<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?> <rss version="2.0" xmlns:content="http://purl.org/rss/1.0/modules/content/" xmlns:wfw="http://wellformedweb.org/CommentAPI/" xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/" xmlns:atom="http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom" xmlns:sy="http://purl.org/rss/1.0/modules/syndication/" xmlns:slash="http://purl.org/rss/1.0/modules/slash/" ><channel><title>Asphalt &#38; Rubber &#187; land speed record News</title> <atom:link href="http://www.asphaltandrubber.com/tag/land-speed-record/feed/" rel="self" type="application/rss+xml" /><link>http://www.asphaltandrubber.com</link> <description></description> <lastBuildDate>Wed, 08 Feb 2012 23:14:44 +0000</lastBuildDate> <language>en</language> <sy:updatePeriod>hourly</sy:updatePeriod> <sy:updateFrequency>1</sy:updateFrequency> <generator>http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3</generator> <item><title>Chip Yates Retires After Setting Four FIM/AMA Land Speed Records at Bonneville</title><link>http://www.asphaltandrubber.com/racing/chip-yates-retires-land-speed-records-bonneville/</link> <comments>http://www.asphaltandrubber.com/racing/chip-yates-retires-land-speed-records-bonneville/#comments</comments> <pubDate>Thu, 01 Sep 2011 21:44:09 +0000</pubDate> <dc:creator>Jensen Beeler</dc:creator> <category><![CDATA[Racing]]></category> <category><![CDATA[AMA]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Bonneville]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Bonneville Salt Flats]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Chip Yates]]></category> <category><![CDATA[FIM]]></category> <category><![CDATA[land speed record]]></category> <category><![CDATA[LSR]]></category> <category><![CDATA[photos]]></category> <category><![CDATA[salt flats]]></category> <category><![CDATA[SWIGZ Racing]]></category><guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.asphaltandrubber.com/?p=24724</guid> <description><![CDATA[We got a quick message from Chip Yates this afternoon, saying that the SWIGZ Racing team just completed setting four FIM/AMA land speed records at the BUB Speed Trials currently being held at the Bonneville salt flats. Getting off to a rocky start after crashing through a mile-marker pylon, Yates went on to salvage the outing, setting his first FIM/AMA record on Tuesday with a 196.421 mph LSR in the &#8220;over 300kg class&#8221; (the team also ...]]></description> <wfw:commentRss>http://www.asphaltandrubber.com/racing/chip-yates-retires-land-speed-records-bonneville/feed/</wfw:commentRss> <slash:comments>3</slash:comments> </item> <item><title>Video: 200+ MPH with Paul Thede &amp; Lightning Motorcycles</title><link>http://www.asphaltandrubber.com/news/200-mph-video-lightning-motorcycles-bonneville/</link> <comments>http://www.asphaltandrubber.com/news/200-mph-video-lightning-motorcycles-bonneville/#comments</comments> <pubDate>Mon, 22 Aug 2011 14:57:39 +0000</pubDate> <dc:creator>Jensen Beeler</dc:creator> <category><![CDATA[News]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Bonneville]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Bonneville Salt Flats]]></category> <category><![CDATA[electric]]></category> <category><![CDATA[land speed record]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Lightning Motorcycles]]></category> <category><![CDATA[LSR]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Paul Thede]]></category> <category><![CDATA[salt flats]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Utah]]></category><guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.asphaltandrubber.com/?p=24419</guid> <description><![CDATA[Lightning Motorcycles had a busy week last week, as the San Francisco Bay Area company was hard at work at Bonneville setting the fastest speed ever on an electric vehicle, and then later shattering that record. Though the team wasn&#8217;t able to break past 220 mph as they had hoped, rider and multiple LSR holder Paul Thede is probably still happy with the fact that he spent the better part of the week going faster ...]]></description> <wfw:commentRss>http://www.asphaltandrubber.com/news/200-mph-video-lightning-motorcycles-bonneville/feed/</wfw:commentRss> <slash:comments>5</slash:comments> </item> <item><title>Bonneville: Lightning Raises the Electric Motorcycle LSR Up Another Peg with a 215.907 mph Record</title><link>http://www.asphaltandrubber.com/racing/lightning-motorcycles-land-speed-record-bonneville-215-mph/</link> <comments>http://www.asphaltandrubber.com/racing/lightning-motorcycles-land-speed-record-bonneville-215-mph/#comments</comments> <pubDate>Wed, 17 Aug 2011 21:12:43 +0000</pubDate> <dc:creator>Jensen Beeler</dc:creator> <category><![CDATA[Popular]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Racing]]></category> <category><![CDATA[APS-Ω