I noticed this photo because those flames and number look far too good to be on a 32 Vicky jalopy racer... turns out, they are. Von Dutch did them, and that is Parnelli Jones!
Ed Roth nose art and paint job on the Fred L****n Bonneville racer in 1961, and he repainted it with a new theme in 1962
A half mile is 2640 feet. So a little more than that, actually Edit - The OP is right. 2900 HUNDRED feet. I wasn't using my reading skills.
Lila Mogelon rode across Canada in 1945 on a motorcycle, as her wartime job of monitoring Japanese and German sub's comms was finished and she needed a vacation!