History WORLD’S….FASTEST….STREET….ROADSTER

1992 Bonneville note the streamlining ground affects
last Year I found it raced

 

Take note that the car switched from "Street Roadster" to "Modified Roadster" (bypassing Altered Roadster that's classified by SCTA as "Roadster").

 

Looks like they ran two classes that week

 

More than likely, they ran the same meet, not the same day.

(Made the changes, re-inspection, long lines, etc. Bonneville, hopefully, runs for a week.)

 

No on the stickers.

 

No bueno.

 

Are you gonna make changes to this car too. ? ? ? @alchemy

 

Just tires I’m changing nothing else

 

Here's a few of my snapshots of the racecar on the salt:

The #355 A / Street Roadster
at the 41st Bonneville National Speed Trials (Speed Week '89)



The #355 A / Street Roadster
at the 42nd Bonneville National Speed Trials (Speed Week '90)




The #1355 C / Blown Gas Modified Roadster
at the 44th Bonneville National Speed Trials (Speed Week '92)
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Cool car! Congratulations

 

Thank you

 

Amazing the innovation they played around with over the year to make that pig aero slick

 

Some Cool variations for sure

 

Congratulations @Austinrod...that's another nice one...and a real fast one at that and quite the provenance to boot...

 

Thanks Stogy

 

Decals are for freebies and gas money. No decals on my cars.

 

It depends on how much the manufacture will pay you to put the decal on

 

I’ll be keeping the 29 this version

 

Some Joe Law stuff.
Conversation with Joe:
Perhaps the most interesting part of the conversation came when I asked him how he kept the Roadster planted to the ground at 244 mph. The answer may be simpler than you think.
Joe said that he overcame wind resistance with horsepower. The roadster was producing over 1,000 horsepower. He kept it on the ground with weight. Joe told me that he added approximately 2,000 pounds, making the car weigh over 4,000 pounds when he set the record. He explained that while weight is your enemy for drag racing, it is your friend at Bonneville. Joe feels that the horsepower that will be required to achieve 200 mph safely depends on the drag coefficient of the car.

4:00 minutes in....

 

Wow thank you for sharing

 

This is how he hit the 244.2 record in the roadster

Perhaps the most interesting part of the conversation came when I asked him how he kept the Roadster planted to the ground at 244 mph. The answer may be simpler than you think.


Joe said that he overcame wind resistance with horsepower. The roadster was producing over 1,000 horsepower. He kept it on the ground with weight. Joe told me that he added approximately 2,000 pounds, making the car weigh over 4,000 pounds when he set the record. He explained that while weight is your enemy for drag racing, it is your friend at Bonneville. Joe feels that the horsepower that will be required to achieve 200 mph safely depends on the drag coefficient of the car.

 

Really like those "exhaust collectors/aero skirts"! Cool thinking
6sally6

 

So... did the exhaust "collectors" help?

 

I have no idea

 

Streamlined the title better

 

There might be 50’s history

 

Awesome hotrod congratulations

 

UPDATE: There might be mid fifties bonneville history!!!!
said American Hot Rod Foundation
I covered the years 1954-56 on Petersen
These are the contenders
355 at end for comparison

 

Didn’t expect too get this trophy
For the roadster

 

Eagle has landed