class]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Bonneville]]></category> <category><![CDATA[electric]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Jim Hoogerhyde]]></category> <category><![CDATA[land speed record]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Lightning Motorcycles]]></category> <category><![CDATA[LSR]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Paul Thede]]></category> <category><![CDATA[record]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Richard Hatfield]]></category> <category><![CDATA[salt flats]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Utah]]></category><guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.asphaltandrubber.com/?p=24350</guid> <description><![CDATA[Lightning Motorcycles is still on the salt flats at Bonneville, looking for the ultimate in speed on an electric motorcycle. After already on Sunday setting the fastest speed recorded for any electric motorcycle, the Lightning crew set back to work on crushing its own 206.079 mph land speed record. Posting a 214.209 mph speed yesterday, Paul Thede had to once again back up the team's accomplishment with another wicked fast run today, in order to get into the record books. Battling gusty cross-breezes, Thede put in an astonishing palindromic 217.712 mph time to set another LSR for Lightning, which officially comes in at 215.907 mph in the APS-Ω class.]]></description> <wfw:commentRss>http://www.asphaltandrubber.com/racing/lightning-motorcycles-land-speed-record-bonneville-215-mph/feed/</wfw:commentRss> <slash:comments>17</slash:comments> </item> <item><title>Bonneville: Lightning Motorcycles Sets a New Land Speed Record for Electric Motorcycles</title><link>http://www.asphaltandrubber.com/racing/lightning-motorcycles-land-speed-record-electric-bonneville/</link> <comments>http://www.asphaltandrubber.com/racing/lightning-motorcycles-land-speed-record-electric-bonneville/#comments</comments> <pubDate>Mon, 15 Aug 2011 14:46:21 +0000</pubDate> <dc:creator>Jensen Beeler</dc:creator> <category><![CDATA[Popular]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Racing]]></category> <category><![CDATA[200 MPH Club]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Bonneville]]></category> <category><![CDATA[electric]]></category> <category><![CDATA[electric racing]]></category> <category><![CDATA[land speed record]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Lightning Motorcycles]]></category> <category><![CDATA[LSR]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Paul Thede]]></category> <category><![CDATA[record]]></category> <category><![CDATA[red hat]]></category> <category><![CDATA[salt flats]]></category><guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.asphaltandrubber.com/?p=24266</guid> <description><![CDATA[News from the salt flats is that Lightning Motorcycles was successful in achieving a land speed record for electric motorcycles. Making a pass of 206.981 mph during Sunday's sessions, the speed averaged from Saturday's pass of 205.238 mph creates a land speed record of 206.079 mph for electric motorcycles (class APS-Ω). As a capper to the weekend, the Lightning team posted a top speed of 208.386 mph through the speed trap on its record run, showing that the "Flying Banana Mk. II" (as we like to call it) had a bit more pep left in it during its run.]]></description> <wfw:commentRss>http://www.asphaltandrubber.com/racing/lightning-motorcycles-land-speed-record-electric-bonneville/feed/</wfw:commentRss> <slash:comments>7</slash:comments> </item> <item><title>Bonneville: Lightning Motorcycles Becomes the First Electric Motorcycle to Break 200 MPH</title><link>http://www.asphaltandrubber.com/racing/lightning-motorcycles-electric-motorcycle-200-mph-bonneville/</link> <comments>http://www.asphaltandrubber.com/racing/lightning-motorcycles-electric-motorcycle-200-mph-bonneville/#comments</comments> <pubDate>Sat, 13 Aug 2011 23:09:11 +0000</pubDate> <dc:creator>Jensen Beeler</dc:creator> <category><![CDATA[Racing]]></category> <category><![CDATA[200 MPH]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Bonneville]]></category> <category><![CDATA[fastest electric motorcycle]]></category> <category><![CDATA[land speed record]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Lightning]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Lightning Motorcycle]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Lightning Motorcycles]]></category> <category><![CDATA[LSR]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Paul Thede]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Richard Hatfield]]></category> <category><![CDATA[SCTA]]></category> <category><![CDATA[SCTA Speed Week]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Southern California Timing Association]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Speed