SOCIETY OF LAND SPEED RACING HISTORIANS
NEWSLETTER 75 - September 4, 2008
Editor: Richard Parks [email protected]
President's Corner: By Jim Miller (1-818-846-5139)

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President's Corner: By Jim Miller (1-818-846-5139)
Serious Land speed racers have had their fix for another year after spending a glorious week at Bonneville. There were cars and bikes everywhere aand tons of records set. If you check out the S.C.T.A. website you'll find all the details on speeds etc. When you work at an event like this you actually don't get to see much racing, but you get to look at all the cars in inspection and impound. This year inspection was held on Sunday. Imagine trying to inspect 368 cars in one day, not counting 162 bikes. It becomes almost impossible, fortunately they were spread over a couple of days, but it's still a lot of work. Monday was the first full day of racing and at the end of the day there were about 35 cars in impound. That's the easy day. On Tuesday we have to get up early to open the gate for record runs at 6 AM. We boot them out of impound by 7 AM. By 7:30 am they're starting to run and come 8:15 am, or so they're showing up again to get their engines measured and bodies certified for records. This is the fun part. With some of the guys we just seal their engines, give them the paperwork and do the measuring later. In the last few years it has gotten real competitive so the engines get measured ASAP. Some of the records will last 15 minutes, others maybe a day depending on how many are running in a class. Case in point, a couple of years ago, Jun of Japan brought over a Mazda that went real fast. They didn't want their engine measured up front because they wanted to do more laps. A couple of days later they came back to claim their record with a measure, but it was to late. Someone else went faster and got measured before they did so the boys from Nippon had a lot of answering to do to their sponsors back home.
   In the old days everybody had to pull a cylinder head to get measured. Today with overhead valves all you have to do is pull a couple of pushrods and use an air-pump to calculate CID. Guys with plugs in the center of the bore only have to remove a plug as we have tools that measure bore through the plug hole. Guys that still run flatties have to pull the head for a direct measure. Oh, Well. There goes the high dollar head gaskets. A new problem has arisen lately. It's the guys that run Ford Diesels. To get a head off to measure them requires taking the whole engine down. The first day we measured 25 engines, the second day 30 and the third 28. We're not busy, right! 

