Sponsor Andy Green and the Bloodhound SSC land speed record attempt.

The Sponsorship Deal :

1. Cost £250.00
2. Your name, company logo or picture of choice printed onto a sticker (10cmx5cm) which will be adhered to the Lotus Elise that Andy will race at Snetterton on 14th June 2009 as part of the Lotus Festival race meeting.
3. All sponsors will also receive 4 entry tickets to the Lotus Celebration so they can watch Andy race and be involved in what will be a fantastic day out.
4. In addition all sponsors will be included in a draw, to be drawn by Andy at Snetterton with the winner receiving 2 hospitality tickets to see the Elise Trophy compete at Brands Hatch on 19th July as part of the World Touring Car Championship / F2 meeting.
5. Each sponsor with receive a signed print of Andy with the Elise he races from a painting produced by the Worlds premier motorsport artist Andrew Kitson. Signed by Andy Green and by Andrew Kitson

Visit - http://www.lotus-festival.com for more information.

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"This is one of the most exciting things you can do on God's Earth; and when you've the opportunity to do it really, really well, with the latest technology, you can't resist the challenge."
Bloodhound project leader Richard Noble.

Alternatively support Bloodhound SSC as part of the Lotus Festival at just £25 + P&P.
We have a number of limited edition Andrew Kitson prints that will be produced featuring Andy and the Elise he will drive. The prints will be signed by Andrew Kitson and Andy Green. They will be available early July and you can have one by supporting this event at just £25 each plus £5 P&P. They are being produced Free of Charge by Andrew Kitson.

BLOODHOUND SSC will accelerate from rest using an EJ-200 jet engine, taking it up to 300mph. At that point (a) the rocket will be ignited, so that it and the jet are operating simultaneously, thereby increasing the acceleration to well over 2g. Having reached maximum speed (1,050mph), the rocket thrust will be stopped (point b), but the jet engine will continue burning for a few seconds. During this brief period, the car will decelerate at about 1.5g. When the jet engine also stops (point c), the deceleration will peak at nearly 3g.

When the vehicle slows to subsonic speeds the aerodynamic drag will reduce dramatically, slowing the deceleration of the vehicle. Additionally two parachutes are released at approximately 600mph and 420mph. At low speeds, below 200mph, hydraulically operated disc brakes can be used.

The Land Speed record is calculated from the average speed of the car over two runs, completed within the space of an hour. As such, the ability to control the car's stopping, and therefore the turn-round time, is key to the success of the record attempt.

The Driver

WING COMMANDER ANDY GREEN

Day Job
"I have the World's Best day job, as a Fighter Pilot in the Royal Air Force. I was sponsored through Oxford University by the Royal Air Force (where I gained a love of flying, a First in Mathematics, experience of rowing for the University, and interests in beer and women), and then spent 3 years in flying training. Qualified as a Fighter Pilot, I was lucky enough to fly the F4 Phantom in Germany at the end of the Cold War. My final flying tours were on the Tornado F3, which included service over Bosnia, Iraq and the Falklands. Since then I've spent a year in Australia at Staff College, worked at the UK's Joint Headquarters running operations in Afghanistan and Iraq and run the Harrier airfield at Royal Air Force Wittering (including a spell as the Commander of the Royal Air Force detachment in Kandahar, Afghanistan). I'm currently working in the Ministry of Defence in Whitehall, supporting operations around the globe and wishing I was still flying...."

Holiday Job
"I also have the World's Best holiday job, working as part of a Land Speed Record team. In 1994 I responded to an understated article in the Sunday Times, which mentioned that Richard Noble was looking for a driver for Thrust SSC, and life has never been quite the same since. Two World Land Speed Records and 11 years later, Thrust SSC remains the world's first and only supersonic record car. In the meantime, I was also lucky enough to get involved with the JCB DIESELMAX project, which aimed to find out how fast we could go with a pair of digger engines in close formation. The answer, in August 1996, was 350 mph, making a JCB by far the fastest diesel car in the world. Like Thust SSC, the DIESELMAX project was a great statement about the quality, innovation and expertise of British engineering, and I am proud to have been able to help with both."

Other Interests
"Captain of the Royal Air Force Cresta team, Yachtmaster, aerobatic pilot (sadly, my flying is only at weekends now, and at my own expense), Harley rider, skydiver, all the usual stuff to keep me entertained when I'm not at work or involved with a record car. I also have the best wife in the world. Emma is an eye specialist at Moorfields Eye Hospital and is fully supportive of all the unusual things I get up to in my spare time. When we met in 2007 she had never even heard of the World Land Speed Record. That's changed!"