SOCIETY OF LAND SPEED RACING HISTORIANS
NEWSLETTER 68 - July 16, 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)
Jim Miller is on vacation.

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Editorial: One of the more active clubs in the SCTA and all of land speed racing is the Road Runners, one of the original car club member of the founding of the Southern California Timing Association, which began in 1937. Jerry Cornelison is their historian and he brings a fervor and zest for the past that is unequaled. Many of the car clubs that joined the SCTA, or other Timing Associations, have dissolved and are no longer active in racing. Many of those early clubs merged with other clubs or simply disbanded and their history has been lost to us. The Road Runners set the example for other clubs to follow when it comes to organization and the preservation of their history. In this issue, the editor has copied a list of past and present members of the Road Runners and it is quite a list of people. What do we know about these individuals that played such an important role? Very little in all reality. But at least with the Road Runners there is an attempt at saving the past. We need members of other clubs, those in existence and those now defunct, to record their histories and lists of members and records. We also need people to compile their biographies and the stories of their friends and fellow racers who have passed on. We need you to write down your stories of land speed racing and the characters who were part of your life on the dry lakes and salt. Start with your photographs and caption each and every one of them with as much information as you can. Use peel off adhesive stickers so that you won't damage your photographs, and after you write the information on the stickers, paste them to the back of your photos. Get your friends and family together when you do this and make a party out of it. Let the person with the best handwriting PRINT the information on the stickers and if you have a video camera, record the event and the stories that come forth when you have interested friends willing to listen to events from the past. Have fun doing this and remember, what you leave us will be our history. Those who don't record the past won't be a part of history. They will simply fade away and be lost to future generations, even though they may have been the most important at the time. In the list of the Road Runners is mentioned two people by name only; Art Tilton and Eldon Snapp. Only the name of Tilton is mentioned and Snapp is noted as being a charter member of the club. That's all that you know about two of the most influential people the Road Runners and the SCTA have ever had. Two of the most important people in our past have been lost in time and forgotten. I know how important they were and so do a few other land speed historians, but except for us, these early pioneers have been left behind. Don't let that happen to you and those that you know who have worked so hard and ought to be remembered. Write down your stories and biography today and then share it with your family, friends and fellow racers. We need more Jerry Cornelisons. They are the lifeblood of our committment to record and save the past. Each and every club needs to have a historian as committed and zealous as Jerry is. And be sure to send me reports for the newsletter. I had one person tell me that the newsletters are a little long and my response was, "NOT LONG ENOUGH!" So get busy, record the past and send it on in to me.

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Why are we not getting the weekly news letter to our e-mail address, I have not received any for several weeks. Glen Barrett
Glen: The newsletter is sent to www.hotrodhotline.com and their staff process the newsletter and see that it gets sent out to all the people who have signed up for it. If for any reason you do not get your newsletter, go on-line to www.landspeedracing.com and they have them on file for you to read and download. All back issues are archived on the website. Sometimes I do not get enough information and news to justify a weekly newsletter and therefore I might send it out every 2nd week. The owner of the website may have staffing or other problems and may not get it posted in the same week that I send in the newsletter to them. Or you may have activated your SPAM filter, or your server may have activated a spam filter. This is not unusual, as the servers are trying to stop on-line newsletters like The Society of Land Speed Racing Historians from sending out emails in bulk where they do not get some financial reimbursement. That's illegal of course and we do not pay our servers, because we are ourselves a free service. I've noticed a break in my service too and so it might be a virus, a hacker, or one of those major attacks on servers that you hear about. Wednesday's are the days that I send in the newsletter to [email protected].

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.... send me the form and I will try to do my dads and mine when I get time....Take Care Friend.... Bob Sykes Jr...
Bob: The questionnaire is on the way. Looking forward to seeing both of your bios.

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Will be working on the biography, your first email was rejected, trying you again. Gil Gillis
Gil: I'm sending you the questionnaire to help you write your bio.

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A Late Happy Fourth of July Road Runners and Friends. The meeting notes from last evening's July Road Runners Meeting are now posted on our website News Page: http://www.ussarcherfish.com/roadrunners/news.htm. I hope everyone is having a nice and a safe summer. Till next time. Jerry Cornelison
Jerry: I tried to copy all the statistics on your website to add to this newsletter, but your system and mine are incompatible. So I am going to just run your website and ask our readers to link to your site and read what's on it. The Road Runners have a very interesting website.