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Editorial:
Every business has their accountant and every club has their board. The job of the accountant or the board is to review the books and the status of the group and determine the profit or loss of the operations. Well, the Society of Land Speed Racing Historians is producing its 75th issue and while no money comes in or goes out, we are just like everyone else in that we need to take stock of our operations and see where we have excelled and where we need to strengthen our product. What we produce is history. That's our stock in trade and we can quantify and qualify that product just as a car maker can take stock of their plant, machinery, inventory, labor and fiscal practices. We started about a year ago and we need to look at what we have done and what projects we didn't achieve. Our first goal was to simply establish ourselves and define what we wanted to achieve and while a company statement does the job simply, often a group hasn't thought out their goals in detail and it takes a while for those aims to be refined. At the beginning, Jim Miller, Roger Rohrdanz, myself and many of you proposed that we do the following; 1) find a museum or place for the collections of land speed and hot rodding memorabilia, 2) meet regularly and visit prospective museums to judge their worthiness, 3) start writing our biographies, 4) begin a program to get everyone to caption their photographs, 5) establish a newsletter and get people in the habit of expecting it, and 6) accumulate history and archive it. In giving an A or an F on any one category, it is important to realize that it isn't Jim Miller and Richard Parks who are receiving these grades, but all of us who have signed on and who see our goals as part of their own goals. In this regard, we didn't do well as a group on points 1 and 2. We deserve a so-so grade on number 6, for while we have accumulated a lot of information, we have to look at a factor we call TIME. Time is working against us, not for us and we have to ask the question, did we work hard and fast enough to overcome the loss of vital records, death and natural destructive events. We deserve at least a C on number 3, for many of you have begun writing your biographies and getting them on-line at www.hotrodhotline.com or www.landspeedracing.com. Category number 5 deserves at least a B, because the newsletters have been consistently sent on a regular schedule and that helps to get our members into the habit of looking for them each week. Point 4, unfortunately, has to rate a solid F, or if we are charitable, a D minus, minus. No matter how hard we labor to encourage each of you to caption your photos, only a few actually take the time to do so. Kay Kimes, Roger Rohrdanz, Jim Miller and a few others are exceptions to the rule, but your editor has failed the test. Not only has he railed on and on to all of you, but he has so far not captioned his own photographs. An uncaptioned photo is almost a worthless photo. It is a once valuable artifact reduced to ashes. Only with a great deal of labor and time by a huge number of experts can just a fraction of uncaptioned photographs be understood and made usuable. If the OWNER of the photograph does not caption the photo, who is there that can? From all the comments that I hear, our members and those that find out about us are pleased with our efforts to uncover the past. But when you look at what we all committed ourselves to do in the beginning of this project and what we have accomplished, our accounting shows that we have a very poor and spotty record at best. It isn't the volume. Jim Miller, Kay Kimes, myself, Roger and a few others have produced something on the order of 10 books, if you consider that a book is 200 pages. Quantity-wise, we have been filling up the pages each week, but quality-wise, it needs improvement. Part of the problem is that only a few of our members are contributing. Those that contribute move the content and the subject matter towards what they know. When we do that, we aren't uncovering the history of those people who aren't represented. Case in point; just WHO are the people that we should be looking to find and develop a history of? Well, some of you would say men and women who led the SCTA from 1937 up through the present day. That's a lot of work and it's very credible, except that you notice that Jim Miller, our President, often tries to balance out the research by going back to the early 1900's and mentioning Daytona/Ormond Beach, and further back to the European land speed trials. How much space do we devote to land speed racing in Australia? How much research do we do on Bell, Russetta, Muroc, Western and other Timing Associations? Have we done much on Black Rock 1983, 1996 and 1997? I have a ton of material in my desk on the events at Black Rock in 1997. Names, assignments, trivia and data, most of it probably boring, but still it's historical. The other failing grade for our group is that the researchers are few, but the readers are many. We are a group of professional and amateur historians or at least lovers of history. ALL of you have an obligation to caption your photographs, write your biography and do research and submit it to the newsletter, just as a doctor would submit his research to the AMA Journal or Lancet for peer review. You need to do more research and do it now, because let's be honest, our average age is probably in the 60's or 70's and we don't have a lot of time left to us to get what we know down on paper. To all of you who have participated, a huge thanks, but we are concerned with one basic statistic; the % percentage of those who have joined versus the % percentage who have done their bios, captioned their photos and written historical accounts to submit to this newsletter. So far, it appears that we are way under 10 percent. So, we have audited our work and the overall grade is a D. We haven't failed, but we definitely haven't reached the goals that we have set for ourselves. Get to work, all of you and let's raise the level of our historical productivity so that we can say, "we're well on our way."

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I sorry to have to inform you of this, but Phil Hill passed away at 10:50 am today, August 28, 2008, in Monterey County, at Community Hospital of the Monterey Peninsula. Phil traveled to Monterey for the Historics weekend, but was taken ill and admitted to the hospital with respiratory difficulties. Unfortunately, his health declined rapidly and he did not return to his home. As I believe you all know, Phil was the first American to win the Formula One World Drivers Championship in 1961. For 17 years his record was unchallenged and today is shared with only one other American, Mario Andretti, who won the title in 1978. To this day, Hill remains the only American-born Formula One champion. You can learn more about Phil and his incredible successes behind the wheel at www.philhill.com. Dusty Brandel and Dr David Scully

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Chances are that you received a copy of this e-mail directly from Bruce at the RIAM. I case not, I'm forwarding for your information. The pictures are great.... especially the two racing legends, Hill and Gurney together, both with Land Speed Racing connetions, and the picture of Phil in the MC12 getting ready to go for some hot laps at Laguna Seca!  Jerry Cornelison

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If you haven't heard the news today, we lost Phil Hill. Bill Moore has written a nice note. Go to www.speedstylemagazine.com. Thanks again, Hal Wood
Hal: I met Phil Hill at several events, mostly with the Fabulous 50's group at the Petersen or Bothwell Ranch. The last time was at Chuck Daigh's Celebration of Life in Costa Mesa. Hill, always the gentleman, attracted a crowd of his fans and friends and was eager to respond to any questions asked of him. Readers, Hal Wood has his own website at http://www.ls1gto.com/forums/, and has just completed his biography for www.hotrodhotline.com, Richard's Corner.

