{"id":23986,"date":"2013-06-10T22:39:18","date_gmt":"2013-06-11T05:39:18","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.myrideisme.com\/Blog\/?p=23986"},"modified":"2013-06-10T22:39:18","modified_gmt":"2013-06-11T05:39:18","slug":"el-mirage-200-mph-club-for-the-nice-guys","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.myrideisme.com\/Blog\/el-mirage-200-mph-club-for-the-nice-guys\/","title":{"rendered":"El Mirage 200 mph Club for the Nice Guys"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"mr_social_sharing_wrapper\">\n\t\t\t\t<!-- Social Sharing Toolkit v2.2 --><span class=\"mr_social_sharing\"><a href=\"http:\/\/pinterest.com\/pin\/create\/button\/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.myrideisme.com%2FBlog%2Fel-mirage-200-mph-club-for-the-nice-guys%2F&amp;media=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.myrideisme.com%2FBlog%2Fwp-content%2Fuploads%2F2013%2F06%2FAt-Bonneville-Salt-Flats.jpg&amp;description=El+Mirage+200+mph+Club+for+the+Nice+Guys\" class=\"pin-it-button\" count-layout=\"none\" rel=\"lightbox[23986]\"><img border=\"0\" src=\"\/\/assets.pinterest.com\/images\/PinExt.png\" title=\"Pin It\" \/><\/a><\/span><span class=\"mr_social_sharing\"><fb:share-button type=\"button_count\" href=\"https:\/\/www.myrideisme.com\/Blog\/el-mirage-200-mph-club-for-the-nice-guys\/\"><\/fb:share-button><\/span><span class=\"mr_social_sharing\"><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/share\" class=\"twitter-share-button\" data-count=\"horizontal\" data-url=\"https:\/\/www.myrideisme.com\/Blog\/el-mirage-200-mph-club-for-the-nice-guys\/\" data-via=\"myrideisme\" data-text=\"El Mirage 200 mph Club for the Nice Guys\"><\/a><\/span><span class=\"mr_social_sharing\"><div class=\"g-plusone\" data-size=\"medium\" data-annotation=\"none\" data-href=\"https:\/\/www.myrideisme.com\/Blog\/el-mirage-200-mph-club-for-the-nice-guys\/\"><\/div><\/span><span class=\"mr_social_sharing\"><a class=\"mr_social_share_email\" href=\"mailto:?subject=El Mirage 200 mph Club for the Nice Guys&amp;body=https:\/\/www.myrideisme.com\/Blog\/el-mirage-200-mph-club-for-the-nice-guys\/\" target=\"_blank\"><img src=\"https:\/\/www.myrideisme.com\/Blog\/wp-content\/plugins\/social-sharing-toolkit\/images\/icons_small\/email.png\" class=\"nopin\" alt=\"Email\" title=\"Email\"\/><span class=\"mr_small_icon\">Email<\/span><\/a><\/a><\/span><span class=\"mr_social_sharing\"><a rel=\"nofollow\" class=\"linksalpha_button linksalpha_link\" href=\"\/\/www.linksalpha.com\/social\/mobile\" data-url=\"https:\/\/www.myrideisme.com\/Blog\/el-mirage-200-mph-club-for-the-nice-guys\/\" data-text=\"El Mirage 200 mph Club for the Nice Guys\" data-desc=\"My First Land Speed Racing Friends Get Their Record If you've never heard about the kindness of folks involved in land speed racing, at Bonneville Salt Flats or at El Mirage, let me reiterate. You're bound to meet some of the greatest people on the planet. I met \"Bonnieville Bob\" and his son Rocky\" data-image=\"http:\/\/www.myrideisme.com\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/06\/At-Bonneville-Salt-Flats.jpg\" data-button=\"\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<img src=\"\/\/www.linksalpha.com\/images\/social_share_button.png\" alt=\"Share\" class=\"linksalpha_image\" \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/a><script type=\"text\/javascript\" src=\"\/\/www.linksalpha.com\/scripts\/loader_iconbox.js?v=2.4\"><\/script><\/span><\/div><h2>My First Land Speed Racing Friends Get Their Record<\/h2>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-23988\" style=\"border: 2px solid black; margin: 4px;\" title=\"Rocky prepping Bob for a run at Bonneville\" src=\"http:\/\/www.myrideisme.com\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/06\/At-Bonneville-Salt-Flats.jpg\" alt=\"land speed racing, bonneville salt