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The following website was sent by Marilyn Lachman for hot rodders of the '50's-60's. http://thefiftiesandsixties.com/CarsWeDrove.htm

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Please go right ahead (and post my comments). Will pass along any further anecdotes that come to mind. Best regards, Pat O'Hern.    
Pat: Thank you. I try and double check whenever I think that comments might be "personal and confidential," after all, most emails are sent person to person and it is implied that the message is confidential. But then your editor of this newsletter splashes your comments all over the internet. 
To the Readers: If I err in judgment and publish something meant in confidence, I will issue a retraction and apology. But, to help me do a better job, please write "PERSONAL AND CONFIDENTIAL," or words to that effect in the Subject box of your email, or at the beginning of your email letter. Sometimes people forget that I'm an editor as well as a person and they don't think that I may republish their emails in the newsletter. Pat, I was at the museum today and met a man, L.B. Bachman, who was at the first Bonneville Time Trials in 1949, perhaps you know him?

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The National Hot Rod Association, and the Specialty Equipment Market Association, share a long and storied history. Now the Wally Parks NHRA Motorsports Museum, presented by the Automobile Club of Southern California, is honoring SEMA’s legacy with a new, permanent interactive SEMA Hall of Fame display. The exhibit opened Wednesday, July 2 during the Museum’s monthly Prolong® Cruise Night celebration, which was themed “SEMA Night” for the evening. From www.hotrodhotline.com.

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There are new posts on the blog at www.goldenhawk.ca, (or click) http://goldenhawkproject.blogspot.com/. The website had 24,000+ visits. Thanks for the support. Randy Pierce
Randy: I checked out your site and it's very interesting. Keep up the great work.

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Thanks for your prompt response. Able to reach Walt yesterday afternoon and we had a good chat. Amazed that at 84 he is still doing his thing in a sprint car...those earlier versions that looked like a 3/4 scale Kurtis Roadster. Walt appreciated the offer of the old photos saying that at the time he was too busy chasing girls to worry about saving car pictures. Sounds like he caught one. Art had my old Wisconsin address as we've moved permanently to our place in Fountain Hills, Arizona. A better site from which to participate in the California activities of which there seem to be quite a few. Walt James' January annual will be one I'll pencil in on my calendar. The best I could do for you is provide a variegated assemblage of random remembrances of places, people and events. Like while building Harold Miller's track roadster in his garage one of the nighttime work-for-beer helpers was a WWII vet name Johnny Chick. A burly, out-going guy who'd lost his left arm in the battle of Manila Bay. One evening he was asked to hold a clip for welding to the chassis. And yes they did tack his hook to the chassis. Laughing and swearing revenge he unbuckled himself saying something like the car will never go anywhere without him. They got his hook loose. Or an incident around 1957 taking place on the way back from Riverside Speedway where I'd run onto Steve McQueen on the side of the road with the hood up on his pickup. When I pulled over Steve said his truck was done and he planned driving his Porsche Speedster back to LA....and could I give him the loan of some oil.
I had an exchange with Tim Considine a few years back while attempting to verify the names of two driving instructors assisting Ken Miles and Sam Hanks at an RRTA session at Riverside. I was preparing a series for our the publication of the Milwaukee chapter of the Porsche Club of America. Reminiscing Tim noted how he had felt badly about spinning his OSCA on turn nine and how he was later taken there to be shown the oil left by McQueen's Speedster before it was black-flagged....thus closing out a story that for me had began some fifty odd years earlier. In the late 60's McQueen was on a film location shoot in New Orleans (where I was working nearby on the Saturn I/IB Project of the NASA Apollo Lunar Program). Sent word by way of a buddy heading downtown to watch the filming to ask McQueen for the return of my oil. He reported that McQueen grinned back at him. Thanks again for the help, Pat O'Hern
Pat: I enjoyed your stories. We are trying to do several things. 1) get people to write their biographies, 2) caption their photos, 3) write down stories, which differ from their biographies and 4) find places that will save racing artifacts, like museums. With time, every story and every captioned photo becomes more and more priceless. You can go to the website, www.landspeedracing.com or www.hotrodhotline.com, guest columnist, and read the stories and bios. We hope that our readers will jot down stories as they remember them. Yours were great. I would like to know more about these guys. Who knows if Miller ever wrote his bio or if Johnny Chick did either. It's a sad loss for us all when any of them leave us and fail to record their life. I think my inspiration came from Art Evans, for one. Art is a prolific writer and he just keeps churning out these bios and great photos and it is such an inspiration. He is an inspiration. Our hats are off to the writers who spend their time writing texts and finding photographs and then spend their money to write their books, hoping to sell enough to keep out of the red ink. Be sure to read the weekly newsletters on line and then send me more of your fabulous history and what you remember. With your permission, your letter will appear in next week's edition.