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Editor's notes: The following was received from Ed Justice Jr. 
   Words cannot possibly express the sadness that I feel informing you of my father’s passing this morning at 4:30am, August 30, 2008. Over the past 2 years, he has fought a spirited battle with many health issues, always refusing to give up the fight. During this time my father has taught us all what the power of a strong will can achieve. Right up until the end, he held the hope of a better tomorrow. Unfortunately, 87 years of a full life had taken its toll.
   It goes without saying that the loss of my father will stay with many of us for the rest of our days. This is also the case with my two uncles, Gus and Zeke. I’ve always felt that I was truly blessed to mentor under three different and truly great men. What better teachers to learn the unique business I’m in, then from three of the pioneers. They were there for the beginnings of all of the modern racing series we enjoy today, the infancy of the automobile, and much more.
   For the past 25 years, I’ve been able to lead Justice Brothers with the full support of my Dad. As all of you know, he may have left active participation in the business, but the business never left him. He lived for the daily updates from me on what we were bringing to market, what racer just won on behalf of the Justice Brothers brand, the story of a new distributor and their progress and the multitude of other business issues that make up a normal day. He was a great cheerleader!
   His love for life was indisputable. He and I both talked about the thrill and challenge of selling our products “on the street”. My Dad loved people and selling was for him all about meeting people and building relationships. It was through these images that lead me into the public arena through both performing magic and hosting a radio show. Every Saturday I would call and tell him who was on my show and what subjects we covered. A better audience then my Dad did not exist.
   I’ve attached photo that was shot in October 2007, when I surprised my dad with a new addition to the Justice Brothers Racing Museum. It was in the form of a replica of the 1948 (1st) NASCAR champion that he and my uncles sponsored. For those of you who were there, you’ll remember the “spring” in his step when he spyed the car from a distance. For the next several weeks, a flood of memories came forward my way about the early days of NASCAR. We were all blessed to be with him for so long.  Ed Justice Jr.

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Editor's notes: The additional following news was received from Ed Justice Jr, on August 30, 2008.
   Ed Justice, Sr, 87, Founded Worldwide Oil Additive Company with 2 Brothers / Racing Pioneer. Duarte, CA - Ed Justice, Sr., the last of three brothers who founded Justice Brothers, Inc. which would become a worldwide manufacturer and distributor of car care additives, lubricants and cleaners, has died. He was 87. Justice died August 30, 2008 of complications due to kidney failure in Arcadia, California, said son Ed Justice, Jr. With $2,500 profit from a racecar they built in their garage, Justice and his brothers Zeke and Gus started Justice Brothers, Inc. in Southern California. In turn, it was built into one of the world's leading brands for professional mechanics and consumers. When Justice retired 20 years ago, the company manufactured 13 products, today the product line numbers in excess of 100. Zeke concentrated on the mechanical side and the formulation of the products while Gus handled the accounting and money side. Gus retired from the business in 1974 and Zeke retired in 1980. Before the founding of Justice Brothers, Inc., Justice and his brother Zeke worked for the legendary Indianapolis racecar builder Frank Kurtis in Glendale, California. While there, they built and fabricated racecars for the biggest names in racing at that time. It was through these friendships that the oil business would later benefit. After starting Justice Brothers, they went on to win the 1950 Indy 500 sponsoring their former boss Frank Kurtis's entry. When they moved to Jacksonville, Florida, they got involved with stock car racing and helped start NASCAR in late 1947 and became one of the first sponsors. Cars they were involved with won the 1950 Southern 500 and the original Daytona Beach stock car races. Justice was inducted into the West Coast NASCAR Hall of Fame in 2008.
   From the youngest age, Justice had shown a great interest in all things mechanical and in particular the automobile. His first business was renting bicycles, which he and his brother Zeke had re-built, to the local towns' people in their hometown of Paola, Kansas. Justice and his brothers invented the world's first transmission stop-leak and many other innovative products in their field. "My dad and his brothers were stereotypical Midwesterners who came to California to find a better life, and they did. The big reason for their move to California was because it was the center of hot rodding and Indianapolis style racing, with most of the top car builders located there. They knew they had to be part of this", said Ed Justice, Jr. Justice was the only brother of the three to serve in the military during World War II. He was a member of the 8th Air Force, stationed in England. Justice was known as a salesman's salesman and always stated you needed a quick step and a firm handshake to get ahead. Because of this, he was known as the most visible of the three brothers. This led to Justice appearing in live broadcast television commercials in Jacksonville, Florida at the very beginnings of the medium. Justice and the company became part of the landscape across the United States and in particular a television icon in Southern California. Every commercial was ended with what was to become the well-known phrase "Tell them Ed Justice sent you".
   Edward R. Justice, Sr. was born June 12, 1921 in Paola, Kansas to Harry and Anna Justice. His father died at the age of 59. While living in Southern California, Justice met his first wife Maureen, herself a Nebraska transplant. The couple married in 1947. Maureen died in 1983.
Justice is survived by his son, Ed Justice, Jr.; and daughter in law, Susan; their two daughters Courtney and Caitlin. At the time of Justice's death, he was married to second wife Linda of Arcadia, California. Also surviving are Ed's two stepdaughters Candy; her husband Noe; Judy; her husband Art; and six step grandchildren. Justice who was one of six children is survived also by one sister Marie, of Monrovia, California. http://www.justicebrothers.com/ej.htm

