Recent content by TrippM

Great shots. Do you shoot any ALMS events? Those prototypes are REALLY sharp.

That one was/is in Bayville on a lagoon. Been there forever.

No photos but it didn't look too bad. All white now with Lightning Jacks on the side. Something about Turbine Class I believe.

Is that a different boat from the "Maelstrom" or the same hull?

I do not have the driver/owner information for Orion but I'm sure someone here will be able to fill us in.

Before it was "Rio" it was the "Orion". Not sure what it was called before that.

Try Logmein, it's free and easy. logmein.com Load that on both machines and off you go.

Could you give us more details on those engines? 1200hp engines in that time period, that would hold together, had to be very rare. I'm curious about the technology used to achieve those numbers.

What year was that done?

Actually the HANS device was developed by a sports car racer named Jim Downing who also built the Kudzu chassis. The open wheel drivers in CART and F1 began to use it in the late 90's. NASCAR was one of the last series to require drivers to use the device.

The speed of the open wheel car vs the nascar is more a result of aerodynamics and built in downforce than it is power. I remember when one of the motoring mags had a top speed shootout between a Porsche 956, a nascar Chevrolet and an Indy car. The Chevrolet had the highest top end because of...

The Whittingtons had a very colorful history for sure. They raced boats, cars, planes and owned Road Atlanta for a while before taking a government sponsored vacation from their side business. They did very well in car racing and actually won LeMans in 1979. I believe they are still active in...

Yes, I believe everyone agrees they were twitchy. My point was backing off caused a great deal of the crashes.

Not to put too fine a point on the Porsche issue or hijack the thread. The early 930's were as you say rear heavy and twitchy. Many spun simply because the drivers backed off the gas when they reached the limit, a normal reaction in a traditional front engined car but disaster in a rear engined...

That's 1350 Rik. I think that is a pair of the 1350 BP's