Week]]></category><guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.asphaltandrubber.com/?p=24249</guid> <description><![CDATA[We just got a phone call from Richard Hatfield of Lightning Motorcycles saying that the "Flying Banana Mk. II" just put down a 205.238 mph pass at the Southern California Timing Associations' Speed Week at Bonneville. This pass makes Lightning the first electric motorcycle manufacturer/competitor ever to break the 200 mph mark, whether it be on the tarmac or at the salt flats. If verified during tomorrow's second pass, the speed would shatter the outright land speed record of 176.434mph, which was set by Riches Nelson and his fully-streamlined Airtech Lightning Bolt electric motorcycle.]]></description> <wfw:commentRss>http://www.asphaltandrubber.com/racing/lightning-motorcycles-electric-motorcycle-200-mph-bonneville/feed/</wfw:commentRss> <slash:comments>24</slash:comments> </item> <item><title>Bill Warner: The First Man to Go 300 mph on a Motorcycle</title><link>http://www.asphaltandrubber.com/racing/bill-warner-man-300-mph-motorcycle/</link> <comments>http://www.asphaltandrubber.com/racing/bill-warner-man-300-mph-motorcycle/#comments</comments> <pubDate>Wed, 20 Jul 2011 21:59:41 +0000</pubDate> <dc:creator>Jensen Beeler</dc:creator> <category><![CDATA[Racing]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Bill Warner]]></category> <category><![CDATA[concrete]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Hayabusa]]></category> <category><![CDATA[land speed record]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Loring Air Force Base]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Loring Timing Association]]></category> <category><![CDATA[LSR]]></category> <category><![CDATA[runway]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Suzuki Hayabusa]]></category> <category><![CDATA[top speed]]></category> <category><![CDATA[top speed record]]></category> <category><![CDATA[turbo]]></category><guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.asphaltandrubber.com/?p=23621</guid> <description><![CDATA[Racing his 1,299cc turbo Hayabusa to 311.945 mph, Bill Warner (you may have heard of him) became the first man to break the 300 mph barrier while sitting on a motorcycle. Eeeking close to 312 mph, Warner set the speed at Loring Air Force Base in Limestone, Maine, which has a 2.5 mile concrete runway that serves as the LSR course. With 1.5 miles to hit a top speed, the Loring Timing Association certified Warner&#8217;s run, though it ...]]></description> <wfw:commentRss>http://www.asphaltandrubber.com/racing/bill-warner-man-300-mph-motorcycle/feed/</wfw:commentRss> <slash:comments>2</slash:comments> </item> <item><title>Chip Yates Hits 190.6 MPH at the Mojave Mile Shootout</title><link>http://www.asphaltandrubber.com/news/worlds-fastest-pizza-delivery-bike/</link> <comments>http://www.asphaltandrubber.com/news/worlds-fastest-pizza-delivery-bike/#comments</comments> <pubDate>Mon, 11 Apr 2011 21:14:19 +0000</pubDate> <dc:creator>Jensen Beeler</dc:creator> <category><![CDATA[News]]></category> <category><![CDATA[200 MPH]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Chip Yates]]></category> <category><![CDATA[land speed record]]></category> <category><![CDATA[LSR]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Mojave Mile]]></category> <category><![CDATA[SWIGZ]]></category> <category><![CDATA[SWIGZ.COM]]></category> <category><![CDATA[SWIGZ.COM Pro Racing]]></category> <category><![CDATA[top speed]]></category><guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.asphaltandrubber.com/?p=20874</guid> <description><![CDATA[Chip Yates and his crew might be SOL for the electric motorcycle racing season, after both the FIM and TTXGP lowered their maximum allowable weights for electric race motorcycle, but that hasn&#8217;t stopped the Southern Californian engineer from taking on the gasoline-powered bikes on their own turf. Already showing that his SWIGZ.com Pro Racing Electric Superbike can compete with the WERA racers in the Heavyweight Twins class, Yates was out at the Mojave Mile this weekend ...]]