CLICK IMAGE TO ENLARGEBased on a production Dragmaster chassis with an aluminum body covering everything but the front wheels and cockpit, the Assault car was designed to challenge National and International speed records in the standing-start mile and kilometer distances. The engine was a destroked ’57 Pontiac designed to fit in International Class C 93000-5000 cc-183-305 cu in). On July 9, 1961 at March AFB near Riverside, this car broke both the National and International records in both distances. Understand that the record is an average speed for the entire distance and Mickey cleared the mile marker at over 250 mph.
