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Owesome! Have you seen some of the rocketship-like vehicles that compete in this event? They are INSANE, and Kiwi Dean Veale comes in to take the fastest Land Speed Record ever set, on his motorcycle! World record speed of 311.2km/h

New Zealander Dean Veale from Kaukapakapa, north of Auckland set a new land speed record at the Bonneville Salt Flats in Utah riding “White Elephant”, his Special Construction Hayabusa engine motor cycle:

With the existing record standing at 191.593 MPH (305KPH) Veale confirmed his initial record breaking run of yesterday with a second “backup” run that set the new record at an average of 194.5mph (311.2KPH).

Having come close two days earlier only to have changing track conditions see Veale miss the record by 0.5mph (0.8KPH) this mornings conditions near perfect. The quietly spoken Veale was his normal reserved self allowing himself only a satisfactory smile as he waited in the impound area to have the motorcycle stripped to confirm the legality of “White Elephant” for the 1650cc A-G Class.

Sitting on a chilly-bin as the SCTA-BNI officials checked every aspect of White Elephant, Veale looked just slightly concerned that something, no matter how small, would require him to repeat his record breaking runs. Eventually the inspector looked up from the paper work and called Veale over. Extending his hand toward Veale the inspector offered his congratulations as he confirmed the record with the words “Welcome to the record books”. [via SCOOP]

 

And get this; Officials monitoring New Zealander Dean Veale’s land speed record attempt on the Bonneville Salt Flats this week couldn’t figure out what the pipe running along the bottom of Veale’s Hayabusa 1650cc motorbike was for. It was only after they confirmed Veale’s world record speed of 311.2km/h that the Kaukapakapa man played his hand. The pipe held an umbrella. “I’d been told it got hot here and didn’t want to sit in the sun and cook, so I packed some shade,” said Veale.

Nice, that’s the way you do it!

~ by Fionnlagh on August 16, 2009.

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