flats\" width=\"575\" height=\"383\" border=\"2\" hspace=\"4\" vspace=\"4\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.myrideisme.com\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/06\/At-Bonneville-Salt-Flats.jpg 575w, https:\/\/www.myrideisme.com\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/06\/At-Bonneville-Salt-Flats-150x99.jpg 150w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 575px) 100vw, 575px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>If you&#8217;ve never heard about the kindness of folks involved in land speed racing, at Bonneville Salt Flats or at El Mirage, let me reiterate. You&#8217;re bound to meet some of the greatest people on the planet. I met &#8220;Bonnieville Bob&#8221; and his son Rocky on my <a title=\"Bonneville Bound \u2013 My Traveling Buddy\u2019s go 250mph!\" href=\"http:\/\/www.myrideisme.com\/Blog\/bonneville-bound-my-traveling-buddys-go-250mph\/\">first trip to Bonneville in 2009<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Bob&#8217;s been racing long enough to, literally, know everyone out on the salt. Like you&#8217;d expect, Bob and Rocky introduced me to everyone and now, years later, I owe most of my friendships on the salt to these guys.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Well, after years of trying, Bob and Rocky have their 200 mph hats from El Mirage with sites locked on Bonneville in August for Speed Week.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Rocky text me the good news and sent these pictures:<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_23989\" style=\"width: 585px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-23989\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\" wp-image-23989\" style=\"margin: 4px; border: 2px solid black;\" title=\"Bonnieville Bob receiving his 200 mph hat from El Mirage\" src=\"http:\/\/www.myrideisme.com\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/06\/El-mirage-200-mph-hat-Bob.jpg\" alt=\"land speed racing, el mirage\" width=\"575\" height=\"431\" border=\"2\" hspace=\"4\" vspace=\"4\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.myrideisme.com\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/06\/El-mirage-200-mph-hat-Bob.jpg 575w, https:\/\/www.myrideisme.com\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/06\/El-mirage-200-mph-hat-Bob-150x112.jpg 150w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 575px) 100vw, 575px\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-23989\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">&quot;Bonnieville Bob&quot; and Jon Meyer. Jon&#39;s part of the El Mirage 200mph club<\/p><\/div>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_23990\" style=\"width: 585px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-23990\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-full wp-image-23990\" style=\"border: 2px solid black; margin: 4px;\" title=\"El-mirage-200-mph-hat-rocky\" src=\"http:\/\/www.myrideisme.com\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/06\/El-mirage-200-mph-hat-rocky.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"575\" height=\"431\" border=\"2\" hspace=\"4\" vspace=\"4\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.myrideisme.com\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/06\/El-mirage-200-mph-hat-rocky.jpg 575w, https:\/\/www.myrideisme.com\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/06\/El-mirage-200-mph-hat-rocky-150x112.jpg 150w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 575px) 100vw, 575px\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-23990\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Rocky and Dan Warner. Dan&#39;s congratulating us and giving us our hats.<\/p><\/div>\n<p>Then, in Rocky&#8217;s words&#8230;.<\/p>\n<p>We got there on Friday and went through tech without any problems. Saturday morning, my dad made a run and the car ran 220.576 mph! He didn&#8217;t even know he ran that fast since he couldn&#8217;t see the gauges and drove by the seat of his pants. I ran Sunday after we pulled our duty and I ran a 219.843 ph, then I made a second pass and ran a 222.167. The car ran really well and has a lot more in it , the 222.167 mph is a soft record.