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- Wellardmac - 02-28-2008
You've gotta watch this!
http://www.snotr.com/video/568
- STEVEMCMORN - 02-28-2008
Excellent - variation on the same theme when Schumacher in an enzo raced a jet a couple of years ago ............. but better
Hamster needs a haircut and liked it when the rabbit ran across the runway!
- Wellardmac - 02-29-2008
yeah, I loved the rabbit too.
- ccm911 - 02-29-2008
I actually thought that(GASP!), the plane was more impresive than the car.
- dmano - 02-29-2008
BEEN THERE DONE THAT
We raced an F-16 at Oceana Naval Air Station in Va. beach 6 years ago at an SVRA race that weekend. It was one of the cars that Rob and I restored at our restoration shop in Spring City. The car was our 1970 Corvette LS1, a real LS1, that was campaigned in the 70's Trans-Am series. The car has a 625ci really big, big block Chevy that made 988HP on the dyno, 802 at the wheels. The car drag raced the F-14 down the longest landing strip at the base. The top speed was a kick ass 235MPH needless to say the F-14 lost but when he hit the afterburner and left the ground that was the most earth shaking thing I have ever felt. To feel and here the big block and jet together was pure music. I have some great shots of the two. Jeff the owner of the Vett is a personal friend of the base commander that is how the race got started. I will try to scan and post the pics if I can find them since my move.
For you Pocono DE drivers the Vett has been clocked on the Long Pond straight doing 214MPH from the chicane to the tunnel turn.
- ccm911 - 02-29-2008
Is that the Corvette the Lance Smith was driving a few years ago? It was white, and looked like a Trans Am car.
- dmano - 02-29-2008
Hi Chris,
No, the car that Lance was driving was his Spirit of Sebring 75' Corvette, that is one of his Vette's. That car he got from a guy outside of Berlin, Germany "go figure" very cheep and all in box's. I helped him build that car at his then home/barn in Villanova. He now lives in Mission Beach Ca.
The Vette I am talking about was owned by my friend Jeff King from Malvern.
Number 00 all red in color.
- Wellardmac - 02-29-2008
ccm911 wrote:
Quote:I actually thought that(GASP!), the plane was more impresive than the car.
It's an impressive plane - it should be considering how long it took to develop and the cost.
- dmano - 02-29-2008
Kind of like that $1000.00 toilet seat.
I can't wait to see the new F22 Raptor in action.
- dmano - 03-03-2008
Picture of the Vett and the Jet