></description> <wfw:commentRss>http://www.asphaltandrubber.com/news/worlds-fastest-pizza-delivery-bike/feed/</wfw:commentRss> <slash:comments>2</slash:comments> </item> <item><title>Wild Brothers Racing Hits 278.6 MPH at the Texas Mile</title><link>http://www.asphaltandrubber.com/news/bill-warner-texas-mile-land-speed-record/</link> <comments>http://www.asphaltandrubber.com/news/bill-warner-texas-mile-land-speed-record/#comments</comments> <pubDate>Fri, 29 Oct 2010 21:48:11 +0000</pubDate> <dc:creator>Jensen Beeler</dc:creator> <category><![CDATA[News]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Bill Warner]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Goliad]]></category> <category><![CDATA[land speed record]]></category> <category><![CDATA[LSR]]></category> <category><![CDATA[standing mile]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Texas]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Texas Mile]]></category> <category><![CDATA[top speed]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Wild Brothers Racing]]></category><guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.asphaltandrubber.com/?p=15799</guid> <description><![CDATA[How fast can you go in a standing mile? Well if your name is Bill Warner, you can reach 278.6 MPH from a standing stop in a mile&#8217;s distance, and then slowdown in another half-mile of run-off. Helping Warner achieve that impressive feat is a turbocharged 1299cc Suzuki Hayabusa that makes 650hp, which Warner methodically turned the screws on until he beat the previous record at the Texas Mile of 261.5 MPH. A tropical fish farmer ...]]></description> <wfw:commentRss>http://www.asphaltandrubber.com/news/bill-warner-texas-mile-land-speed-record/feed/</wfw:commentRss> <slash:comments>6</slash:comments> </item> <item><title>Lightning Motors Sets Electric LSR at Bonneville</title><link>http://www.asphaltandrubber.com/racing/lightning-motors-land-speed-record-bonneville-electric/</link> <comments>http://www.asphaltandrubber.com/racing/lightning-motors-land-speed-record-bonneville-electric/#comments</comments> <pubDate>Sat, 04 Sep 2010 00:33:29 +0000</pubDate> <dc:creator>Jensen Beeler</dc:creator> <category><![CDATA[Racing]]></category> <category><![CDATA[2010 BUB Motorcycle Speed Trials]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Bonneville]]></category> <category><![CDATA[BUB]]></category> <category><![CDATA[BUB Speed Trials]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Bub Week]]></category> <category><![CDATA[electric]]></category> <category><![CDATA[land speed record]]></category> <category><![CDATA[LSR]]></category> <category><![CDATA[salt flats]]></category><guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.asphaltandrubber.com/?p=14092</guid> <description><![CDATA[At the 2010 BUB Motorcycle Speed Trials week Lightning Motors took the FIM and AMA land speed record for special construction partial streamlining electric motorcycles (300-APS-W) with an official two-way average speed of 173.388 mph. Blasting down the course at 170.732 mph with a 10 mph headwind, Lightning Motors&#8217; return run was clocked at 176.044 with no wind. This was a marked improvement over the team&#8217;s unofficial 166mph pass last year, but still short of the company&#8217;s goal ...]]></description> <wfw:commentRss>http://www.asphaltandrubber.com/racing/lightning-motors-land-speed-record-bonneville-electric/feed/</wfw:commentRss> <slash:comments>2</slash:comments> </item> <item><title>BUB Speed Trials &#8211; Lightning and MotoCzysz Battle for Land Speed Records at Bonneville</title><link>http://www.asphaltandrubber.com/racing/bub-speed-trials-lightning-motoczysz-preview/</link> <comments>http://www.asphaltandrubber.com/racing/bub-speed-trials-lightning-motoczysz-preview/#comments</comments> <pubDate>Thu, 02 Sep 2010 17:48:32 +0000</pubDate> <dc:creator>Jensen Beeler</dc:creator> <category><![CDATA[Racing]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Bonneville]]></category> <category><![CDATA[BUB]]></category> <category><![CDATA[BUB Speed Trials]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Bub Week]]></category> <category><![CDATA[electric]]></category> <category><![CDATA[electric motorcycle]]></category> <category><![CDATA[land speed record]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Lightning Motorcycles]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Lightning Motors]]></category> <category><![CDATA[LSR]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Michael Czysz]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Motoczysz]]></category> <category><![CDATA[salt]]></category> <category><![CDATA[salt flats]]></category><guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.asphaltandrubber.com/?p=14027</guid> <description><![CDATA[UPDATE 2: Richard Hatfield, owner of Lightning Motors, sent this in a text message from Bonneville: &#8220;We ran 176.044 as our best speed. The average down and return FIM and AMA speed record was 173.388 mph.&#8221; UPDATE: Just got this in an email from Michael Czysz: &#8220;we ran 163 &#8212; however they just did 174/175.&#8221; On the salt flats of Bonneville, two electric motorcycle teams are battling for the bragging right to be called &#8220;Fastest ...]]></description> <wfw:commentRss>http://www.asphaltandrubber.com/racing/bub-speed-trials-lightning-motoczysz-preview/feed/</wfw:commentRss> <slash:comments>2</slash:comments> </item> </channel> </rss>
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