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SPEED RECORD ATTEMPT PLANNED FOR NORTHERN CAPE.
A British engineer is planning to ride a streamlined rocket powered motorcycle faster than 650km/h in the Northern Cape in June 2003 in an attempt to set a new World Land Speed Record for two-wheeled machines. Ray Wakefield, a Port Elizabeth engineer representing Team Maximum Impulse in South Africa, said if all went to plan, the eight-metre long streamliner, powered by three hybrid rocket motors, would carry its designer Richard Brown to a speed well in excess of the current record of 322,101 m.p.h. (515,7km/h). This was set on the famous Bonneville Salt Flats in 1990 by American Dave Campos. "Brown's machine weighs approximately the same as a grand prix car (570kg), but with all three rockets in operation it will produce seven to eight times the power," Wakefield said. Formal consent to stage the attempt has been obtained from the Northern Cape government, and the areas which are under consideration are to be assessed by the team in June to determine whether the machine's solid aluminium wheels will be able to run safely on the surface. Wakefield said the bike would need between eight and nine kilometres of flat level land to reach the necessary speed and brake again to a standstill. The Northern Cape with its many pans would be perfect for the attempt. British speed legend Sir Malcolm Campbell driving the Blue Bird attempted to break the record landspeed record at Verneuk Pan, south of Upington, in 1929. The speed he had to beat was 231,56mph, set by the fellow Britain, Henry Segrave. Campbell failed the attempt, but was successful at Daytona Beach in the US in February 1931 when he travelled at ...
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- Newspaper article from: BBC Monitoring International Reports November 26, 2008 700+ words
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