Good Morning from Speed Week 2010
August 14, 2010 by GreaseGirl
Bonneville Salt Flats at the First Day of Speed Week 2010
This morning begins the first racing day during Speed Week, and I was up with the sun to see what I could find! What goes on just before hundreds of racers attempt to set a new land speed record?
This record-holding 1949 Studebaker pickup is just waiting to make its first run.
Of course, I couldn’t resist a good photo-op for my 1955 Studebaker’s first voyage onto the salt!
The Volk’s were doing some last minute adjustment to their roadster.
And a few others were already lined up and ready to race!
At the Racer’s Meeting all the driver’s and crews received instruction as heads of SCTA and BNI welcomed us.
What will the day hold? How many records will be broken? Keep checking back at MyRideisMe.com for more updates! To hold ya over until then, read over all our Bonneville Salt Flat stories here!
Happy Trails,
GreaseGirl
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This beautiful event reminds me of “The World’s Fastest Indian” movie. Does his record still stand? Another place I’d like to visit before I die.
Hope your Sunday was fun out there and that you got some more great pictures. your Studie looks good in that shot, but I think the p/u has a little more power. Have a safe drive back, your neighbor at the bend, Jerod
Hi Grease Girl……and a fine ride your ’55 Stude!
#898 ’49 Studebaker Truck went fast! The Kansas truck set new WR @ 219.330
Norris Andersen in the 200mph club and has his RED hat after breaking his 8-15-10 WR of 208.902……….guess he is learning how to drive the old farm truck….:)
Safe Trucks travel Fast
Pit Crew
You go “Grease Girl”………..did you like your taste of SALT?……:)
#898 KANSAS ’49 Stude farm truck
622 cu in Dart Block Big Chief heads 2X4 1250 cfm carbs
1270 HP 1,000 lb TQ…….. all built in Kansas.
4 passes…..2 World Records..
Norris Andersen came home with a RED 200 mph Club hat and a new World Record for AA/MP of 219.331
“Broom Crew”
“This beautiful event reminds me of “The World’s Fastest Indian” movie. Does his record still stand?”
James,
From what I can tell, the record doesn’t stand any longer at Bonneville. I’m not sure about it still being the fastest run recorded on an Indian though. Burt Munro, who “The Worlds Fastest Indian” was about, set his fastest record on it with a 950CC engine at 183.586 in 1967. That year Burt also reached his fastest speed, which was 205.67…but it wasn’t officially recorded due to a crash.
As I looked through the Bonneville records, as documented by SCTA, there’s not many that still stand from before the 90s, 80s, or 70s for bikes.The oldest record I could find in the bikes was from 1956 by Wilhelm Herz. He actually still holds two records: 189.500 on a 350CC, Class S-BF and 211.400 on a 500cc, Class S-BF!
-GreaseGirl
Thanks for the update GreaseGirl on the bike, can’t wait to see how fast your Stude runs. Just before Studebaker folded in the 70′s,I heard that they used Ford standard transmissions and possibly Ford engines, in Canada, anyways. I sometimes get mixed up with Studebaker and Nash Rambler designs as they both were quite Art Neuvo(sic) and stood out. Almost an ugly/beautiful cross mixture. I wish I owned a car like yours, but it would be running a tweaked out 312″ T-Bird motor. I’m kinda sick like that! I love boat-anchour engines. Where did the original 289 Stude motor go? And don’t tell me it’s at bottom of a lake holding onto a chain, holding onto the back a 40′ yacht! LOL
Luv ya lots, Jameswaterwolf
…the Studebaker story is coming soon!