I am sad to report that this will be the last installment of The Scoop! From Bonneville Speed Week 2016 as I have to beat feat from Utah and head to Brainerd, Minnesota for the NHRA Lucas Oil Nationals. It has truly been a fantastic experience spending the week on the salt and I look forward to the long days and longer nights in 2017. Congratulations to all of the record setters in 2016. It is the accomplishment of a racing lifetime to etch your name into the vaunted record books of the SCTA. This crop of qualifiers will have the same chances that everyone else has had when rolling out of the impound lot after sunrise on Wednesday. We spoke to one crew chief yesterday morning and he described the feeling of the morning in impound as “exciting and terrifying”. This means a lot.

So here’s our last Scoop! of the week from the salt flats of Bonneville.

F/Gas Rear Modified Roadster – Driver: Cal Rothe – Record: OPEN

Speed:197.030

1926 Ford Model T roadster

Completely scratch built 180ci four cylinder engine

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H/Blown Fuel Modified Sports – Open Record – Driver: Mike Fitzmorris

Speed: 220.292

1969 Triumph GT

Suzuki 1,308cc four cylinder

 

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C/Blown Gas Modified Roadster – Driver: Steve Moody – Record: 254.574

Speed: 255.776

1927 Ford Roadster

363ci Chevrolet engine

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A/Blown Gas Rear Modified Roadster – Driver: Shug Hanchard – Record: 130.245

Speed: 137.274

1927 Ford T roadster

1974 vintage Chevy 454 big block

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E/Blown Modified Mini Pickup -Driver: Ken Caven – Record: OPEN

Speed: 159.011

Chevy S10

Engine specs unknown

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E/Gas Roadster – Driver: Ed Renck – Record: 231.234

Speed: 234.887

1929 Ford Roadster

358ci small block Chevy style engine

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AA/Blown Gas Streamliner – Driver: Robert Freyvogel – Record: 348.342

Speed: 363.115

Custom built body and chassis

Twin Turbocharged big block Chevrolet

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AA/Competiton Coupe – Driver: Richard Smith – Record: 246.301

Speed: 261.151

1965 Plymouth Barracuda

The engine is a twin turbocharged 528ci Chrysler hemi

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XF/Production Pickup truck – Driver: David Panka – Record: 109.331

Speed: 110.110

1953 Ford-100

283ci 1953 Ford Flathead

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F/Grand Touring – Driver: Robert Sirna – Record: 172.974

Speed: 189.714

Real 1955 Mercedes 300 SL (Gull wing)

1987 Mercedes inline 6

 

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B/Blown Modified Mini Pickup – Driver: Len Green – Record: OPEN

Speed: 189.394

1999 GMC Sonoma

Ford 302

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I/Blown Gas Lakester – Driver: John Gowetski – Record: 194.248

Speed: 201.759

Custom built lakester

61ci Suzuki four cylinder

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XXF/Blown Vintage Altered – Driver: Neil McAlister – Record: 166.726

Speed: 206.018

1932 Ford Coupe

1952 Ford 295ci V8

 

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I/Blown Gas Rear Comp Coupe – Driver: Rob Holden – Record: 146.595

Speed: 156.283

Geo Metro

988ci Suzuki four cylinder

 

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XF/Blown Gas Rear Modified Roadster – Driver: Ron SanGiovanni Jr. – Record: 139.239

Speed: 185.916

1927 Ford Roadster

1950 Vintage Ford Flathead (supercharged)

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XXF/Vintage Fuel Competition Coupe – Driver: Billy Lattin – Record: 167.993

Speed: 176.898

1953 Austin Coupe

295ci Ford flathead V8

No photo available

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G/Gas Coupe – Driver: Jack Iliff – Record: 238.340

Speed: 170.118

1990 Nissan 240SX

122ci four cylinder Infiniti/Pontiac

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G/Fuel Altered – Driver: Reg Cook  Record: 185.303

Speed: 186.560

1990 Nissan

1990 Nissan vintage 122ci four cylinder

 

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I/Blown Fuel Altered – Driver: Nelson Hartley – Record: 140.058

Speed:153.710

1964 BMC Mini

59.3ci BMC 4 cylinder engine

 

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V4F/Blown Modified Roadster – Driver: Erik Hansson –  Record: 121.456

Speed: 140

1929 Ford Roadster

ProCharged Ford Model A four cylinder with DOHC cylinder head

 

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B/Blown Modified Pickup – Driver: Jimmy Barton – Record: 219.59

Speed: 238mph

2005 Dodge Ram SRT 10

385ci Dodge R5P7 NASCAR engine