VOL. 53 ISSUE 34 AUGUST 30, 2016 P93
O R H I S T O R Y
to break the World Land Speed Record
a shot, or are they dreaming?
road racer and TV personality
Guy Martin is attempting to
regain the World's Fastest
accolade for Triumph on the
Bonneville Salt Flats in another
streamliner built with American
ingenuity, this time in Portland,
Oregon, by mechanical
engineer Matt Markstaller and
his colleagues at Hot Rod
Conspiracy. It's powered by
two turbocharged Rocket III
engines coupled together,
which have been de-stroked by
New Jersey-based drag race
tuner Bob Carpenter to a total
combined capacity of 2970cc,
and tuned by him to produce
1000 bhp. The official attempt to
break Rocky Robinson's current
outright record of 376.363 mph
set in September 2010 aboard
the AckAttack streamliner
begins this week (August 28 -
September 1), with a second
spell on the salt scheduled
for September 15-20. There,
CATHCART
HAWKINS AND TRIUMPH MOTORCYCLES
Sleek and oh-so-fast,
this is the machine
Triumph is hoping
will claim the title for
Mother England.
