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kabman Part of things Posts: 348	Tether car racing kabman @kabman
	Oct 14, 2009 20:51:45 GMT Select Post Deselect Post Link to Post Back to Top
	While mooching around some land speed record sites I found some links to tether car racing which I'd heard of before but thought it had died out decades ago. These are stuningly engineered model cars that whizz round a circular track tethered to a central pole. Pretty nippy too! There are a range of classes for engine sizes from 1.5cc to 10cc. The world record for the 10cc class is 344kmh They seem to come in two different flavours: Full on, high tech, minature land speed record cars like these.... and vintage style for the traditionalist, like so... And my personal favourites....


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Siert Posted a lot Posts: 1,107	Tether car racing Siert @86corollaliftback
	Oct 14, 2009 21:00:15 GMT Select Post Deselect Post Link to Post Back to Top
	I never head of that before, but it seems to be pretty amazing... Have some more info: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tether_car I see you got some of the pictures from here: amrca.com/ This is really pretty: Very nice post!
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Seth South East MorrisOxford TriumphMirald HillmanMinx BorgwardIsabellaCombi Posts: 15,542	Tether car racing Seth @seth
	Oct 15, 2009 9:09:05 GMT Select Post Deselect Post Link to Post Back to Top
	These are mega cool. There were a couple of guys doing a display at the NSRA Supuernats a couple of years ago. Great flickr set! www.flickr.com/photos/69998588@N00/sets/72157608284798795/
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TerraRoot Posted a lot Posts: 1,685	Tether car racing TerraRoot @terraroot
	Oct 15, 2009 9:25:11 GMT Select Post Deselect Post Link to Post Back to Top
	moar!
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markbognor South East Posts: 9,970 Club RR Member Number: 56	Tether car racing markbognor @markbognor Club Retro Rides Member 56
	Oct 15, 2009 9:49:01 GMT Select Post Deselect Post Link to Post Back to Top
	There used to be a club running at my school (when I was at school) that flew planes simmilarly tethered to a post.
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Seth South East MorrisOxford TriumphMirald HillmanMinx BorgwardIsabellaCombi Posts: 15,542	Tether car racing Seth @seth
	Oct 15, 2009 10:05:25 GMT Select Post Deselect Post Link to Post Back to Top
	Oct 15, 2009 9:49:01 GMT markbognor said: when I was at school You still are!
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Autofive Posted hell of a lot Posts: 6,486	Tether car racing Autofive @autofive
	Oct 15, 2009 10:19:39 GMT Select Post Deselect Post Link to Post Back to Top
	8-)just been watching this:
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sunbeammadd Part of things Posts: 141	Tether car racing sunbeammadd @sunbeammadd
	Oct 16, 2009 9:20:11 GMT Select Post Deselect Post Link to Post Back to Top
	When I was a kid there used to be a tether racing track I could see from the train when I travelled into the city. I wonder if it's still there? Probably not!
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