History Land Speed Racing videos

A chronicle of the progression from 1898 ( 39 MPH ) to 1997 ( 736 MPH ). HRP

I suggest turning the sound off, the music is monotonous. HRP

 

Some very brave and/or foolhardy folks.

 

If we're not trying to go faster, what's the point of the experimentation that's been done and the industry that's been created to allow us to do so?

 

Lets see what comes to mind...
Innovation, experimentation, near perfection, aerodynamic advances, some pain, some joy, true pioneers, br*** chunkies, dedication.

 

To quote Enzo Ferrari " If you haven't seen the future, you are not going fast enough".

 

Pretty cool
Thanks HRP.

The NHRA museum recently had a Craig Breelove evening. Cool evening, lots of stories.

Mike

 

That’s just awesome
Steel balls in these men
Just brave as all get out
With a little bit of crazy

 

Thanks

 

So I have a dumb question............Having never been to the salt flats. At what point do the salt flats become to small for what speed we are trying to accomplish. What is the actual length of the track and what kind of runout area is there?

 

The salt is getting marginal for 500 mph cars. Which is why these kind of Absolute LSR cars don't run there anymore.

 

I could probably handle the reckless 65 MPH speed in Camille's 1899 machine. HRP

 

The Golden Rod.

 

Here's one on George Poteet and Speed Demon via Facebook video on their time at Bonneville last month

https://www.facebook.com/video.php?v=2181342155497153

 

George Poteet ran 369.533 in the 715 speed demon. HRP