The Scoop! Here Are All Of The Cars (and Trucks) Making Record Run Attempts On Tuesday Morning


The Scoop! Here Are All Of The Cars (and Trucks) Making Record Run Attempts On Tuesday Morning

The winds kicked up on the Bonneville Salt Flats yesterday afternoon causing SCTA officials to cut the Monday portion of Speed Week off earlier than planned. Runs were halted around 5pm and the racing day was called off at six after the winds had not allowed a vehicle down the salt in an hour or more. While the afternoon ended early, it did not hamper the efforts of racers who had run hard enough to qualify for records during the earlier part of the day. We have nearly two dozen cars and trucks for you below. As we have been doing we’re going to give you all the information that we know about them. It’ll be record run time soon enough!

Oh, and just to make you jealous, Chad and I will be getting blasted with nitromethane vapor on the salt long before sunrise on Wednesday. This is a tough job but someone has got to do it!

XF/Blown Fuel Rear engine Modified Roadster -Driver: Jim Lindsay – Record: 158.151

Speed: 167.166

1923 Ford T Roadster

286ci Ford Flathead

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I/Blown Modified Mini Pickup Truck – Driver: BJ Burkdoll – Record: 132.830

Speed: 150.467

1994 Chevy S10 truck

60ci Suzuki four cylinder

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

Speed: 133.404

1927 Ford T roadster

1974 vintage Chevy 454 big block

roadster

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F/Classic Fuel Altered – Driver: Robert Cohn – Record: 164.225

Speed: 176.211

1979 Chevy Monza

SB 2.2 Chevrolet engine

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XO/B Street Roadster – Driver: Randall Foehnr – Record: 158.915

Speed: 161.041

1932 Ford Roadster

320ci Buick straight eight

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F/Blown Gas Modified Roadster – Driver: Richard D. McInroy – Record: 222.678

Speed: 227.427

1927 Ford Roadster

183ci Ford Esslingen four cylinder

No photo available

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F/Blown Gas Rear Modified Roadster – Driver: Don Wilson – Record: OPEN

Speed: 144.97

1932 Bantam

3.0L six cylinder

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G/Blown Fuel Rear Modified Roadster – Driver: Mike Borders – Record: Open

Speed: 179.784

1927 Ford roadster

1538cc Suzuki engine

No photo available

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V4F/Blown Gas Lakester  – Driver: Greg Martinez — Record: 157.098

Speed: 163.336

Custom built chassis and body – lakester

1932 Ford four cylinder at 192ci

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V4F/Blown Vintage Fuel Altered – Driver: Craig Arden – Record: OPEN

Speed: 117.268

1929 Ford Model A

200ci 1929 Ford Model A four banger

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XF/Fuel Competition Coupe – Driver: GC Driedger – Record: 161.669

Speed: 162.613

1953 Studebaker

298ci Ford flathead V8

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XF/Production Pickup truck – Driver: Richard Rowles – Record: 109.331

Speed: 109.649

1953 Ford-100

283ci 1953 Ford Flathead

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

Speed:171.289

1926 Ford Model T roadster

Completely scratch built 180ci four cylinder engine

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C/Blown Fuel Roadster – Driver: Dave Davidson – Record: 282.269

Speed: 282.717

1934 Ford Roadster

358ci Brad Anderson Hemi – supercharged on nitromethane

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V4/Vintage Gas Coupe – Driver: unavailable – Record: 115.381

Speed: 121.496

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No photo available

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XXO/Vintage Fuel Competition Coupe – Driver: Unavailable Record: 157.496

Speed: 160.476

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G/Fuel Competiton Coupe – Driver: Reg Cook  Record: 186.555

Speed: 188.594

1990 Nissan

1990 Nissan vintage 122ci four cylinder

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G/Classic Fuel Altered – Driver: Mark Ortiz – Record: OPEN

Speed: 106.420

1968 VW Karman Ghia

1807cc VW engine

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

Speed:157.058

1964 BMC Mini

59.3ci BMC 4 cylinder engine

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G/Gas Coupe – Driver: Jack Iliff – Record: 169.741

Speed: 170.118

1990 Nissan 240SX

122ci four cylinder Infiniti/Pontiac

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D/Diesel Streamliner – Driver: Davidson Adler – Record: 201.463

Speed: 208.267

Custom built chassis and body

5.0L VW/Audi Diesel 10 cylinder

 

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XXF/Blown Modified Pickup – Driver: Jerry Wortman – Record: Open

Speed: 129.848

1949 Ford F-3

280ci Ford Ardun headed V8

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G/Classic Blown Fuel Altered – Driver: Dan Haugh – Record: OPEN

Speed: 139.620

1981 Saab 900

2-liter turbocharged Saab four cylinder

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