Tragedy on British land speed record attempt

[Deleted member 149005]

I didn't even know any attempt was being made..

Driver dies during land speed record attempt at airfield

 

[Alex]

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[BTB 500]

I didn't even know any attempt was being made.

Elvington is used for all sorts of speed record attempts (wheelchairs, milk floats, tractors, etc.) so it might have been something quite obscure rather than an outright speed run. I don't think there are any details at the moment. Very sad, whatever was being attempted.

 

[Steveml63]

Hi,
I just heard that it might have been a guy called Zak Eisenberg who owned a fitness company.
Possibly a bike speed record being attempted.
Cheers
Steve

 

[BTB 500]

I just heard that it might have been a guy called Zak Eisenberg who owned a fitness company.
Possibly a bike speed record being attempted.

Seems he was driving a Porsche 911 Turbo S modified to 1200 bhp, which had previously hit 239.7 mph at Vmax:

Driver dies during land speed record attempt at airfield

Zef Eisenberg, who launched Maximuslce in 1995, was killed when his car veered off the runway at Elvington Airfield, a former RAF base to the east of York, on Thursday afternoon.

www.dailymail.co.uk

 

[Steveml63]

Seems he was driving a Porsche 911 Turbo S modified to 1200 bhp, which had previously hit 239.7 mph at Vmax:

Driver dies during land speed record attempt at airfield

Zef Eisenberg, who launched Maximuslce in 1995, was killed when his car veered off the runway at Elvington Airfield, a former RAF base to the east of York, on Thursday afternoon.

www.dailymail.co.uk

Thanks for the update.
Poor guy - RIP