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STOLEN CAR ALERT. Stolen 7/8/08 between 2:30 and 3:30 pm from Westminster Mall in Westminster, California. This car belongs to my wife's cousin. I took it to the muffler shop for him today and stopped at Sears on my way home. It was gone when I came out. He got this car when he was a senior in high school 23 years ago. 1957 Chevy Belair sport coupe. California black plate number PLL 062.VIN VC57L197166 Matador red with black interior. Lowered in front with Super Bell disc brakes. American Torque Thrust wheels with Kelly tires. Call Gordon. 562-598-1987 or 562-715-7408. We’ll have pictures and an article on this car soon...hope we can help! This seems to be happening more and more so be SURE you have adequate insurance. Mary Ann Lawford from www.hotrodhotline.com.

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I just read the latest issue of the Newsletter (#67) and saw the posts from Pat O'Hern. Pat recently contacted us (Road Runners Club) and rejoined as an Associate Member. He found us via our website. I sure can't rave enough about how important a "web presence" is for helping reconnect with past organizational history. Pat was a Road Runner in 1947, '48 and into part of 1949. We had a great discussion for about an hour on the telephone. Pat was able to "fill in some holes" in Road Runners history and members for me. During that conversation, Pat asked if we had any info on how to contact Walt James. We did not. I suggested the Society of Land Speed Racing Historians, the American Hot Rod Foundation and the Fabulous 50's as potential sources for contact info. I'm very pleased to see, that from your comments in the latest Society Newsletter that Pat is soon to make that contact. Ain't "networking" great! I was also very interested in your Editorial about the importance of how to deal with the "stuff" that documents the history of LSR and how to ensure proper documenting, maintaining and handing off of those items so proper and accurate provenance is created. For years, a Navy Shipmate of mine, Ken Henry, has been documenting the history of the USS Archerfish and her crews from 1943-1968. For the past 10 years, I've been maintaining a USS Archerfish website, using just a small portion of the massive amounts of material Ken has collected. We have no problems with proper documentation and maintenance of what we already have. The problem is that many of our Shipmates are passing on, especially the Crew Members frow WWII and Korea. They have a treasure trove of memorabilia that is getting sold, given away and sometimes, just plain tossed in the trash. (Sound familiar?) Your Editorial is spot on and I'm asking your permission to reprint it as a wake up call in our USS Archerfish Newsletter (The A-Fish-L-Blast) published by my buddy Ken Henry. Jerry Cornelison, Road Runners - SCTA (est. 1937) http://www.ussarcherfish.com/roadrunners.
Jerry: You may use anything in the newsletters if it will help you. We are not a commercial enterprise and we are glad to be of help. Now a word from our sponsor. Mary Ann and Jack Lawford own both www.hotrodhotline.com and www.landspeedracing.com and they donate space on both sites for our use AND give us some of their staff to maintain the sites. Jim Miller, Roger Rohrdanz and I simply send them photographs and text and they see that it is archived and cross referenced. So we owe Jack and Mary Ann a huge thank you. For simplification, we have 4 goals. 1) write our biographies, 2) caption our photos, 3) write stories, which are different from bios, and 4) find places, like museums, to take our memorabilia. We have to do all four things before we die, because we've found few people who will do these things or frankly, are capable of doing these four tasks. How can anyone write our bios and stories? How can anyone else caption our photos? And who out there is going to go to the trouble of saving and showing our collections? No, if we don't do it, nobody else will. It will take a good part of my remaining years just to write my history and stories. If 100 people approach me and ask me to do that for them, I won't live that long. Jim and I are here to help and we can help people finish what they start, but each of us must write our own bios and stories. Write them or lose them. If those stories, photos and bios are lost, then the future will only know the past by what is written. That means that those people who do write will leave history for the future. That can be a scary thought or a reassuring one.

