At 07:20 the 30th day of March,2010 Fast Arie shattered his old record of 77.05 mph with a top speed of 82.9 mph at the North American Buggy eXpo,
Ivanpah Dry Lake, California!
Flying a Peter Lynn 2.7 Vapor in very high wind while riding an Xxtreme Apexx buggy with Haan wheels!
As the NABX Team was doing damage control to the main event tent Arjen van der Tol, a Dutch rider made his high speed run across the lake bed. Winds
were out of the south southwest and fast Arie made his way right in front of buggy town.
Witness knew it was a record run right away and this was confirmed when we saw Arie jumping up and down.
dean jordan reporting using George Browns acount.revpaul - 30-3-2010 at 08:22 AM
wow...congrats Arjen.
makes me wonder what the PL Speed buggy/pilot is going to do.
-Where was the PL Speed bug when Arie did his run?-
edit ..."07:20" right, am not pm. most R eating breakky or ZZZZZZs.BeamerBob - 30-3-2010 at 08:29 AM
Congrats Fast Arie! I wonder what would happen if I changed my nickname to "Fast Bob"? I'll have to shed my skirt first! Ha! This makes me wonder
just what the limit is. I think we aren't even close yet.ripsessionkites - 30-3-2010 at 08:54 AM
Fastest Arie!!! woooohoooo
all this before breakfast, we go back out again now.markite - 30-3-2010 at 10:09 AM
Wow - fantastic. It must be really windy this morning sounds like the tent took another extreme beating like last year.
Everyone must be having a great time - this kind of thing really pumps everyone up that is there to see it happen.
Keep going guys but we want photos and video and ....lad - 30-3-2010 at 10:12 AM
OK...now try it next in that PL streamlined buggy thang...acampbell - 30-3-2010 at 10:15 AM
Dang and it wasn't even breakfast yet on the first day. Congrats to Fast Arie and the whole team. Let's see 90+?lunchbox - 30-3-2010 at 10:21 AM
Wow...that is fast!!!! Congratulations...
Looks like from the forecast you guys might be in store for a lot of wind....currently SW at 29mph gusting to 35mph...sounds like more records might
be broken....Dagon - 30-3-2010 at 10:57 AM
What are Haan whells?
btw congratulations that is pretty awesome. I never get to the playa before 10 am.markite - 30-3-2010 at 01:15 PM
for the Haan wheels, look at the thread that showed a video with Ozzy setting up the wheels (back a page or two on the NABX forum: Jeroen-NABX setup) http://www.powerkiteforum.com/viewthread.php?tid=12462WELDNGOD - 30-3-2010 at 02:52 PM
no pink skirt there! Way to raise the bar Arieacampbell - 30-3-2010 at 03:15 PM
Bet those big Haan wheels give a nice smooth ride with little drag. Obviously they are working. Can't wait to hear more!PrairieWind - 30-3-2010 at 03:26 PM
awesome... just awesome... hooj on a whole 'nother level
cangrats and all, but damn... crazy fastAD72 - 30-3-2010 at 07:18 PM
Shaving off the treads reminds me of the World's Fastest Indian with Anthony Hopkins. Great movie about breaking speed records on a dry lake.mougl - 30-3-2010 at 07:51 PM
SICK speed!!! Congratssnowbuggyer - 31-3-2010 at 12:50 AM
If it ain't Dutch, it ain't much !
Well done Arie !popeyethewelder - 31-3-2010 at 11:07 PM
Brilliant news...and to think this was before breakfast on the first day...there are not many as dedicated as that for suredeanaoxo - 27-4-2010 at 07:43 AM
