{"id":22311,"date":"2013-08-09T07:30:14","date_gmt":"2013-08-09T14:30:14","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/bangshift.com\/?p=22311"},"modified":"2013-08-09T18:55:19","modified_gmt":"2013-08-10T01:55:19","slug":"car-feature-lee-sicilios-1969-dodge-daytona-283-mph-bonneville-racer-can-he-run-300-in-a-muscle-car-we-think-so","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/bangshift.com\/general-news\/car-features\/mopar-car-features\/car-feature-lee-sicilios-1969-dodge-daytona-283-mph-bonneville-racer-can-he-run-300-in-a-muscle-car-we-think-so\/","title":{"rendered":"Car Feature: Lee Sicilio’s 283 MPH 1969 Dodge. Can He Run 300 In 2013? We Think So!"},"content":{"rendered":"

(Editor’s note: We ran this feature after Speed Week last year. Since the car will be back and the boys have an excellent shot at making a 300mph pull down the salt, we wanted to re-familiarize you with Lee Sicilio’s amazing 1969 Charger Daytona. Take a couple minutes to read the story, even if you have before and check out the photos. Pushing a stock bodied car to 300mph is pretty insane and you’ll feel that too when you see the effort that Lee and boys have put in on this deal. They went 273 on their first time to the salt in the car last year….this year we think that they have the suds for 300. Stay tuned….we’ll keep you posted!)<\/em><\/p>\n

Lee Sicilio<\/strong> is a Texan with a penchant for Salt. His friends will tell you that nobody uses it on the rim of a Bloody Mary better, but they’ll also tell you that his drink making skills pale in comparison to his love of the salt at Bonneville. With numerous records behind the wheel of his 1969 Dodge Daytona “Wing Car”, it was no surprise that three years ago he and a very skilled group of guys decided they wanted more. As in 300 mph. And despite hearing from multiple people, including Hot Rod Editor-In-Chief David Freiburger, that another 1969 Dodge Daytona was the wrong car to go 300 plus mph in, Lee just couldn’t help himself. The resulting 300 mph effort is arguably one of the cleanest door cars to ever grace the salt, and when you consider that\u00a0Macdonald & Pitts and Lindsleys & Leggitt in their swoopy 4th Gen Firebirds are racing in that same category, that is saying something. Sure the 4th Gen GM Firebirds and Trans Ams are aerodynamically a better start, but for a guy like Lee easy isn’t always good. For that reason alone, Lee and his Dodge are seriously BangShift approved. We won’t argue with using a muscle car, and an iconic one at that, for speeds that most will never imagine attaining. We probably should, but we won’t. Especially when you consider that with only 5 runs on the car they set a record at this year’s Bonneville Speed Week in the A\/BGALT class at 273.514 mph.<\/p>\n

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