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2008 Legends of Ascot Reunion Special Guest Parnelli Jones. Honorees: Chuck Hulse, Carl Alleman, Ned Spath, Billy Boat, Louie Senter, Don Basile, Brad Noffsinger, and the Lifetime Achievement Award - The Gardner Family. USAC/CRA Sprint Car Racing. Admission to the USAC/CRA Sprint Car Races at the PAS on Event Day are included with your Legends of Ascot Event Ticket. October 18, 2008 at Perris Auto Speedway. The Vintage Racecar Registration included with your Event admission includes a Special Gift. Vintage Racecar Display. $50 per person before September 1, 2008, $60 per person after that date. Gift Bag includes Event Program, Lapel Pin, Raffle Tickets, Decals and more! Tickets will be available at the Registration Desk on Event Day and WILL NOT be mailed. Please reserve your Tickets early! PLEASE NOTE: Paid Attendance to the Event entitles you to display your vintage midget, sprint, or champ racecar racecar.  Don Weaver

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A further incident involving Johhny Chick occurred while he accompanied me on my rounds for Miller's Crankshaft Grinding picking up and delivering cranks, blocks and rods (the latter when Chevy main and rod bearings were poured and align-bored). Passing through a backstreet of Paramount on a sunny day while engaged in idle conversation Johnny let out a war-whoop ordering, 'back up!'  A few houses back we stopped by the backyard of a residence and he gleefully pointed out some engine parts neatly stacked inside a chain link fence. Those he proclaimed were Offenhousers. We found the resident home and he invited us to look at his very aged collection of Miller blocks, cam towers, rods and some barrel housings. Johnny had already identified them as being 151 C.I. marine engines. The owner explained he'd worked for Offenhauser and fell heir to the parts after they went out of production some 20 odd years earlier (this incident having taken place in the late '40's.). We spoke with the owner for some time and when we were preparing to leave he invited us to take some of the items in the collection. Later Johhny said he would help me if I wished to build the 151 from the block, cam tower, barrel housing and 4 rods given us.
I had a lot on my platter at the time building an engine for a '32 chopped, three window Ford coupe in need of considerable body work. Later, this car except for a less than complete interior (door panels, headliner & etc.), resplendent with its newly built, very lively V-8 flathead, was painted a fire engine red by friends of Harold Miller. (In fact Harold loaned me the $300 to buy the frame, chassis and body from an old school chum.) After checking with a machine shop about the cost of a billeted crankshaft for the Miller all future plans for it were put on indefinite hold. Told Johnny offering him the parts we had and he declined explaining he hadn't the money either. Sold everything some years later never knowing if the new owner had ever progressed any further than myself. Not long ago the Milwaukee Porsche club to which I had belonged had a private tour of David Uihlein's Historical Race Car museum (Township of Cedarburg, WI). Asked David, a reservoir Offenhauser lure, what he knew about a 151 C.I. engine corroborating what Johnny Chick told me over 55 years earlier. Regards, Pat O'Hern

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For the second day in a row, we had late afternoon summer SHOWERS. As of 9:00 PM Sunday evening I once again HAVE LAKE FRONT PROPERTY. It may take a day or so to dry OUT, but doubt if it will effect running this weekend. It should make it even NICER. Since the HIGH prices on FUEL, we have been having lighter than normal weekend OHV users, so I do not thing we had any MUD players. I will keep everyone (email) posted.  George Callaway

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The 39th AARWBA All-America Team ceremony, presented by A1GP World Cup of Motorsport, will be held on Saturday, January 10, 2009, at the Hilton Hotel in Ontario, California (Just 1.5 miles from the Ontario Airport). Plan to arrive for a special event on Friday the 9th. A field trip to race shops, museum, etc., is planned for Saturday morning. More details in the next few newsletters. ESPN has renewed to be a cohost for the pre-dinner reception. 

