Bonneville racers and teams for automotive classes

"Automotive" or even "cars" doesn't exactly seem the correct term to be used when describing the racing vehicles that set, and break, the land speed records at the Bonneville Salt Flats. Racing machines more accurately describes the meticulously engineered vehicles that show up year after year for the World of Speed at the Salt Flats. From those making their first attempt at a personal land speed record by joining the 130 MPH Club or the race seasoned teams that have run the Salt year after year.

There after been, and still are, many racers on the Salt that have made the track the success that it is it is in the motorsports industry. We've collected a few of these racing teams on this page to show the variety of teams involved in the land speed racing sport. Those automotive racing that are listed here and on other pages of this web site are but a few of those who have added their touch to the Bonneville Salt Flats. While this may seem like a long list it is by no means all inclusive of the automotive racing teams who race regularly at the Salt Flats

Art Arfons' Cyclops Streamliner - In 1962 Art Arfons built this jet powered car in an attempt to break the world land speed record. Although he didn't break the record in this particular car, he did set the record for open wheel/open cockpit cars at 342.88 MPH. That record is still in the books today. Art Arfons was once described as the "junk yard genius of the jet set". His cars were often crude, but they were extremely fast and were built for a fraction of the cost of his better financed rivals. His talent was in crafting scrap parts into race cars. The powerplant for this car is an U.S. Government scrap F104 J79 Starfighter jet engine that produced 17,500 HP. [Art Arfons' Cyclops Streamliner]

Bean Bandits Racing Team Streamliner - Drag racing constantly glides between science and magic and never more so than during its beginning when young geniuses tested their knowledge of physics against their boundless desire for more performance. At a time when anything could happen, Joaquin Arnett fashioned unimagined speed out of a smattering of junk pieces showered with innovation. What he got for his trouble were equal doses of winning accolades and heartbreak.

Sure, Joaquin Arnett and his Bean Bandits have been around since the first drag strip. If people can recite the names of the first crazies to trek to Muroc and run their Model A's across the barren expanse of the dry lake bed, surely there exist complete dates and speeds acknowledging the accomplishments of a free thinking group of racers from the '50s. But, retracing the achievements of this 76-year-old man's extensive history is like a sightless cartographer building a relief map. The path is carved in half remembered stories built on emotion, traced by stacks of curling photographs with forgotten names, littered with inaccurate newspaper articles and flagged by metal dash plate markers. [Bean Bandits Racing Team Streamliner]

Malcolm Campbell - The 'Speed Kings' as they were to be known, were a father and son pushing the boundaries of speed on water and land. Between them they achieved no less than 21 official world speed records, 11 on water and 10 on land. Donald had to work hard for his records, for unlike his father who was well off and spent virtually none of his own money on attempts, Donald had to use his own money, mortgage his home and battle on at times, with limited support. Donald's record breaking was in a time when some people thought it was no longer a matter of national pride. [Malcolm Campbell]

Jack Chisenhall and the "Cool 200" '53 Studebaker - If a picture is worth a thousand words then this video of Cool 200 is worth volume. Select your Internet connection speed below and watch the Vintage Air Team at work. [Cool 200]

Cool 200 Movie

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The Danny Boy Streamliner - 340 miles per hour out of a 371 cubic inch engine! [Danny Boy Streamliner]

Dempsey's World Record Associates' White Lightning Electric Streamliner — "White Lightning II" is powered by two electric motors with controllers and a complex 420 volt battery pack. The two alternating current electric motors are controlled through sophisticated power electronics units, all of which fit neatly into a space that would typically be occupied by a V-8 engine and it's fuel system. The two 150-kilowatt rated motors provide roughly the equivalent of 400 horsepower. [White Lightning Electric Streamliner]

The Dreamliner III Streamliner - The Dreamliner III was designed and built in 234 days by two enthusiasts who knows how to read a rulebook. It is a car built with one purpose only - to set speed records. Especially to do so over the flying kilometer and mile using small engines. On these pages you will find information on the car itself as well as the people and the thoughts behind it. [Dreamliner III Streamliner]

Black Radon Engineering Blown Fuel Altered '68 Firebird — UPDATE !!! BLACK RADON HAMMERS OUT A 259.038 MPH PASS !!Aug 16- 2000 After putting down a respectable 209mph pass- owner/driver Darrell Ferguson said "I'm gonna throw MORE pulley at this thing and put some fuel in it.... I wanna put down a number". [WEAPON 939 GOES 259.038 MPH]

