SOCIETY OF LAND SPEED RACING HISTORIANS |
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The first shows a young Captain Malcolm Campbell buzzing across the sands at Pendine in his Napier-Campbell Blue Bird on his way to setting the fastest speed ever recorded by a motor car, 176 mph. The poster was dated February 7, 1927 and Campbell's run was on February 2, so no time was wasted getting out the news. A look at the official speed says he ran 174.883 in the Kilo and 174.224 in the Mile so a little fudge was done. The second poster is dated April 1, 1927 and shows Henry O'Neal de Hane Segrave driving his Sunbeam (Slug). The location is Daytona Beach and the run actually took place on March 16. The recorded speeds were 202.989 mph in the Kilo and 203.793 in the Mile. This is the first record set at over 200 mph. For the techies, Campbell's ride was powered by a Napier Lion "Broad Arrow" aircraft engine with 12 cylinders that put out 1,450 HP. Segrave's car used two Sunbeam Matabele V-12 engines that only put out 1,435 HP each. If you're like me you have lots of reading material stacked all over the place that you haven't looked at for some time. Dig one out from the bottom of the pile and look at it again. You might be surprised. I did such a thing the other day. It's a softbound called The Auto Racing Yearbook that was published back in 1948. In the back of it there was a 14 page classified directory listing manufacturers, etc, of the day that I had never really looked at so I did a look see. To my surprise there was a listing of 21 photographers that made their living shooting race pictures. Better yet there were addresses to reach them. It's a long shot but some of these guys, negatives or prints might still exist. Seems the hunt for lost treasure never ends. |
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------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ I am very pleased to say that we were able to find a Roadster like the one depicted in some of the pictures of Wally that we are displaying. |
------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Thank you so very much for your help. I will definitely call him and I will try to get some info together for you to go over biography wise from my father, grandmother etc that you might be interested in so I will be in contact with you as well. Once again thank you, Cameron Conkle |
------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ I saw your review of Long and Tuttle's “Every Sunday Drag Races”: It looks like it has some information I need. How does one go about buying a copy? Thanks, Roger Harrell |
------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ The link didn't work, but please add me to the mailing list. I enjoy your Hotrod Hotline very much and would appreciate receiving this package as well. Thank you, Randy Brealey (Chelsea Farms alpacas) |
------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ You may get a newsletter that is all out of format... we are still having trouble with it. I am going to try to send again and use a different setting so this won't happen. Thanks, Mary Ann Lawford |
------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ I can't recall if we've ever met, but my name is Steve Doll and I worked at Bell Auto with Kenny, Chuck Strader, Jot Horne, Bill Hardison and Rich Lenarz from January of 1966 until 1969 when I went to work at M/T Speed shop with Jack Ewell. I have been 100% disabled since January 1998 due to a failed quadruple by-pass surgery. I just wanted to say that I really enjoy the newsletter and a lot of the people mentioned! Thank You so much and keep up the great work! Steve Doll, Mesa, Arizona |
------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Where can one find a schedule of events at Bonneville Salt Flats for 2009? Earl Stinson |
------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Thanks for calling me a "historian"...if qualification is based on the love of motor sports, then I'm your guy. In October you asked to know more about the 'Indian' movie I mentioned. The movie is “The World's Fastest Indian”, (http://www.imdb.com/media/rm4125659648/tt0412080) released in 2005 and directed by Roger Donaldson and stars Academy Award winner Anthony Hopkins as the main character in the life story of New Zealander Burt Munro. As the story goes, Munro spent years building a 1920 Indian motorcycle with a burning desire to break 200 mph at Bonneville, Utah and set a World Land Speed Record. For anyone who has the slightest interest in land speed record racing, this is THE cult movie. |
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As I get more information from him, I will forward the photos with captions. I have scanned and digitized over 350 photos from his photo albums. The second photo attachment is of one of the Rod Runs to Fresno, California in 1964. Van Order's car is the yellow '31 Ford Roadster, 4th from the left. An interesting note: he still owns this car and is currently finishing up a third re-do since that photo was taken. He and the '31 will be out running the roads again early in 2009. Regards, Bob Choisser, Vacaville, California. |
------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Long or short on a bio? I would be happy to fill in a lot of the gap, if you want to save that part of my life. Or better, just a short paragraph or two that shows the start and up to now? Glenn Freudenberger |
------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ I assume from the article that you wrote about Otto (Ryssman) that you have his address and phone #, which I also have in case you or someone needs it. However, as you know it is better to get the inquirers name and number to pass on to who they want to contact. I ran into Otto about 3 years ago when I was in Bull Head City and we had a wonderful time reminiscing, he is truly a champion. Also, you mentioned Marvin Lee's name in one of your notes. Marvin was a good friend of your Father's and, as I recall the first Secretary/Treasurer of the NHRA. I knew Marvin when I was with NHRA and we became very good friends, maybe it was because I had one of his engines in my 1948 Chevy Fleetline. Marv built "stove bolt Chevy's" and ran at the lakes as well as at Santa Ana. Keep up the good work, Chic Cannon |
------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ I just wanted to apologize for not following your suggested format, but I got started and just couldn't quit. I talked to Jot Horne this morning and found out that he raced at Bonneville in 1949 in a channeled '32 roadster powered by a Duesenberg. I also knew that he designed the Cragar wheel and he also sold a lot of products to Cragar such as blower manifolds, gas pedals, air cleaners, etc. I hope what I sent to you was informative and not too boring. Steve Doll |
------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ The following article was sent in by Vic Enyart. |
------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Can I edit? I see a couple of errors on my part. Anonymous |
------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ The Legends of Riverside Racing Film Festival and Gala, March 27-29, 2009. Our Southern Yosemite Automotive Film Festival was a great success and a lot of fun, but even using the largest building in my town, we could only handle 100 people. |
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