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Not Much Flustered NHRA Champion Scott Kalitta, By Susan Wade, www.1320TV.com.
Scott Kalitta wagged his head slightly. "Aw, you know, things happen," he said nonchalantly. That was his explanation of why an engine tore from one of his dad Connie's Kalitta Air B-747 cargo jets in midflight in 2004 and plummeted into Lake Michigan. Scott Kalitta, the National Hot Rod Association Funny Car driver who scored back-to-back Top Fuel championships in the mid-1990s, was able to roll with the punches. He saw first-hand how much devastation these nitromethane burning race cars could cause, and he escaped his own near-disasters on the dragstrip. But life ended June 21, where his career began in 1982 -- at Old Bridge Township Raceway Park at Englishtown, N.J. In front of one of NHRA's largest crowds this season, Kalitta died in a fiery, violent qualifying run during the Lucas Oil SuperNationals. Scott, a Palmetto, FL resident, leaves behind wife, Kathy, and sons, Corey 14, Colin 8, and father, Conrad "Connie" Kalitta. The fatal crash, NHRA's second in 15 months and third since June 27, 2004, initiated a radical change to the Top Fuel and Funny Car classes. Now they will compete in 1000-foot runs instead of the traditional 1320-feet course. It also has triggered a study into several areas that might need overhauling in the interest of safety: parachute materials, engine failures, brake efficiency, track shutdown areas, and car speeds. "Fans remember Scott Kalitta as a quiet, laid-back -- but practical-joking -- 46-year-old "sweet guy", as fellow racer Jerry Toliver said." At The Strip at Las Vegas Motor Speedway in October 2006, he recorded his career-best Funny Car elapsed time, 4.726 seconds, and speed, 325.69 mph. But he knew the thrill of blasting 4.455 seconds and 333.95 mph in a Top Fuel dragster, too. That speed, set in October 2003 at Ennis, Texas, is among NHRA's 10 fastest.
Kalitta started in a Top Fuel dragster, switched to the Funny Car class in 1986, reverted to the dragster five years later, sat out the 1998 season, and competed in just one race from 2000 to 2003, when he returned to the sport in September at the U.S. Nationals and advanced to two final rounds in just seven appearances. After driving the Jesse James-sponsored dragster, he jumped back into the Funny Car, a Toyota Solara, in 2006. He came close to disaster a number of times on the track. He was in the opposite lane when Darrell Russell was killed in eliminations in 2004 at St. Louis. He had his own scares, too. In the 1996 Gatornationals final at Gainesville, Fla., he rode out a blowover -- his 300-inch-wheelbase, 8,000-horsepower dragster flipped over backward at about 300 mph. At about 100 feet downtrack, it flipped, hit the wall, spun into the center of the lane, and skidded down the track backward against Blaine Johnson. "I thought, "I might just win this thing backwards,' "Kalitta said. He didn't. And when his wife and TV cameramen rushed to him, he turned to her and said, "Oh, hi, Honey. How's it goin'?"
The one occurrence that really bugged him, though, was the final round of the 1994 Gatornationals. He had a dominant dragster. He had set the national speed record in the semifinals and was expected to whip his final opponent -- his father. But Connie Kalitta isn't called "The Bounty Hunter" for nothing. Dad had a better reaction time at the start and set low elapsed time of the event in thrashing Scott. "I got accused of being a bad dad after that," Connie said. "I wanted to out-drive him and I did!" "I wasn't mad because the old man won. I was mad because I lost the race," was Scott's response. Scott Kalitta loved to tell of the time in the 1980's when they raced each other and Connie gave him team orders to jump the light for a disqualification. "I didn't want to," Scott said. "Instead, I just took off in high gear, and I still left on him. I lost the race, of course, but I gave him grief for a long time about leaving on him in high gear." Said competitor, Ron Capps, "You clearly couldn't have found a more versatile and talented nitro driver than Scott Kalitta. The world is not the same without him." Three-time Pro Stock champion Jeg Coughlin observed long ago of Kalitta, "That dude is tough", said Coughlin, "In later years I got to know him, and he had this air about him that was really cool. He was just the epitome of a drag racer to me -- tough-looking, super-good at the Tree, and a winner." Who knows how Scott Kalitta would reflect on his legacy? He just might say, "Aw, you know, things happen."
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The following comes from AARWBA's newsletter, Impressions. “Congratulations to Dusty Times on their 25th anniversary of service to the off road and rallying community. Dusty Times is the premier off road monthly newspaper, and it was started by Jean Calvin and hubby John. The July issue is a packed 60 pages with news, race results, features, and great action photos. Dusty Brandel remembers Jean Calvin: “Jean passed away in 1997 and what I remember most, was her great sense of humor, even at my expense. “At a Ford media event in Flagstaff, Arizona, Jean and I were paired in a Ford Pickup. An off road loop included a sand trap. On the first of four laps Jean, who drove barefoot, drove the truck through the trap cleanly. However, when I drove the loop, even with Jean's instructions, I got us stuck. The tow truck driver got us out quickly. Jean drove the next loop, and once again, "Miss Feather Foot" drove out smooth as silk. My last loop in the truck without 4-wheel power, I got us stuck again. When the tow truck came to get us out, Jean leaned out the window and said to the driver, "we have to stop meeting like this," the driver and I broke out laughing. “I'll always remember that fun day with Jean.” - Dusty Brandel. Visit the Dusty Times website at www.dustytimes.com

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I appreciate. Why me, please? How do you know of me? And, my affiliation with ? Regards, Paul T. Glessner, M.S.
Paul: We might not have met, but the purpose of the bios is to preserve land speed racing history and we do that through various means. I'm the editor of the Society of Land Speed Racing Historians and I write under the Gone Racin' byline for DRIVE, www.hotrodhotline.com and www.landspeedracing.com . What we try and do is to get people to leave their history, first with their family and especially their children, then caption all their photographs. If anyone would like to have their bio published in the newsletter, then we do that too. This is a voluntary project but so far our return has been very good and you can go to www.hotrodhotline.com, guest columnist and read some of the bios and stories which should give you an idea of what we are trying to accomplish. If you have no car experience, we would still like you to consider leaving your bio for your family. History means so much to those who know very little and want to know more. Check with George Callaway for references.

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Editor's notes: The following is from the website www.hotrodhotline.com. My First Hot Rod, By Dave Brackett
In November of 1959, I was a junior in high school in Southern California. I had my drivers license for a year or so, and had been riding a Cushman and then a Lambretta motor scooter. The urge to get a car, especially a hot rod, was foremost on my mind. I found a 1931 Model A coupe with a 48' Ford flathead motor. It was fairly complete and ran, but no upholstery or floorboards. I paid $150 for it and drove it home sitting on a milk crate with feet on the door sill and tranny. I really didn't know much about cars, but I was mechanically minded and my father had lots of tools. First, I got a seat frame and mounted that and built plywood floor boards. The rag top portion of the roof was all ripped up, so I decided to cover that over with sheetmetal. At this time, I could not weld, so I got some sheetmetal and hand formed a top and decided to nail it on. The oak frame was good, so I drilled holes through my roof panel and the original body just slightly smaller than the nails, and put 1 inch long nails about every 1/2 inch all around the top. I put body putty over that and primed the roof. I had the car over four years and it never cracked.
I could not afford to have any work done, so I learned to do everything myself. I started with body work, watched friends who did that, and copied their abilities. When that was done, I painted the car purple with lacquer, and was now ready for upholstery. Most people in Southern California went to Mexico to get upholstery done, but I decided to do it myself. My mom was a good seamstress and showed my how to sew. After breaking her sewing machine trying to sew six layers of naugahyde, I finally finished a tuck and roll seat. It was so much fun, I made a tuck and roll dash, running boards and even a tuck and roll cover for the rear end banjo. Since my car had a rumble seat, I finished that too. Now, the car looked nice, but I needed to attack the mechanical items. I added finned aluminium heads, a manafold with four Stromberg 97's and added chromed accesories under the hood. I had been taking welding in school, and had no bumpers for the car, so I made custom nerf bars, painted them gold and installed them.
My welding skills had increased, so I built a set of headers and when installing them, decided to make eight drag pipes. It looked cool, and I don't remember anyone else with eight drag pipes in the early 60's. I was ready to cruise, so in August of 1961, I went to our local drive in, called "Hillside", and promptly blew the tranny. This car still had the 39' Ford trans and torquetube rear end. I learned to be more gentle with that old stuff after that. When I got the car, it had a dropped front axle, but the trend was changing to raise up the front of the car. I asked my dad to bring home some tubing from his work, and I made axle bosses in the school machine shop, and welded up a straight tube axle and wishbones. The car looked great with the front high, so I left on my first cruise. I got about two blocks from home and the axle bent, the tow truck arrived and took me home. My dad had brought me pipe, which was too soft for an axle, so I got seamless tubing and redid the axle. All was fine.
I had started working in a gas station and now had a little money for the car. I built a 324 cubic inch flathead motor and installed that, probably not a good idea. That big a motor with the valve design of a flathead, could really never run that great. I also wanted a different carb setup, so I built a ram log type intake manafold for six Stromberg 97' carbs. It worked well, and I had added exhaust pipes off the heat riser ports to help get rid of exhaust, that helped a lot. I only drag raced it once, it had high rear end gears, but ran 114 MPH, with lowsy et's. I really enjoyed having a hot rod, It made me popular with girls and I always had someone to join me when I went cruising. My favorite cruise was to Tiny Naylor's in Hollywood, and stop at Harvey's Broiler on the way home. Those were great days, going to the drive in movies, and a little street racing. Most hot rods were daily drivers and we took them everywhere, going to the beach was a common happening. I had a rack to put surf boards on the roof. With the Model A finished, I wanted to start something new. Building hot rods was great fun and kept me out of trouble. I was always happy that I took up cars as a hobby, because I never took up smoking or drinking so I would have money for my cars. I had started a 1923 "T" bucket and needed money to finish that, so in August of 1963, I sold the coupe for $600.00. I have built many great hot rods, but will always remember the first. What a fun time in my life.

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The Fabulous Fifties NEWSLETTER Special Edition. BERNARD CAHIER, by Art Evans
It is with a great deal of sadness that I must report to you that my good friend, Bernard Cahier, died on July 10, 2008 at his home in Evian, France. He was 81. Bernard's death, I think, denotes the passing of an era: that of the second half of the twentieth century Formula One racing. With pen and camera, he documented the time. Last year, Bernard documented his life in a book: F-Stops, Pit Stops, Laughter & Tears, Memoirs of an Automotive Photojournalist. In my review in Vintage Racecar I noted that "Every now and then among the plethora of books published about cars and auto sports, a gem floats to the surface. Bernard Cahier has created one near the top." The book includes more
than 1300 photographs. Unarguably the preeminent Formula One photojournalist leaves behind an archive of photographs. Bernard's son, Paul-Henri, carries on the family tradition shooting most Formula One events as well as maintaining the achieve. He has a website: www.f-photo.com.
Bernard Cahier was born on June 20, 1927 in Marseille. His father was a general in the French army. Bernard's sister was the wife of Robert Mitterand, brother of French President Francois Mitterand. He attended his first race, the Marseilles Grand Prix at Miramas, in 1932. When WWII came along, Bernard was only 12. When he turned 16, Bernard joined the resistance in Brittany. After the region was liberated in the summer of 1944, he joined General Philippe Leclerc's Second Armored Division, then attached to Patton's army. Working as an engineer, Bernard was involved in clearing mines. He was awarded the "Croix de Guerre." After being involved in the conquest of southern Germany in 1945, he was sent to the French colony of Cameroon for a year. Mustered out in 1946, he went to California and enrolled in UCLA. While at the university, he met and married a Long Beach girl, Joan Updike. This turned out to be a lifetime commitment. In need of funds, Bernard got a job as a salesman at Roger Barlow's International Motors in Hollywood. He became friends with fellow salesman, Phil Hill and mechanic, Richie Ginther. At the wheel of his MGTD, Bernard got involved in the burgeoning Southern California sports car scene. In year's later conversations,
Bernard told me he ran in a few races. He particularly remembered Palm Springs. I can't however, find his name in any Palm Springs program. This is not unusual as there were often post entries. The one program that lists Bernard Cahier is the April 20, 1952 Pebble Beach. He entered in his TD that carried the number 72. I haven't been able to discover how he did, as I don't have the complete results. In June 1952, Bernard and his bride moved to Paris. Cahier decided to concentrate on writing and photographing the sport rather than driving. His first shoot was the
Italian Grand Prix at Monza. Based on the quality of his work, he was employed to cover Formula One for the French publication, L'Action Automoblie. My first exposure to Bernard Cahier was through his contributions to Road & Track. A charming personality as well as a big
talent, Cahier quickly joined the Formula One inner circle. He was intimate with all of the drivers, team managers and sponsors of the era. Due to his anecdotes as well as the personal feel of his photographs, Bernard eventually became a celebrity himself. He was particularly close to Juan Manuel Fangio and Stirling Moss. He helped Phil Hill and Dan Gurney get their rides in Europe. Cahier raced very occasionally in Europe
winning the Grand Turismo Class at the Targa Florio in 1967. He helped John Frankenheimer to make Grand Prix in 1966 and played a bit part in the movie. In 1968 he was one of the founding members of the International Racing Press Association and was one of its presidents. A red IRPA armband was the ultimate pass for auto sport journalists. In 1983, Cahier began to turn his work over to Paul-Henri. Nevertheless, Bernard and Joan often attended Formula One events. For some time, he and Joan traveled to California on an almost yearly basis to visit her
family in Long Beach. During these visits, Bernard and I became friends and would get together for a meal now and then, usually in a French
restaurant. When I started to do books about the sport, Bernard was always a great help. He contributed a number of wonderful photos to my latest book, Shelby, the Race Driver, available in October. For the past few years, we would talk on the phone now and then. We also communicated via the post, as he was not very comfortable with email. He kept threatening another visit, but it never quite materialized. Theodore Roosevelt's quotation is, I think, apt for Bernard: "We have but one life here. It pays, no matter what comes after it, to try and do things, to accomplish things in the life and not merely to have a soft and pleasant time." Republished from Art Evans Fab 50's newsletter.