Steve Fossett's ex-Breedlove Streamliner —Steve Fossett: "The Land Speed record is as old as the automobile itself. Why do I want to break it? Think of the great names of the past - Campbell, Breedlove, Arfons, Noble... Think of magic milestones like 300 mph, 400 mph, 500 mph, 600 mph and the first supersonic record set 9 years ago. Every car crazy kid - and adult - knows this history. " [Steve Fossett]

The Hoffman / Markley Streamliner - 380 plus miles per hour out of an engine under 5 liters in size. [Hoffman Markley Streamliner]

The JCB Dieselmax Streamliner - JCB DIESELMAX will occupy a unique place in record breaking history as the first car designed entirely by computer. Besides advanced aerodynamics that break fresh ground the car is innovative in other areas. [JCB DieselMax] You can click here for a video of the car running on the Bonneville Slat Flats > Video

The image of the JCB DieselMax Streamliner and the video are copyrighted by JCB DieselMax

 

 

The Hot Rod Lincoln - "The Hot Rod Lincoln" is a 1996 Lincoln Mark VIII that has been specially prepared to run at high speeds on El Mirage Dry Lake and the Bonneville Salt Flats. [Hot Rod Lincoln]

Kugel Komponents — DETROIT (August 31, 1999) — At this year’s Bonneville Nationals Land Speed Trials on the fabled salt flats race course in western Utah, the Kugel & LeFevers Pontiac Firebird entry driven by Joe Kugel became the first stock-bodied passenger vehicle to exceed the 300 mph land-speed barrier. [Kugel Komponents]

Ron Main's Flatfire Flathead-powered Streamliner — "The death of the Ford flathead V-8 has been greatly exaggerated." The Vortech Millennium Ford Flathead V-8 Engine, Ron Main Owner/Driver, engine block: Ford 1946 59a V-8 bore: 3.307 stroke 4.375, cubic inches: 301 horsepower: 653. The first flathead engine to break the 300 miles per hour barrier. [Flatfire Flathead-powered Streamliner]

 

Mallo Racing's 1928 Ford Roadster - The car is currently apart and being readied for the 2007 season at Speed Week on the Bonneville Salt Flats. Check their website for more information and pictures. [Mallo Racing's 1928 Ford Roadster]

Rosco McGlashan and the Aussie Invader III Streamliner - Aussie Invader World Land Speed Challenge team headed by the 'Fastest Aussie on Earth', Rosco McGlashan OAM, are building their new Land Speed Record vehicle featuring 300,000 horses of LOX / JP5 rocket power. The unique design by project engineers and designers John 'Ackers' Akroyd and Dr. Ian Sutherland shows that Aussie Invader 5R (R for rocket) will be much larger than the jet powered Aussie Invader 2 and 3 Land Speed Record vehicles. [Aussie Invader III Streamliner]

The Nish Motorsports Streamliner — Using small block Chevy engine to go 345 mph, check out their YouTube.com video:

[Nish Motorsports Streamliner]

The North American Eagle Streamliner - Challengers to the world land speed record in the Unlimited class; currently @ 763 MPH (341.09 m/s), or Mach 1.02! Their goal - 800 MPH (357.63 m/s) - or Mach 1.05! [North American Eagle Streamliner]

The North of 49 Bonneville Racing Team Street Roadster - An opportunity to introduce you to the people behind the North of 49 Club. Yes, we're a club now, we used to be a bunch of guys with a car, but determined that that situation just made us a club. [North of 49 Bonneville Racing Team Street Roadster]

Waldo Stakes and the Sonic Wind Rocket Sled - A Mach 3 Rocket Powered Vehicle! A rocket powered vehicle designed and constructed to exceed the speed of sound. Its initial goal is to set a new Land Speed Record. Powered by the engine from an Atlas booster. [Sonic Wind Rocket Sled]

John Streeter's S&H Landspeed Racing Gas Streamliner - [Salt Fever]

Al Teague — 432 mph Blown Fuel Streamliner - World's fastest single-engine, piston powered vehicle. [Spirit of 76]

Don Vesco and the Team Vesco Racing Turbinator Streamliner — 458 mph with a turbine.

Rick Yacoucci and Jack Costella's Nebulous Theorem II Streamliner - The world's fastest 4-cylinder streamliner. [Nebulous Theorem II Streamliner]

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