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Attached is the memorial notice for my dad’s Funeral Service (Click Here). It is in Adobe PDF format. You need to have Adobe PDF Reader to open it.
You can either download it at the following weblink for free or if this is a hassle I can get the information sent in another form.
http://www.adobe.com/products/acrobat/readstep2.html. Funeral Services for Ed Justice, Sr., Thursday September 11, 2008, 11:00 am – Sky Rose Chapel, Rose Hills-Whittier. Burial to follow service (optional). Celebration of Ed Justice Sr.’s life at the Justice Brothers Racing Museum following the service. (This was Ed Justice, Sr.’s biggest request to have people come back and enjoy each other). Rose Hills Memorial Park & Mortuary, 3888 Workman Mill Rd, Whittier, CA 90601. (562) 699-0921. See www.rosehills.com, For Directions to Rose Hills http://www.rosehills.com/locationsContent/location.aspx, For Direction to the Justice Brothers Racing Museum http://www.justicebrothers.com/pages/racing-museum/r&m_racingmuseum_directions.htm. Any questions please call: Justice Brothers, Inc. 2734 Huntington Dr., Duarte, CA 91010, (626) 359-9174. Ed Justice Jr
Ed: Thank you for the information and I will let the land speed guys know so some of them can attend. I will miss your father more than words can express, but I keep him close to me with all the stories he told us. Our love, prayers and wishes are for you all.

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Your mission at the SOCIETY OF LAND SPEED RACING HISTORIANS and your help are greatly valued by John Staiger and myself. We are both extremely proud of our membership in the land speed racing family. John is a second generation land speed racer (this is his rookie year as a driver), his father and his father's racing partner Jack (read fake uncle) and cousins had many notable accomplishments on the salt. I spent some time in California as a kid and first went to the salt in 56 or 57 with a neighbor on one side of the house (Tommy Ivo lived on the other side) and started racing on the salt in 1970. We will certainly continue documenting the Berkley and I'm sure after Speed Week we will have time to send you the additional information on our effort with the Berkley and our team. Our team is Staiger/Hensley Racing, the car name is Spirits of the Lakes, 569 E/FMS. I hope we get a chance to meet you in person on the salt in a couple of weeks.  Thanks for your help. Gary C Hensley
   Gary and John: I hope the information helped you to find Stormin' Norman Benham. Please don't hesitate to give us a report, a rundown or results at the lakes and Bonneville. Also, if you need more information about the car, send photos and requests and we will print them. Our goal is to uncover every last fact about land speed racing, early drags and hot rodding and let the future sort out what it wants from the information that we have discovered.

