And the new WORLD SPEED RECORD 117.2kmh/72.83mph by Arjen van der Tol H42 (Holland) at the Ivanpah Lake bed NABX, using a 3.3 spirit and a Hardcore

wind speed 35-40mph


http://pic7.piczo.com/Popeyethewelder/?g=44407598&cr=7


Brilliant News and great to hear, I have just been speaking to Ruudjie and the guys at the NABX.....they are having a blast with many going over 100kmh

and it will be 35-45mph wind tomorrow....

Wow, congrats!!! :o

not only the world record, but many new personal bests are being made here. Many regulars are joining the 50 mph club and many are topping 100 kph for the first time. First 104, then 106, 109 and finally 117.


Winds were routinely 20 mph + with gusts measured over 40. As a bonus, we are all getting free dermabrasions and teeth whitening with the flying grit.

There wil be many spectacular pics posted at the end of the week, I'm sure.

Today will be faster, I bet.

How fast have you been so far Angus?

Will post later on another thread. Going to the lakebed now to see if I can do something before the winds are supposed to hit 50. If not then I will watch the Dutch burn through another pile of tires

Verified

Tied Luk Stanek

Sweeet!

doood

Luk no longer stands alone..Congradulations Argen!
Luk was also using a Libre buggy that set the 72.8

I saw the GPS mins after the runs. It read 72.8mph the same as luk staneS-P-A-M-L-I-N-K-s.

Its a tie!

Someone needs to keep track of how many tires he burns up over the week I bet that will be some kind of record too!

wow way to go!!!!!

Arjen has topped this record but I will let the details come through official channels. Tease, tease.

Crazy winds today. We started to clear off the lakebed with a buggy train because of the rain. After it stopped, we turned around and right at that time a semi got blown over on I15.
Got back to camp expecting to find everyone gone, but Arjen was out again with the Spirit pulling off crazy speeds. After a killer run, his kite came down and he was way off on the horizon. i drove Ozzy down to check on him and he was fine, but had just topped the record. After that he did several more runs and notched it up again! Best buggying I have ever seen.

OMG....I have just heard the speed.....that is definitely the one to beat....

and now the record is set to 77+mph

Go Arjen Go, the flying dutchman rulezz..!!!

WOW:karate:congrats Arjen.
he's using a Libre Spirit for all these runs, right?. another site (admittedly unsure of actual facts) stated Arjen is using PL's new Vapor at NABX. just curious if Arjen has done some runs with the PL and what he thinks. do not want to conclusions just because records are being set with a Spirit.
also, who else (at NABX) is competing for top speed record and what are they getting (and using)
curious, is Luk Stanek at NABX doing some speed runs?
If the Europeans take the record home, and are having a super good time, perhaps more of them and their vendors will come back next year, and so on. Should make NABX an even better venue in the future.
Paul

hey

i'm not sure if the record speed run is set with the Spirit or the PL..
the complete story will surely be posted here when he gets back home.

hope to post next year from NABX.

Record was set with Spirit 3.3 and Apex Xtreme bug. Arjen did 116 kph with PL Reactor II 2.2 in prior runs. The Vapor has done well too but I do not know top speed.

AJ did 67+ mph in Apex and 6m Phantom.

great stufff.
thanx to all you guys for keeping us informed. looking forward to seeing fab footage/pics.
Paul

yep and lets have the full list of pbs, and update this list

http://pic7.piczo.com/Popeyethewelder/?g=44407598&cr=7

He did a run of 116 with the Reactor 2.2 in an Xxtreme Apex buggy then after tuning the bridle on the Reactor and going to do another run the winds dropped off so he switched to the 3.3 Spirit. The winds kicked in again as he did a run of 121 kmh then after that record setting run he turned around and did another run of 124 kmh.
Keep in mind that just before this a bunch of us did a little buggy race holding bags, folding chairs and padded seats to move the buggies. A couple guys had 1.5m kites on very short lines and Arjen was on a 3.3 totally lit.
A short time after his runs the winds eased just a bit more and there were 4 of us out riding fully powered on lower aspect 2 meter kites and 6m Phantoms. Using that 3.3 in the wind he was running in was incredible to see.
The Vapor had sustained some damage scuffing the dry lake the days before so they were out of commission for that high wind day. The larger ones were fine but way too big to use.

yes yes guys,... was a great week for us,...
Couldn't be better !! especially the taking care of us by Richard and Maria from ripssession kites was appreciated !!

Loves the enthousiasm from all of you, we realy had a blast ,...

Arjen did a 124 run with his Spirits and I did a 112 kmph run with the Vapor proto 3.8,...not bad at all I must say...

Hope to see you guys next year !!

cheers, Jeroen aka Ozzy

Ozzy was really hungry just before leaving - and nobody has been able to find Richard since then .... hmmmm......

IT WAS A VERY IMPRESSIVE SITE. NEXT YEAR WE NEED TO TRIPLE UP ON GEAR, mostly line sets and tires for me!

Very nice to have such wonderful riders from abroad.

I hop you can return some day so that we can enjoy your company again!!!

Remember Alvord Desert in Sept/Oct. 09

-Eli

Hey Dakites, I threw away about 10 wasted tires on sunday. That is the record I think. Anyone say "Re-Tred"

Well, I am very pleased to confirm, the World No1 and No3 speeds have now been verified and pictures of Arjen & Jeroen have been added with their GPS's


World Buggy Speeds

That's just crazy! Congrats to all on new best speeds!

Quote:

Originally posted by Ozzy yes yes guys,... was a great week for us,... Couldn't be better !! especially the taking care of us by Richard and Maria from ripssession kites was appreciated !! Loves the enthousiasm from all of you, we realy had a blast ,... Arjen did a 124 run with his Spirits and I did a 112 kmph run with the Vapor proto 3.8,...not bad at all I must say... Hope to see you guys next year !! cheers, Jeroen aka Ozzy

Thanks for coming out and thanks to Richard for so many things .
At 108 KPH we are pretty proud of our " home boy"

It was pretty amazing fun this year :wee:

ALAS , I have discovered that at 37mph Coyote Rollerblades start to self destruct No new speed record and the SHAME of being beaten by " Sir " Thrasher

C'ya next year :singing: