I'm thinking about going to the Bonneville flats this September to run my 1937 ford coupe with the Lincoln 430 motor. I looked at the rules and safety requirements, looks doable. Can someone that has been there tell me what to do to be able to run? Thanks for any help.
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You are talking about the USFRA World of Speed 130 Club? https://www.saltflats.com/ Contact them. If not this event you really CAN NOT run a hot rod off the street on the Salt without a lot of money and changes for safety.
They are pretty strict with the rules, so don't do any "skirting", the first time that you show up ! Find and verify the class that you will be running with an email, or phone call. And again, stick with the class AND the safety rules. Mike
looks like i'll be a spectator ! But i sure would like to know how fast that 430 would push my 37 coupe to. I have 6 carbs and a 428CJ grind on the cam. guess I;ll have to do it on the highway! LOL. thanks for the help.
You could still run that in the USFRA 130 Club. go to www.saltflats.com To contact them. It is set up for folks with street cars to get a chance to experience racing on the salt
What you want is the Utah Salt Flats Racing Association (USFRA) www.saltflats.com and run the 130 club. Just ensure your car has the required safety equipment as needed. Go and have fun. USFRA is 1 mile only. Basically a 1 mile acceleration test of your car, on a limited traction salt surface, with an equivalent air density around 5000 ft or so. Your car can do the USFRA. It can't do SCTA Speedweek or similar that use SCTA rules. At least as it is set up now, you would have to do major work and add serious safety equipment to run SCTA. SCTA is not what you want for a street car.
Nice ride! I would suggest bringing it to Speedweek, Aug 6-12 this year, not to run but to check it out. If you have never been just driving around in your ride and visiting with folks would be well worth it. You'll learn a ton. If you go be sure to visit our pit or talk with us at the start line line up. Were easy to find, just look for the Fire Truck hauler or car #426 Flying Rose Racing. ]ATTACH=full]5394518[/ATTACH]
130……maybe…..your pushing a brick with a little aero thrown in. I guarantee your a** will pucker if you ever hit 150…it is going to lift…been there-done that….never again.
It rather makes you wonder how many guys actually show up at Speedweek every year thinking that they are going to be able to go out and make a full throttle pass in their street car. I've probably had a half dozen guys tell me that they were going to take their car to speedweek and run it and each one gave me a blank stare when I asked what class they were going to run in and how long they figured it would take to prep the car to race in the class it fit in. First step for racing at Bonneville in any association is to get the rule book and study it. For the USFRA 130 club the rules are here https://www.saltflats.com/I30_Club2015.htm A sample copy of the 130 Club tech inspection sheet here for personal use. https://www.saltflats.com/Forms/130 INSPECTION FORM 2012 web.pdf Just a side note, as it sits that 37 most likely would run in the B/GC = B Gas Coupe class with a 237.05 record.
Mr48….yep with somewhere between $3-5000 it MAY be able to make an SCTA pass and get a timing tag. Bonneville is not in the 1950’s anymore and with someone with a short wallet. I’m glad I started in the early 70’s.
And we all know even a high end Streamliner team was turned away from Tech a few years ago when their tubing did not meet the new Spec. The car never came back to the Salt.
I suggest you check out the ECTA and maybe you could run at Blytheville, Arkansas on the Mile. Besides, it's closer to you than Utah. East Coast Timing Association - The Fastest Vehicles in the East! (ectamile.com)
If you are dead serious about running, before you d anything, get a rule book. You can order on SCTA-BNI.org. then call Jo Ann at THE SCTA headquarters and find out in any SCTA inspection people live anywhere near so that they might look at your car and let you know what you need to do. It's an awful long tow out there to dissapointed because the car isn't up to snuff. THE SCTA is strict but also has one of the best safety records in all of racing .
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