Lot’s of good runs this morning, with several people getting personal bests, and Alyssa upping her world record twice.
Matilde lead off the morning with a slow run due to an inability to shift out of first gear. I also note the sudden absence of livery on the black part of the fairing.
Chris Hall set a personal best speed of 68.82 mph, but the wind was not legal. Diego aborted a run to end the first heat.
Second heat: Matilde sets a personal best of 71.57 mph, now finally going faster than she did in Taurus X. She was followed by Daniel Löw in the Milan RS at 56.79 mph, earning a 55 mph hat. He said that his goal was to go at least 90 kph.
Then Diego posted a huge increase in his speed, going a wind legal 48.39 mph. I heard that the team had worked on limiting the steering in order to increase his control. Whatever they did seemed to work as he followed with a run during the next heat at 48.66 mph.
Alyssa closed out the heat with a record run of 24.55 mph.
Third heat: Sprocket Rocket goes 59.00 mph into a slight headwind. Then Oscar in Bilby continues his run of bad luck with wind, with a non-legal run of 69.48 mph.
The heat ended with Diego going once again a little faster at 48.66 mph, and then Alyssa resets her record again by going 24.72 mph.
Finally in the fourth heat, we had Enzo going 69.47 mph, but not wind legal. He has only had one wind legal run, and that was in qualifying.
He was followed by a still slower run by Sprocket Rocket. Bill made his debut on the five mile, going 54.12 mph, which is slow for him.
The heat was closed out by Peter at 52.42 mph.
Low to mid headwinds all morning, but nevertheless, several people significantly increased their top speeds, and a world record was reset twice.
Full results:
Start order for tonight and tomorrow morning.
HIGHLIGHTS of Friday Morning September 15, 2023
Sorted fastest to slowest….
MATILDE VITILLO, Phoenix: 71.57 mph, 115.18 kph, New Wind-Legal PB, exceeding her 70.52 mph wind legal last year, below wind non-legal PB 74.07 last year. Her 3rd time over 70 mph, first this year. 2nd run of morning just after heat where she was stuck in 1st gear whole course.
ENZO YOKOTA, Phoenix: 69.47 mph, 111.80 kph, PERSONAL BEST, after huge improvement in PB previous evening, he increase his PB again by only a modest 2.5 mph 4.1 kph. Becomes 57th fastest human in history. NO Club Hat since all 7 runs on 5-mile course wind non-legal, only legal wind was in qualifying.
OSCAR VARNEY, Bilby: 69.48 mph, 111.82 kph, PERSONAL BEST, Becomes 56th fastest human in history. Huge improvement of 16.4 mph and 26.4 kph, matching his teammate Chris’s improvement. first ride since Wed evening, NO Club Hat since all five runs wind non-legal.
CHRIS HALL, Bilby: 68.82 mph, 110.75 kph, PERSONAL BEST, Becomes 61st fastest human in history. Huge improvement of 16.1 mph and 26 kph, matching later by his teammate Oscar’s improvement. first ride since Wed evening, NO Club Hat since all 4 runs wind non-legal.
DANIEL LOW, Milan RS: 56.79 mph, 91.39 kph, PERSONAL BEST, becomes 147th fastest human in history. Earns 55 MPH Club Hat with legal wind, 2nd time over 55 mph. He met his goal of going 90 kph.
DIEGO COLOMBARI, Cerebus: 48.66 mph, 78.31 kph, PERSONAL BEST again, still 2nd fastest arm-powered in history, His 2nd run of morning after just smashing his personal best in earlier heat with a similar speed. Just 2.9 mph or 4.7 kph short of absolute record. Team improved steering lock allowing more power output.
DIEGO COLOMBARI, Cerebus: 48.39 mph, 77.88 kph, PERSONAL BEST, Huge improvement of 5 mph and 8 kph in best, becomes 2nd fastest arm-powered in history, jumping ahead of Karen Darke and Greg Westlake’s marks. Team improved steering lock allowing more power output.
ALYSSA MILLER, Tear Drop: 24.72 mph, 39.79 kph, WORLD RECORD, FEMALE AGE 12-14 MULTITRACK Marginal increase in her Record of 0.4 kph, her 5th time breaking the record and 4th this event.
ALYSSA MILLER, Tear Drop: 24.55 mph, 39.50 kph, WORLD RECORD, FEMALE AGE 12-14 MULTITRACK Marginal increase in her Record of 0.5 kph, her 4th time breaking record and 3rd time this event.