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Here&#8217;s a summary of their records:<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><img class=\"alignnone  wp-image-23991\" style=\"margin: 4px; border: 2px solid black;\" title=\"El Mirage new 200 mph club member list\" src=\"http:\/\/www.myrideisme.com\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/06\/Screen-shot-2013-05-29-at-6.17.30-PM.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"575\" border=\"2\" hspace=\"4\" vspace=\"4\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.myrideisme.com\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/06\/Screen-shot-2013-05-29-at-6.17.30-PM.png 778w, https:\/\/www.myrideisme.com\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/06\/Screen-shot-2013-05-29-at-6.17.30-PM-150x46.png 150w, https:\/\/www.myrideisme.com\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/06\/Screen-shot-2013-05-29-at-6.17.30-PM-575x179.png 575w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 778px) 100vw, 778px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Can&#8217;t wait to see what they can do in Bonneville! Congratulations guys!!<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>If you&#8217;re looking for more great Bonneville Race Cars, check out these stories: <a title=\"Bonneville Baddest Race cars\" href=\"http:\/\/www.myrideisme.com\/Blog\/tag\/baddest-race-cars\/\" target=\"_blank\">see Bonneville Baddest Race Cars<\/a><\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"mr_social_sharing_wrapper\">\n\t\t\t\t<!-- Social Sharing Toolkit v2.2 --><span class=\"mr_social_sharing\"><a href=\"http:\/\/pinterest.com\/pin\/create\/button\/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.myrideisme.com%2FBlog%2Fel-mirage-200-mph-club-for-the-nice-guys%2F&amp;media=&amp;description=El+Mirage+200+mph+Club+for+the+Nice+Guys\" class=\"pin-it-button\" count-layout=\"none\"><img border=\"0\" src=\"\/\/assets.pinterest.com\/images\/PinExt.png\" title=\"Pin It\" \/><\/a><\/span><span class=\"mr_social_sharing\"><fb:share-button type=\"button_count\" href=\"https:\/\/www.myrideisme.com\/Blog\/el-mirage-200-mph-club-for-the-nice-guys\/\"><\/fb:share-button><\/span><span class=\"mr_social_sharing\"><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/share\" class=\"twitter-share-button\" data-count=\"horizontal\" data-url=\"https:\/\/www.myrideisme.com\/Blog\/el-mirage-200-mph-club-for-the-nice-guys\/\" data-via=\"myrideisme\" data-text=\"El Mirage 200 mph Club for the Nice Guys\"><\/a><\/span><span class=\"mr_social_sharing\"><div class=\"g-plusone\" data-size=\"medium\" data-annotation=\"none\" data-href=\"https:\/\/www.myrideisme.com\/Blog\/el-mirage-200-mph-club-for-the-nice-guys\/\"><\/div><\/span><span class=\"mr_social_sharing\"><a class=\"mr_social_share_email\" href=\"mailto:?subject=El Mirage 200 mph Club for the Nice Guys&amp;body=https:\/\/www.myrideisme.com\/Blog\/el-mirage-200-mph-club-for-the-nice-guys\/\" target=\"_blank\"><img src=\"https:\/\/www.myrideisme.com\/Blog\/wp-content\/plugins\/social-sharing-toolkit\/images\/icons_small\/email.png\" class=\"nopin\" alt=\"Email\" title=\"Email\"\/><span class=\"mr_small_icon\">Email<\/span><\/a><\/a><\/span><span class=\"mr_social_sharing\"><a rel=\"nofollow\" class=\"linksalpha_button linksalpha_link\" href=\"\/\/www.linksalpha.com\/social\/mobile\" data-url=\"https:\/\/www.myrideisme.com\/Blog\/el-mirage-200-mph-club-for-the-nice-guys\/\" data-text=\"El Mirage 200 mph Club for the Nice Guys\" data-desc=\"My First Land Speed Racing Friends Get Their Record If you've never heard about the kindness of folks involved in land speed racing, at Bonneville Salt Flats or at El Mirage, let me reiterate. 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