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Land speed record attempt resumes at Pendine this weekend
publication date: Aug 11, 2011
Honour Motorsport Limited will sponsor the Bluebird Electric's team attempt to break the UK landspeed record for an electric vehicle at Pendine Sands,this weekend. The automotive corporate and events specialist is providing resources and insurance cover for the two-day speed trials. The event will see nine-time landspeed record holder and driver, Don Wales, bid to surpass the current target of 137 mph set in 2000, as well as the first ever top speed of 146 mph reached in a combustion-engined Bluebird car by his grandfather, Sir Malcolm Campbell MBE, on the same shores of Carmathen Bay in 1924. The high velocity runs are part of an extensive testing and development programme to claim the accolade in 2013 for the fastest electric vehicle in the world by steering the Bluebird Electric car to a top speed of over 500 mph. They also mark the second consecutive sponsorship of Don Wales's team by Honour Motorsport following their support of Project Runningblade which set a new benchmark for the world's fastest petrol-powered lawnmower last year. The organisers of Wales Rally GB say the concluding stage of the 13th and final round of the 2011 FIA World Rally Championship calendar - the Monument Power Stage - will be open to spectators for the first time this year. The Monument stage will be used twice on Sunday 13 November 2011, and it is possible the second running of the stage will play host to the deciding thriller of the whole rally and possibly the entire Championship. The Power Stage is a new concept in the WRC this season and awards bonus points to the fastest three drivers. To mark this landmark occasion - and after listening to fans' requests following last year's successful launch of Monument's mixed-surface course - organisers have opened up this year's 4.36km stage exclusively to World Rally Pass holders to witness the action up close. |
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