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I seem to remember that the world paced speed record was recently broken but I can't seem to find
any info on that. Anybody remember who, where, when etc?
 
Doesn't John Howard have it for some distance and the maximum speed is something like 118 mph behind
a race car at Bonneville dry lake set by a German guy?

"Mike Murray" <[email protected]> wrote in message news:2d5ca.69719$L1.11827@sccrnsc02...
> I seem to remember that the world paced speed record was recently
broken but
> I can't seem to find any info on that. Anybody remember who, where,
when
> etc?
 
"Mike Murray" <[email protected]> wrote in message news:2d5ca.69719$L1.11827@sccrnsc02...
> I seem to remember that the world paced speed record was recently broken
but
> I can't seem to find any info on that. Anybody remember who, where, when etc?
>
How recently?

Only one I can remember is Fred Rompelberg, who clocked 268 km/h on Bonneville Salt Flats in 1995.
As far as I know, he still holds it.

Jeff
 
Ewoud Dronkert wrote:
> On Thu, 13 Mar 2003 22:17:38 GMT, Tom Kunich wrote:
>
>>the maximum speed is something like 118 mph behind a race car at Bonneville dry lake set by a
>>German guy?
>
>
> Almost 167 mph, and a Dutchman.
> http://www.fredrompelberg.com/en/html/algemeen/Worldrecord/worldrecord.asp
> http://www.fredrompelberg.com/en/html/algemeen/Worldrecord/livinglegend.asp
>

Hell, up until 1940 the paced world record was about equal to the current sprint speed of the top
pros (50mph, see other thread).
 
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> "VeloCat" <[email protected]> wrote in message
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> > > Almost 167 mph, and a Dutchman.
> > >
> http://www.fredrompelberg.com/en/html/algemeen/Worldrecord/worldrecord.asp
> > >
> http://www.fredrompelberg.com/en/html/algemeen/Worldrecord/livinglegend.asp
> > >
> >
> > Hell, up until 1940 the paced world record was about equal to the current sprint speed of the
> > top pros (50mph, see other thread).
> >
>
> Ever hear of Charles Mile a Minute Murphy?
>
> http://www.arrts-arrchives.com/mmm.html

The cool part is when they had to make the split second decision to pull him off the bike (from the
caboose) once he got the record because the boards were coming to an end and no provision was made
as to how he was going to slow down.
 
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