ be a different story"

Neither one of us knows what a jet car WOULD be capable of using whatever
the most powerful jet engine is out there. I don't know what it is, and I
don't really care either. I was trying to make a point that the jets used in
these cars are USUALLY some older technology. I mean, for ---- sakes, I
pasted a link in a previous post that showed a TF car .3 seconds quicker
than a jet car, and then did the math to show that the TF car would be about
132 feet ahead of the jet car based on a speed of 300MPH (just for ease of
calculation, but I will figure it out for whatever speed and ET difference
you would like), and yet because you're in such a hurry to make it look like
you know everything about everything, you argued with me, even though I was
agreeing with you. Me thinks that you just like to argue, and personally I
have better things to do with my time than argue with someone like you.
Chris



"L.W. (ßill) ------ III" <----------@***.net> wrote in message
news:42E0629C.30DFDC52@***.net...
> "Now, I'm sure if someone built an unlimited jet car based on the
> newest jet technology, it might be a different story" BULLSH*TE!
> God Bless America, ßill O|||||||O
> mailto:-------------------- http://www.----------.com/
>
> c wrote:
> >
> > HAHAHA Bill, I was saying that the TF cars are faster!!!! I think you
need
> > to read a little better! FFS!
> >
> > Chris