2012 LTA Land Speed Runs/Trails Main Event - new class record set

[fnkngrv]

Originally Posted by Blown_xa

cool man! I know that guy with the luge, his name is Roland! he hit 169mph lol. He invited me out to run his other luge, and my friend Bob who has a jet powered streetluge. 3 makes for an official class I think.

Yup, its Roland alright.

I picked up one of his shirts he was selling for his personal charity to get himself to Bonneville this year. Not sure if you have seen it, but it is hilarious. Has the pelvic area of a skeleton on it with pistons where the testicles would be and says, "More Balls Than Brains"

When I talked with him just before the 169mph run his last one had been around 158 and he said that at LTA it was great because the ground is so stable he could just stick his foot out a few inches to use it like a rudder if he went any off course. He did say though that even though it was better than Bonne it was worse because it jarred him so much at those speeds that he couldn't read his GPS Speedo strapped to his leg so he gave up on that and just went for broke and would find out his speed at the logging table.

[Blown_xa]

Originally Posted by fnkngrv

Yup, its Roland alright.

I picked up one of his shirts he was selling for his personal charity to get himself to Bonneville this year. Not sure if you have seen it, but it is hilarious. Has the pelvic area of a skeleton on it with pistons where the testicles would be and says, "More Balls Than Brains"

When I talked with him just before the 169mph run his last one had been around 158 and he said that at LTA it was great because the ground is so stable he could just stick his foot out a few inches to use it like a rudder if he went any off course. He did say though that even though it was better than Bonne it was worse because it jarred him so much at those speeds that he couldn't read his GPS Speedo strapped to his leg so he gave up on that and just went for broke and would find out his speed at the logging table.

he is good guy. That thing runs 11s in the 1/4 mile too haha.