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The Noonan Racing Land Speed Report
“Repeat the Feat” El Mirage May 17th-18th After John Noonan and Bob Moreland made history last year as the only team to capture both the points championships for cars and bikes for the SCTA points Championship they decided to once again try for glory and “repeat the feat” in 2008 as well. This year started off great with all four vehicles taking 4 spots in the top 10 and all of them setting records, first off was Bob driving the #1 car from last season. The Moreland, Noonan and Lux Turbo-Busa Velocity powered rear engine modified roadster ran the 1.3 mile dirt course and set a new personal best and recorded a new record of 185.197 from last seasons top speed of 174+ mph. Second off was John running the #1 bike from last season, the Noonan/Moreland Turbo charged sidecar set a new record as well at 209.441 mph and now holds all three of the fastest sidecar records anywhere in the world at 209, 212 & 216 mph Later in the meet the #539 bike of Noonan/Derwin was ridden by John and set another record in the un-faired class of A-BG-1350 at a great speed of 223.331 mph and later during the event the bike was “loaned “ to teammate Bob Moreland who ran 218+mph his first time on a turbo Hayabusa and remember this was without any frontal streamlining! At that time that was the second fastest speed of the meet for the bikes. The fourth record was also in the vintage classes like the other roadster however in this car the engine is mounted in the front and sideways, and the entry name is Eyres, Moreland, and Noonan. Russ Ayres ran against the record set by the championship points winner from 2005 and reset the record from 135.414 to 144.085 this car also has a good chance at capturing a top spot at seasons end with regards to the SCTA points championship and was highly admired by the longtime SCTA roadster racers.. With running a few vehicles and being busy with all four of them no pictures were taken during this event however there are pictures on the www.SCTA-BNI.org web site. Also please see Cycle Worlds July issue for our test session at Lemoore Naval Base. A special thank you to all of the friends, sponsors and club members that made this all happen. Crew Chief Michelle Derwin Richard Lux Master fabricator Velocity Racing Turbo Systems 859-885-3223 Web Camshafts 951-369-369-5144 Millennium Technologies 920-893-5595 CP Pistons 949-567-9000 Orient Express 631-231-6552 Cometic Gaskets 800-752-9850 Bobs Garage 760-510-1628 Airtech Streamlining 760-598-3366 Tiger Racing Carpenter Racing cylinder heads 856-753-1555 American Performance Engineering (APE) 661-256-7309 Worldwide Bearings.com 800-575-3220 “Dave” Nick Diblasi Fabrication Work Paint by Jake of SDRC MDR 760-489-9144 San Diego Roadster Club 2006 & 2007 SCTA points champions Landracing.com
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