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From: paulhus@euclid.DEC (N. CHRIS PAULHUS DTN 223-6871 MLO8-3/T13)
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Subject: IHPVA Speed Championships last weekend
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Date: Tue, 1-Oct-85 14:53:16 EDT
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	Just got back from the IHPVA Speed Championships at Indy and
	thought some readers might like a run-down.  The major factor
	this year was no new competitive entries (over 55 mph).  The
	top speed run was a new record, of sorts.  Carl Sundquist, the
	UCF National Sprint champion who rode the Brummer Lightening
	X-1 to 58.5 mph last year moved over to one of Terry Renno's
	Moby 3's.   Unlike Moby 2, which used a stock Infinity recumbent
	chassis, Moby 3 used a special chassis and has a much smaller
	frontal area (probably less than X-1 or Bluebell II), giving away
	some length/weight.  Two of Carl's runs were below the old record
	but a tail wind on the last run pushed him to 59.1 mph.  The wind
	was strong enough to disqualify the run as a DuPont prize contender,
	though.  But, you could say that it is a new single rider record,
	and a new bike record (Vector was/is a trike).  So, the current
	record book looks like this:
		Fastest HPV ever:  Vector Tandem  62 mph
		Fastest trike   :  Vector         58.8
		Fastest bike    :  Moby 3         59.1 (wind >1.5 m/s)
	        DuPont prize    :  X-1            58.5
		and a faired Moulton became the fastest ever upright at 51-ish.
		
	Note: The DuPont prize is for either the first HPV to exceed 65 mph
		or the fastest contender when the prize period ends.  $15K
	 	was put in trust in 1/84  (now worth about $17K). The period
		ends after 4 or 5 years.

	IHPVA signed a contract with EXPO '86 to stage the 1986 Speed Champion-
	ships at EXPO the third week of August.  Indy Chapter of IHPVA will
	have a Regional Championship in late September '86. There's going to be
	an HPV Builder's Workshop at MIT in late Jan. '86.  I also heard that
	there was going to be an event for serious DuPont contenders in Colo.
	(high altitude) next spring.  As usual, the bikes blew off the trikes
	in the road races.  Didn't hear the scores in the Practical Vehicle
	Competition.  The EXPO organizers are supplying $1K travel expenses to
	the top 5 vehicles to get them out to Vancover.  Man, that's gonna be
	a looong drive from Boston!      N. Chris Paulhus
	DEC Maynard   decwrl!dec-rhea!dec-euclid!paulhus


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