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Originally Posted by Aarrgh8

"... and Bevan Gibson in Bob Jane's Elfin 400 pulling similar speeds. I don't remember open wheelers pulling the same top speeds, although they might have been quicker everywhere else. I think Neil Allen's lap in an F5000 saw a top speed on Conrod that was getting pretty close to that 300 mark.

Conrod in the sixties was narrower, bumpier, and the humps were humpier, so any of those speeds would have been pretty hairy.

I have yet to hear of any speeds down Conrod much above the 300kph mark, but if there are any, I'd look to Sports Sedans, or some of the more exotic things in the 12 and 24 hour races.

Wasn't Gibson killed in the Elfin at the bottom end of Conrod when it lifted off?

Mike