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used mine as a pace truck at the local dirt track. they want me back, and are offering free admission and food for any others
ps: make sure your transfer case lever is in gear!
guys, thanks for letting me come out and have fun. didn't get home till 7am. the midnight dinner table was funny as ****, and we really need a blooper reel of it. hope to see yall soon.
it was at an oval track. had winged sprint cars doing 14 second laps on a 1/2 mile track. had an owner ask to stand in the back and watch his car. going back in two weeks for the motorcycle race they are doing.
if I had to guess a deuce would run 37-38 second range
could fly 10,000 feet higher cruising too. reason the sr-71 was so good was they learned all the lessons on the a-12. btw, the first president who knew about the blackbirds was George H. W. Bush, who was director of the cia at the time.
the a-12 in Birmingham Alabama is the fastest jet-powered airframe known, reaching 3.47 mach and flew at a height of 101,000 feet. thing is, these aren't records because the CIA wouldn't let their aircraft be recorded for security reasons. the aircraft was so high that you could stir the stick...
if yall really want some good reading, check out roadrunnersinternationale.com . site is run by the crew chiefs and pilots of the oxcart and blackbird programs and will respond to you if you message them.
as semi trucks go, I've had both front and rear airbags let go. can't tell you how many times a pre-trip saved me from losing a tire a mile or two down the road. check your hubs every chance you can. people tend to forget how hard it was to drive a vehicle when these things were built, and pay...