As the old joke goes, auto racing was born when the second car ever built lined up against the first. By the same logic, the first land speed record was set even earlier. You can be sure that the very first automobile that rolled under its own power was given the spurs once it proved there was an even marginal …
Damn. This was intensely interesting.
Very cool artical on this guy and his car. Now this is a really intrexting sport. Anyone can drag race. Takes brains to go land racing.
Scott is an awesome writer.
Great article and well written. I have followed Bonneville since the days of the Arfons/Breedlove battles and actually met Art Arfons and his mechanic Ed Snyder at a car show in Seattle when I was a teenager. Keep up the nice work!
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