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My father passed away in his sleep early this morning in his home in Hemet, California, as a result of complications from a lung tumor and other
ailments. He had enjoyed his 68th birthday this past June. He is survived by his 3 children, including my two sisters, Lisa & Michelle. He is survived by his 7 grandchildren, including my Daughter Jennifer Dement (and son in law Scott Dement) and sons David Joe Ondo III & Maxx Rush Ondo, Lisa’s daughter Ashley Marie Ondo, and Michelle’s daughters, Brianna Juarez, Natalie Juarez, Andrea Juarez, and son in law Nelson Juarez. After family, my fathers first love was Deer Hunting in Colorado (Guns), Coors Beer, Auto Racing (Sprint cars), Baseball (Angels) & White Owl Cigars (Panatela). He was a longshoreman in the Los Angeles Harbor (GATX), and ended his career as a truck driver.
When you think of his auto racing relationships, Stan & Judy McElrath and Max & Sally Sweeney were his extended family. My father got the most out of life and provided for his family in a loving way. My father did not publicly proclaim a personal relationship with God (Jesus). However, he had a good soul and I can hope that he will be forgiven and I do hope that when the roll is called up yonder, he will be there. And I hope you will be there too! Thank you all for the many blessings and prayers that you all have meant to him and me. David Joe Ondo Jr
   David: The members of the Society of Land Speed Racing Historians send their condolences on the passing of your father. We hope that your family will remember your father and his contributions to his family, friends and auto racing. We have set a goal; to record and save the history and biographies of racing individuals and families. We encourage each and every person to write their biographies and to caption their photographs. Below is an outline for you to use should you want to write your father's life story and share it with us. Send it back to me and I will edit it for you and then post it on-line. Our prayers are with your family as you say goodbye to a very special person in racing.
a) Where did your family come from; your parents and grandparents and what did they do for a living?
b) Where were you born and where did you grow up? What elementary, junior high and high school did you attend?
c) Did you take any shop classes, while you were in school? Name your friends, especially those interested in racing.
d) Did you join any car clubs or work on or own a car, or a race car, or work as a crewman on a race car while in school?
e) What kind of jobs did you have as a young person while growing up? What kinds of hobbies and interests did you have?
f) What did you do after graduation? Did you join the military? Were you drafted? Did you fight in the war?
g) What kind of racing did you get involved in? Did you own a racecar, drive a racecar or work as a crewman? 
h) Who were some of your friends that were involved in racing with you? Name and describe them.
i) Tell us about your family, your wife and children. Were they involved in racing?
j) What kind of work did you find after you left school? Was it racing related employment?
k) Are you retired from racing? What are you doing today?

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Would be glad to Richard. My father, Art Galbraith, didn't have a very long or highlight filled career on the Salt, but he and I had some of our best times together getting ready for and racing at Bonneville. I hope his story is worthy to be included with some of the greats. Could you please send the guidelines? Alan Galbraith
   Alan: I remember seeing your dad at the Boat Racers Reunion. He helped to add to the history of boat racing and when he came to the car racing reunions, he also contributed to our knowledge of those events. Our biography project is not based on performance at the dry lakes or other racing venues, but upon observation of the events and people themselves. Art had a story to tell, which is valuable to his family, friends and to the racing community. Below is an outline to use to help write his story and your story as well. Send me what you have and I will help you edit it and get it ready for publication.

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In your third paragraph from the end, I suggest you delete the sentence that begins with, "The car was Walter's - - - " and replace it with the following: John started the "Cannonball" using the frame rails and front suspension from Walter's old 1934 Dodge. Thatcher Darwin designed the chassis using a "bridge-type" construction. The objective was to put the driver down between the frame rails instead of above them while still retaining torsional stiffness. The bodywork was all built from scratch by Ted and John. The original draft sounded as though more of the Dodge was used, which was not the case. Regards, Thatcher Darwin
Thatcher: The corrections were made and I just have a few more questions about the Cannon Brothers and then their story will be ready to be told on the website, www.hotrodhotline.com, Richard's corner.

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The original 2008 Bakersfield Fiftieth artwork by Kenny Youngblood is being auctioned at YoungbloodArt.com! A portion of any proceeds will be donated to assist driver Brad Thompson who was injured recently while competing at the Boise Night Of Fire event. Bids above the $3000 reserve will be accepted through midnight September 9, 2008. Own a piece of drag racing history! Visit http://www.youngbloodart.com to place your bid now! From the Kenny Youngblood website
Readers: Kenny Youngblood is the premier hot rod, land speed and drag racing artist and the standard bearer by which all other artists are measured. His art work goes for much higher prices and are sought after for their beauty and for their value. This is a worthy cause and Kenny is well-known for helping out many charitable events with his generous donations from his collection of art work.

