Bonneville Salt Flats Perfect Pusher: As part of the crew at MyRideisMe.com leaves for the Salt today and I leave tomorrow, we can almost taste it, the Salt that is. Here's a quick picture of one of the many push vehicles you'll see at Bonneville. But, granted, this is not your typical pusher. Most of the time you'll see trucks and big sedans giving their racecars a push start. This blown Caddy Coupe takes the Push Vehicle to a whole new level and is definitely showing off, and everyone loved it! This hot rod gets its pushing duties done in style. 1 more day and a wake up until we get out on the white stuff. Can't wait. Did I say I was...
Internet “Barn Find” #6: British Steam Car Challenge
posted by Hechtspeed
Speedweek begins this week (7 days and counting). For this Internet Barn Find, we go across the pond to scope out a Steam Powered Streamliner. Check out British Steam Car Challenge website. Take a few minutes and read up on this beauty of a racecar. The record for a steam powered land vehicle stands at 127.659 MPH according to this site. The crazy part is this record was set in 1906. It's about time this record gets beaten, don't you think? Another tid bit of information from the steam car's website is the unofficial (not recognized by FIA) steam powered record is 145.607 MPH set in 1985, and that is the record the British Team is shooting for. Check out this youtube video linked from their site too. Sounds crazy!!! [youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bkpdSeb2ya4&feature=player_embedded[/youtube]...
17 Days, 8 hours, 31 minutes, 2 seconds ’til SPEEDWEEK
posted by Hechtspeed
...that's right, 17 Days until Speedweek 2009 at the Bonneville International Speedway , "Worlds Fastest Speedway" in western Utah! MyRideisMe.com will be at the salt in force. This will be my third salt'venture. I'll be accompanied by the MyRideisMe crew, pikesan, GreaseGirl and Swanee. We've already got some stories lined up and plan to grab more. What would you like to see from the salt? Drop a comment below and let us know and we'll hunt it down! ...
Volk Bros’ 1929 Salt Flats Record Roadster
posted by Hechtspeed
"I wanted out of that run so bad I unhooked the harness and was driving about 125 mph sitting on top of the roll cage, steering with my feet." If you found this story at MyRideisMe.com, you already know that Bonneville International Speedway and Salt Flats Land Speed Racing have quite a history. That history is filled with amazing pioneers in hot rodding, racing, and humans just plain going fast! The previous story from the Salt Flat Racing category: Salt Flats Car Show, the Bonneville Salt Flats are seriously the mecca for hot rodders and custom car nuts. This 1929 roadster typifies; race car and family history of Salt Flat and Land Speed Racing you're sure to find with every trip to the Salt. The owner Larry Volk, together with his family of Land Speed Racers have their own Salt Flats racing history. The Volk Family was kind enough to loan me their racing scrapbook full of newspaper clippings and photos so I could scan a few to share that rich history here at MyRideisMe.com. The recent pics you see were snapped this last Saturday at a church parking...