It is difficult to describe in one word a man whose hobby is riding a motorcycle at speeds exceeding 560 km / h. But Manning, Eric (Eric Manning) does it best when he says of his father, Dennis Manning (Denis Manning), as well as any other, who is no stranger to fighting speed, – “mad and faithful.” In fact, the correct combination of these qualities. Dennis Manning worked with motorcycles 16 years, and the pursuit of records began 28. Today, at age 62, he runs his own team, which tends to return the land speed record for a streamlined motorcycle with a piston engine, which belonged to the rider twice. To do this, Bub Seven Streamliner must exceed the speed of 580 km / h on the dried-up salt lake Bonneville, located in northwestern Utah, USA. That’s enough to get from Los Angeles to New York City (located on the east and west banks of the North American continent, respectively) in less than eight hours.
Manning built many fast cars over 30 years, including a 450-cube Honda 1966, capable of accelerating to 209 km / h in 11.8 seconds. Brainchild enthusiast – Harley-Davidson motorcycle with a monocoque carbon fiber, which established in 1970, the world record at 426 km / h. In 1976 the company was founded Bub Enterprises, and has since been called Bub Racing is strongly associated with two-wheeled “torpedoes.” A Bub Seven Streamliner – the seventh car, which was prompted by design … the fish. Once while watching TV to realize the benefits of Manning mechanics of motion inhabitants of water bodies. And considering that the density of water above the air density, the shape of the body of fish seemed promising.
testing models in wind tunnel confirmed the speculation. Seven design not only showed the lowest drag coefficient of vehicles faired – 0.09, but also among all ever tested in A2 Wind Tunnel moving funds in general.
Bub Seven Streamliner motorcycle speed record held at 564.69 km / h from 2002 to 2006, when the baton passed to the development of Top-Oil ACK-Attack Streamliner, which reached 580.83 km / h. Now with a new motor racing team Bub returned to the salt lake surface to restore the right to possess the crown of speed. If the Top-Oil was powered by a twin-engine turbo Suzuki Hayabusa, then Bub Seven “charged” V4 turbo with alcohol as a fuel. Power – 525 horsepower, torque – 425 Nm, a four-transmission with high and low neutral. Ignition type used “big-bang”, to eliminate the need for traction control. Sounds expensive, in fact it is. Designers keep their mouths shut, but the budget for the project is clearly described by six figures. “This is not about money but about passion,” – said Eric Manning. And with a stable business Bub Enterprises and the support of sponsors passion is being successfully implemented. Since the whole family in one way or another connected with the races in order to escape the shadow of his father, the younger Manning has created LSR, which competes in a class of 50 “cubes.” The volume is not impressive, as opposed to a top speed of a motorcycle – 241 km / h.
To set a new record for the seventh model, the seven-time champion of the various series of AMA (American Motorcyclist Association – The American Motorcyclist Association), Chris Carr (Chris Carr) was due to race, turn around and make a second run through the same stretch of 1.6 km. Two consecutive “breakthrough” must stay within two hours. The first attempt failed – to prevent disclosing only half the drag chute. Historic day was the date of September 24. Designed by a team of Dennis Manning’s Bub Seven Streamliner motorcycle reached an average speed of 590.63 km / h and a new record.
– Mission successful: elektromototsikl overcome 240 km / h;
- The age-old speed record for steam cars broken;
- Avtodaydzhest. Issue number 16. Motor Show in Frankfurt. Source
