SimonP Posted September 25, 2006 Share Posted September 25, 2006 Fortunately this was on a private airfield rather than the public road. Yesterday I went to a Top Speed event run by the drag racing club Straightliners at Elvington Airfield, nr York (the same place where Top Gear presenter Richard Hammond had his accident last week). We were using the 2 mile runway with timing beams set up at the 1 1/2 mile mark - so we had 1 1/2 mile to accelerate and a half mile braking zone. I had a practise run familiarise myself with the track and the braking area - with reasonably gentle acceleration I cruised across the finish line at 140.6mph. On my next run I accelerated the car harder and keep my foot planted on the accelerator pedal all the way to the finish and recorded 163.6 mph. There was no real sensation of speed because the airfield is so large that you have no reference points until I went past the spectator/pit area and the marker boards at the finish line. On this run I braked hard as soon as I went through the timing lights - after a few seconds and with the end of the runway approaching fast I looked down at the speedo to see I was still doing 140mph! I continued to brake hard and managed to pull up just before the end of the runway. For my third run I did a harder start and all was going well until I messed up the 4th to 5th gear change - but I still recorded 161.6mph. On my final run I backed the car up the end of the runway to maximise the run up. I did a good hard launch and worked up through the gears until I was into 6th gear by the 1/2 mile mark. Then I just held the car straight with the accelerator pedal planted to the floor for the final mile as I just watched the speedo increase - 130, 140, 150, 160 and upto 170 as I crossed the finish line. Then hard on the bakes to again just pull up by the end of the runway. This was my best run of the day at 166.0mph. This was mainly a bike event - but I finished up fastest out the 3 cars at the event. The fastest bike recorded 246mph! A great adrenaline rush and a brilliant event to attend. SimonP Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RobSheffield Posted September 25, 2006 Share Posted September 25, 2006 Might be handy to mention the spec of your car? Sounds like fun though (i learned to drive on Elvingtons runway ) What bike did 246 mph?! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jake Posted September 26, 2006 Share Posted September 26, 2006 1½ miles? The buggers only let us do 1.0 mile top speed runs at TOTB5 (same venue) because, they said, the locals complain about the noise and their houses are towards the end of the 2 mile straight. The best I did was 161mph with a slipping clutch in 2nd and 3rd gears. I think Justin did 164 in his BPU Auto with hi-stall. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Homer Posted September 26, 2006 Share Posted September 26, 2006 Might be handy to mention the spec of your car? Basic BPU judging by previous posts 1.2 bar with Fmic Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hogmaw Posted September 26, 2006 Share Posted September 26, 2006 sounds like fun! Are there any of these things in the south? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JohnA Posted September 26, 2006 Share Posted September 26, 2006 ...What bike did 246 mph?! a Hayabusa turbo probably. They shift. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Darren-K Posted September 26, 2006 Share Posted September 26, 2006 he was driving a bog standard NA like mine ( heres that £5 i owe you SimonP ) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Terminator Posted September 26, 2006 Share Posted September 26, 2006 246!!! on a bike, that requires balls of steel. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Saxo Boy Posted September 26, 2006 Share Posted September 26, 2006 What bike did 246 mph?! How the hell do you pull a bike up from 246mph in 1/2 a mile???? Did he have a chute.......or a deathwish?? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sheefa Posted September 26, 2006 Share Posted September 26, 2006 How the hell do you pull a bike up from 246mph in 1/2 a mile???? Did he have a chute.......or a deathwish?? He probably just jumped off mate and ditched the bike. Easy stuff. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
blitz supra Posted September 26, 2006 Share Posted September 26, 2006 he was driving a bog standard NA like mine ( heres that £5 i owe you SimonP ) Nope it was my NA he was driving Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ian C Posted September 27, 2006 Share Posted September 27, 2006 I had a practise run familiarise myself with the track and the braking area - with reasonably gentle acceleration I cruised across the finish line at 140.6mph. That's an interesting idea that never crossed my mind At TOTB4 my first top speed run clocked 182mph Jake - it was for safety reasons, the cars were getting too fast to stop safely after 1.25 miles. Dunno who said it was noise related, they weren't too well informed. -Ian Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jake Posted September 27, 2006 Share Posted September 27, 2006 Jake - it was for safety reasons, the cars were getting too fast to stop safely after 1.25 miles. Dunno who said it was noise related, they weren't too well informed. It was the guy that did the driver's briefing! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SimonP Posted September 27, 2006 Author Share Posted September 27, 2006 Might be handy to mention the spec of your car? Sounds like fun though (i learned to drive on Elvingtons runway ) What bike did 246 mph?! My car in BPU running 1.2bar plus FMIC, HKS cams (256 in/264 ex), F-CON SZ and 850cc injectors. Dynoed at Abbey Motorsport at 389bph at the hubs. The bike was a turbocharged Hayabusa running 550bhp riden by Jack Frost. Apprently it can run 700bhp - and that's from 1300cc! When he was in the braking zone after the 246mph run he sat up out of the fairing and almost ripped his arms off! When the bike returned to the pits the chain (new for the event and had only done 3 runs) was stretched so much that it was resting on the swing arm! Scary stuff. SimonP Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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