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You should really contact Thatcher Darwin and interview him. He has some great stories. Ask him about how he and Bob Petersen saved hot rodding from the legislature after the war, or the early SCTA meetings, I have seen a picture of him on the stand during that meeting so I know he was instrumental in its formation. Dave Seely
   Dave: Thank you for your help on the Cannon Brothers biography. There are just a few more questions and the article will be ready. Thatcher Darwin was a personal friend of my father's, and he is my friend too. Most hotrodders have no idea how important he is to our sport, for he went to Sacramento in the mid 1940's to fight to keep customizing and hotrodding from being outlawed by the California State Assembly and Senate. Thatcher, we await your stories, ALL of them.

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Everywhere I go people are raving about the site and bios. Way cool! Jim Miller
   Jim: In 13 words you seem to say exactly what takes me 1300. So I will try and be concise. The biographies are a most important project, but in my wildest dreams I never guessed how much I would learn by helping people do their bios. I had this idea that those who participated were just weekend warriors. Then they began to tell this fascinating story of their lives and I found a newfound respect for all these men and women. They really are super achievers. Most will tell me, "Why do you want my story, I'm a nobody," and I've got to coax 100 words out of them, then another 100. Before you know it, they are up to 2000 words and their stories are just gold, pure gold. Even those that never raced observed and told stories about what they experienced. I find myself going back and rereading these bios. Roger Rohrdanz, who re-edits and does all the photographs and details on retouching the photos sent to us, says the same thing. So, Jim, YEAH, WAY COOL!

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Editor's notes: August 25, 2008, Roger Rohrdanz and I went to the Petersen Automotive Museum to honor Bud Meyer on his 90th birthday, though he doesn't look a day over 75 and I'll bet he could get back in the old roadster and set some records. While we were there we met Stan Chersky, a good friend and someone all of you need to meet some day. Stan is just one of those good guy hotrodders who seem to be everywhere and who help everyone. He encouraged Joan Denver Meyer to buy and run the Automotive Calendar of Events, Miss Information magazine. Joan bought the magazine from Bobbie'dean Rodda and John Meyer (no relation) and later sold the magazine to Chet Knox, who sold it to Tina Van Curren, the new owner of Autobooks/Aerobooks in Burbank, California. We all enjoyed working on that publication and writing stories. Well, Stan called me up and asked on a Tuesday if it was too late to go to Bonneville. I told Stan that it's never too late and he drove up there on Wednesday and saw the last few days and had no trouble getting a room. He said that he had a great time up there, which just goes to prove that early or late, the trip is worth taking. Stan is the owner of over 6000 car club plaques and I have tried to get him to write the story of how he began to collect all those plaques. Now, readers, don't you think such a book or pamphlet on the history of all those car plaques would be quite interesting? If you know Stan, tell him we need his story and the story of all those car clubs.

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An interesting historical website for those of you who may have an interest in the Wendover Air Force Base, home of the WWII B-29 bombers that dropped the atomic bombs on Japan. See http://www.airfields-freeman.com/UT/Airfields_UT_NW.htm#wendover. Jack Underwood

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Editor's notes: The following came from Ron Phelps. Ron is a Gear Grinder. Ron is now getting his car ready for next year.
   "The Studebaker will hopefully be ready to run next year. Gary MacDonald is doing a frame up rebuild and Bob Cousimano of CMW Motorsports is letting me use his dyno to set the engine up...so I'm expecting good things next year." Ron Phelps

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September 10, 2008, 5:30 to 9pm, 5076 Chesebro Rd (101 Freeway, Chesebro exit), Agoura, California 91301. Call 818-706-9999, or go to www.worldclassmotoring.com for more details and for reservations. Media only. Press conference for the upcoming FIA/FIM world speed challenge for the fastest car and motorcycle in the world, invitational only, to be held on September 20-22, 2008, at the Bonneville Salt Flats. From Elke Martin

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What’s new in the SCTA exhibit at the Wally Parks NHRA Motorsports Museum, by Tony Thacker, museum director.

