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05 September 2006
ANDY GREEN - RAF WITTERING
It has been a very special few months. Being part of team that built a record car, ran it in the UK, shipped it to Bonneville and set 3 records above 300 mph(one SCTA and 2 FIA), all in the space of 3 months - wow! The JCB DISELMAX team is a remarkable 
15 August 2006
ANDY GREEN - BONNEVILLE SALT FLATS 8:10PM (US)
Tuesday 15th August 2006, 20:10 - Day 4 on the Salt. This sport is so fickle – we had great hopes for today and now we’ve just got another problem! This is what land speed record breaking is all about: massive frustration followed by massive elation
12 August 2006
ANDY GREEN - BONNEVILLE SALT FLATS 6:00PM (US)
Saturday 12th August 2006, 18:00 (US) - Ten minutes before we ran the car today one of the spectators asked me if I was ready to drive on the salt. I told him I had been ready all day, at which point John Piper added ‘I’ve been ready for this for mon
07 August 2006
ANDY GREEN - RAF Wittering 10:47PM
This is my final input from the UK - we're off to Bonneville in a couple of days and I'm starting to get properly excited now! The car left at the weekend, along with the first of the team, with the rest of us following over the next few days.
02 August 2006
DR. TIM LEVERTON - RAF WITTERING 12:00PM
Wednesday 2nd August 2006, 12:00 - This is the last you will hear from me for a few days as the JCB DIESELMAX is packed up ready to be flown to Salt Lake City and the team departs RAF Wittering for three or four days break before following the car themsel
30 July 2006
ANDY GREEN - RAF WITTERING 10:51PM
Sunday 30th July 2006, 22:51 - It's been quite a weekend, spanning the ups and downs of record breaking. First the downs. Yesterday we had the good idea of warming up the engines with a 'slow' run (110 mph, first gear) up the airfield to warm up the e
30 July 2006
ANNIE BERRISFORD - RAF Wittering 6:36PM
Sunday 30th July 2006, 18:26 - Wow! What a day – 201 miles per hour!!!!
After the disappointment of yesterday, things seem to have gone remarkably well, and we have managed a total of seven runs today! We did four runs in the morning (no corners this
30 July 2006
ANNIE BERRISFORD - RAF Wittering 3:17PM
Sunday 30th July 2006, 15:17 - Yesterday was an interesting day in that things didn’t quite go to plan. Following the excitement and the success of Friday’s three runs, there was a buoyant atmosphere.
29 July 2006
DR. TIM LEVERTON - RAF Wittering 9:45PM
Saturday 29th July 2006, 09:45 - The test runs yesterday were the best so far in our Wittering test programme and a welcome conclusion to a fairly fraught 48 hours.
29 July 2006
ANNIE BERRISFORD - RAF Wittering 7:22PM
Saturday 29th July 2006, 19:22 - I am a JCB sponsored undergraduate studying mechanical engineering at the University of Birmingham, I have now completed the first four years of my degree (including an industrial placement for a year with JCB) I now have
