1949 Studebaker Farm Truck-Speed Seeking Studebakers #2
August 31, 2010 by GreaseGirl
Bonneville Salt Flat Racing Vintage Studebakers
#898 obviously isn’t a coupe, but it’s still Speedy. And most importantly, it’s a Studebaker! This 1949 Studebaker farm truck out of Kansas took the second of the two records for this years Speed Week.
And break a record did it ever! With Chevy power under the hood in it’s AA/MP class, the old record was blown away by nearly 18 miles per hour! Norris Anderson definitely knows how to build one, as he powered this truck down the line at 219.331mph!
And you know what that means, its a record-breaking run over 200mph… so Norris Anderson gets his well-deserved Bonneville 200mph Club admission. He’ll be a happy man wearing that red hat. In fact… he was already wearing it, even as he did broom duty around the pits!
It looks like Norris Anderson and his Broom Crew have a lot of fun out on the salt! It was in 2004 that Norris first found the old farm truck and began building it into a salt flats racer in 2004. Their motto? “Safe Trucks Travel Fast.”
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Love that truck!
The truck of my dreams. Too bad I can’t get one up the mountain!
I am a personal friend of Norris (Andy) Anderson from our mutual USAF experience when we kept SR-71s flying (1966 to 1970). Norris bought a `68 Camero Z-28 brand new back then (while we were in the Air Force in California) and over the years has used it to break the NHRA F Stock record. Norris was a fantastic driver and a great friend. Its good to see he can still “bring it”. I am sorry to report that he lost his best “crew member” recently, his wonderful wife Lois, who I had the great pleasure of knowing too.
Hi Al, thanks for the insight. I heard Andy talking about his late wife on the salt. She was there with him because I’m pretty sure he tore-up another record. Take care…