The Autodesk Dodge is just one of numerous race cars paying tribute to the 60th Anniversary of NASCAR at the NHRA Museum. They are on display along with photographs, memorabilia, race suits and other NASCAR-related ephemera through February 2009. Also new in the SCTA exhibit is Jim Khougaz’ D/Modified Roadster. Restored by Jim Busby Racing for Richard Munz, the 467 Hemi-powered ’27 T ran a best of 212.76 mph. Also restored by Busby and owned by Muntz is the Ruddy & Weinstein “Porter Yellow” T roadster complete with Hilborn-injected Ardun and Chuck Porter-fabricated front end and belly pan. It ran a best of 211.64 mph. Finally, on loan from Toyota Motorsports is the Car & Driver Toyota Prius Greensport that went 130.794 mph in 2004 with Aaron Robinson, Dr. Shigeyuki Hori and Fumiaki Kobayashi doing the driving, but not all at once. Check out these and dozens of other historic race cars at the Wally Parks NHRA Motorsports Museum, Pomona, California. Or, visit our web site at: http://museum.nhra.com.
   Tony: Many of the land speed racing clubs hold their events at the museum and we hope that more clubs will see what a wonderful place it is to hold their events, or just go and visit.

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Update for Septembers World of Speed (17th to 20th)

Rooms: If you are planning on coming to the World of Speed in a couple of weeks, please check out the Bonneville Accommodations phone contact attachment below. Note it is best to advise the reservation desk you are coming for gambling without mentioning Bonneville or racing since the current managements would prefer to save rooms for gamblers. They also give better rates to gamblers. I have just made reservations at the Peppermill Casino for four people, two nights for $45.00 per night.
 
Rumors: Last month I noted the addition of Ghias to the 36hp Challenge. This month I would like to advise you the SSS or Super Stock Single Class is being revived also in 2009. SSS is a stock looking 36hp motor with any displacement possible within the stock stod locations, any cam and any exhaust. The trick is, you can only use a single 28pci carburetor and manifold. The current record in SSS was set by Tom Bruch and the Schlabaugh brothers beautiful little 57 bug in 2005 at the ECTA event in Maxton with a speed just over 81 miles per hour.
 
Racing: Last months Bonneville Speedweek saw three VW's race. Mike Manghelli set a new record of 129 mph with his VW Rabbit PickUp beating one of Tom Bruchs old records. Larry Monreals Rabbit powered Ghia qualified for records at 156 mph but hurt the motor in the process preventing further runs. Bob Stahl drove the only air cooled VW at the meet and saw his 65 Bug top 154 miles per hour, not a record but very respectable. Of interest, his partner passed away this year and on Bobs first run of 146 mph, he popped the parachute spreading his friends ashes over his beloved salt.
 
36hp Challenge Dinner(Thanx ECTA guys for the idea!)...........
An informal dinner gathering of folks interested in the 36hp Cahllenge will be held at the Red Garter Casino restuarant at 7 pm Thursday evening on the 18th. USFRA President Jim Burkdoll will be present(racing conditions allowing) to discuss the Challenge with us and answer any questions we might have.
 
WEEK OF SPEED
For those taking vacation to visit the 36hp Challenge and the World of Speed at the Bonneville Salt Flats, the following schedule of gearhead type activities located along a 120 mile stretch of I-80 preceding and following the World of Speed are listed below. All the events listed are within 5 miles of I-80:
 
Fri 12th
Toole: Heroes Car Show, Veterans Park-Historic sports car show.
 
Sat 13th
Millers Motor Sports Park-Toole: Kart racing - Historic Sports Car Racing
Magna-Rocky Mtn Raceway: Drag racing
 
Sun 14th
Millers: Historic Sports Car Racing
 
Wed 17th
Bonneville: 36hp Challenge - World of Speed & 130 Mile Per Hour Club
 
Thur 18th
Bonneville: 36hp Challenge and "Dinner" - World of Speed & 130 MPH Club
 
Fri 19th
Bonneville: 36hp Challenge - World of Speed & 130 MPH Club
Millers: Rolex Grand Am Racing
Rocky Mtn Raceway: Drag Racing
 
Sat 20th
Bonneville: World of Speed & 130 MPH Club
Wendover City: Air & Car Show(featuring WW2 & modern war planes & cars)
Millers: Rolex Grand Am Racing
Rocky Mtn Raceway: Drag Racing & Moto Cross
 
Sun 21st
Rocky Mtn Raceway: Moto Cross
 
Note: Please check respective websites for details, times and events.

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I look forward to seeing you in a couple of weeks. Until then.................
 
God Speed
Burly

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