Great news! We hit 317mph on our second pass today. We experienced no issues with the car and successfully gathered all the data we needed for the upcoming SCTA and FIA events later this year. Given today’s positive results, we’ve decided to forgo additional runs and return early. We’re not sure how much more we can learn on the 3-mile track and want to preserve the engines for the longer courses at Speed Week and Cook’s.
Although the test exceeded our expectations, we still have a lot of work ahead of us. Our engine team is going to work on hopping up our existing setup in order to generate more horsepower and faster acceleration. I personally will be making some modifications to the cockpit and safety equipment setup. As always, we’ll be tweaking our traction formulas in search of the least possible wheel slip.
A huge thank you to my kick-ass team, our amazing sponsors, and all of you following along and supporting THOMPSONLSR and the Challenger II. To those of you still testing, be safe and have fun. It's been great getting to see and meet some of you in person. I consider competing with you a privilege.
Below, you'll find a list of the people I'd like to thank (if I forgot you, please let me know, I'm old), plus lots of cool pictures and videos of our third day on the salt. Thanks for coming along for the ride! Lots more ahead.
- Blake Rutherford
- Cherico Brown
- Craig Johnson
- Dan Warner
- Dave Armstrong
- Donnie Cummins
- Eddie Marlen
- Eric Hoenig
- Frank Hanrahan
- Holly Martin
- Jason Brown
- Jerry Darien
- Judy Creach
- Larry Baird
- Lou Anderson
- Martin Menne
- Matt Holmes
- Melanie McGuire
- Mike Brauer
- Mike Cook
- Mike Cook Jr.
- Mike McGuire
- Peter DeLory
- Peter Vincent
- Reid Rutherford
- Richard Catton
- Richard Rohrdanz
- Robert Johnson
- Terry Hegman
- Tim Gibson
- Tommy Roberts
- Valerie Thompson
- Warren Baird
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