Mama Leah

[vegasnitro]

Thanks Gordon. That was interesting to read. Do you recall about a military officer in the early 1950's, who was the "test dummy" in a rocket sled? I'm spacing on the man's name, but he was in a sled on railroad tracks, with a number of rockets attached to it. I think he went 400 MPH in about 2 seconds (?) and then the sled went into water to slow it down. The deacceleration hurt him more than the accelaration. There is footage of him as he goes the track. He didn't have a full face shield and you can see the wind trying to pull his cheeks apart. He suffered some bad injuries from that run. It was part of trying to see how many G's a person could endure, in preparation for putting a man in orbit. I've thought about that run and what would happen if we actually had a dragster that could duplicate that speed. Just wondered if the driver could steer & how the G's would affect the driver.

Colonel Stapp. He was equal parts genius and crazy.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Stapp

 

[Gordon]

Colonel Stapp. He was equal parts genius and crazy.

This ^^^

 

[force fan]

Too bad she drives for the Dark Side....

 

[Terry]

Some of you long-timers may know, I'm a Kalitta extremist; and I don't get on here any more like I used to. But I looked at the race results and saw her name .... I literally thought it was a mistake. I refreshed. And Dayyyyammm... there she is, still. What a fantastic job by that team. Well let me tell you - this is not a mistake; not a fluke. Leah and that group mean business; and everyone else better eat their Wheaties and be ready to beat this car. Very, very impressive! Best of luck to LP

Good to see (hear from) you again, Chris! I'm still here too, and lurking more than posting, but it's good to see some of the old gang back again.....check in often in the future!

 

[Rajunz]

I saw Leah in a new Dodge commercial yesterday. Check out the new Dodge Demon if you haven't already, said to be a 9 second street car.


Ifyouknowyouknow.com

 

[HEMI6point1]

They have been teasing the Demon with preview videos. Car will be officially unveiled at the New York auto show. Can't wait to see it!

 

[Crazy]

Well, here it is...

 

[megadeth]

Too bad she drives for the Dark Side....

She wouldn't be as fast! Todd is the difference maker here.
When a tuner has a handle on a car you put any of the top ten in the seat with the same results!