HEADLINE NEWS!
Bob Correll reacquires his Original Jet Bike!

Copyright © 1998 Gregory Gage, Excalibur Publishing, topfuel@motosports.cc

  For more action shots of the original Bob Correll Jet Bike by Gregory Gage CLICK HERE:
(You can purchase color enlargements of these Jet Bike action shots directly from Excalibur Publishing.)

Thanks to Jet Bike Crew Chief, Frank "Chico" Delia, Bob Correll has reacquired full ownership of the original Jet Bike.  After sitting in storage for several years it started right up.  It is powered by an older, less powerful 1,350 Horsepower version of the General Electric T-58-8 helicopter engine.  Bob's original Jet Bike was capable of zero to 225 mph in the quarter mile.
	Bob Correll	Frank Delia

On July 26, 2000 Correll made five demonstration runs for IHRA (International Hot Rod Association) Chief Jet Vehicle Safety Inspector, Dick Rossberg, in North Carolina.  All runs were flawless and Bob and the machine are now officially licensed with a 180 mph speed limit for the remainder of this year.

Run	Distance to shutoff	Speed
1	1/8th mile	-
2	1,000 feet	122 mph
3	1,000 feet	122 mph
4	full 1/4 mile	163 mph
5	full 1/4 mile	173 mph

 

Bob Correll's Jet Bike schedule for the remainder of 2000
Date	Location	City	State
Saturday August 5th	Wisconsin International Raceway	Green Bay	Wisconsin
Saturday August 19th	Virginia Motor Speedway	?	Virginia
?	Rockingham Raceway	Rockingham	North Carolina
?	Norwalk Raceway Park	Norwalk	Ohio
?	Maryland International Raceway	Buds Creek	Maryland
September ?	Englishtown International Raceway	Englishtown	New Jersey
Late September	2 days (KiteCycle and Jet Bike shows each day)	?	Puerto Rico

 

A static "Line Show" can be performed anywhere and would feature 5 minutes  of pure turbine intensity; super loud burner pops; and huge volumes of smoke and fire.  You can count 5 supersonic shock diamonds in the afterburning exhaust of the original Jet Bike.