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Past Members - Road Runners: Alumni (incomplete list - still being researched and verified). Submitted by Jerry Cornelison
Carl Alderson, 1991-?
John Alvaney, 1957-1998 Harvey Haller Memorial Trophy - 1968
Jim Alvaney, ca. 1971-73
Harold Anderson, ca.1945-1946
Fred Anderson, ca. 1950
(?) Anderson, ca. 1962
Anderson and Rech (1/2 mi Drags)
Anderson and Rech (Sept 23, 1962 El Mirage)
Charles B. Ash, Jr., ca.1949
Jack Avakian, ca. 1947-1948
Gene Babineau, ca.1961
Don Baker, 1948-1949
Red Barlett, ca.1961
A.W. "Bill" Barrett, ca.1946
Dean Batchelor, 1945-1948. Participated in first Bonneville Speedweek - 1949. Dry Lake Racers Hall of Fame - Inducted 1995
Steve Batchelor, 1989-1993. Bonneville 200 MPH Club 1990, El Mirage 200 MPH Club 1992, Dry Lake Racers Hall of Fame inducted 2005, Road Runners Record Holder: D/CFALT, 230.352 - Bonneville, Aug 1991, C/CFALT, 243.406 - Bonneville, Aug 1992 C/CFALT, 213.929 - El Mirage, Nov 1992
John Bedford, ca. 1947-1948
Bob Bell, 1956-1965
Norm Benham, 1991-1994, Bonneville 200 MPH Club - 1989, El Mirage 200 MPH Club - 1991, Muroc 200 MPH Club - 1999, Road Runners Record Holder: E/FCC, 203.850 - El Mirage, July 1991
Kent Bewley, ca.1961
Reed Bingham, ca. 1947-1948
Frank Breene, ca.1948-1953. Participated in first Bonneville Speedweek - 1949
(?) Brisbane, ca.1939, Brisbane-McCance
Ray Brown, 1937- ca.1949. AHRF Pioneer, Charter Member Road Runners SCTA (Ray Brown '32 Roadster #99C - Peterson Auto Museum Collection)
John D. Browning, ca.1946-1949
Tom Bryant, 1956- ca.1968. Harvey Haller Memorial Trophy - 1958, SCTA President - 1961 & 1962. Bonneville 200 MPH Club - 1990 El Mirage 200 MPH Club - 1989, Muroc 200 MPH Club - 1996. Dry Lake Racers Hall of Fame - Inducted 2002
Brick Buell, ca.1939
Bill Burke, 1946- ca.1950's. AHRF Pioneer. Inventor of the Belly Tank Lakester. Participated in first Bonneville Speedweek - 1949 SCTA Points Champion 1949 with fellow Road Runners member Don Francisco. SCTA President - 1951. Bonneville 200 MPH Club -1960. Dry Lake Racers Hall of Fame - Inducted 1996.
Roger Burnett, ca.1938
Kevin Burns, ca.1986
Neal Burns, ca.1986
Bob Byars, ca. 1947-1948
Harry Cameron, ca.1938
Fred Carrillo, ca.1946-1950, AHRF Pioneer. Participated in first Bonneville Speedweek 1949, Dry Lake Racers Hall of Fame inducted 1998
Doug Caruthers, ca.1940-1948
Woody Caruthers, ca.1949,1950
Ralph Chamberlain, ca. 1947-1948
Ray Charbonneau, ca.1945-1948
Art Cheverton, ca.1961
Carlos Cheverton, ca.1960's-1989
Ronnie Childer, ca.1961
Art Chrisman, ca.1950, AHRF Pioneer, Bonneville 200 MPH Club - 1952, Dry Lake Racers Hall of Fame - Inducted 1994, Chrisman Lakester (#25 Dragster) - DLR Hall of Fame car - Inducted 1994 (Chrisman #25 Lakester/Dragster is in the NHRA Museum collection)
Jack Chrisman, ca.1950
Brian Chuchua, 1958-1961
Art Clayton, ca.1986-2000 Harvey Haller Memorial Trophy - 1988 &1991
Patty Clayton, ca.1986-1992 Harvey Haller Memorial Trophy - 1993
Craig Cochran, ?-1991
Harold Coffy, ca.1968
Gene Cole, 1981-1993
Wes Collins, ca.1939-1945
Mike Cowart, 1979-1980
Fred Cox, ca.1961
(?) Crawford, ca. 1947-1948
Roger Crowe, 1962- ca.1968
Fred Cruz, ca. 1947-1948
Clete Culp, ca.1977-1978 Harvey Haller Memorial Trophy - 1977 & 1978
Ed Culp, ca.1977-1978 Harvey Haller Memorial Trophy - 1977 & 1978
Jim Culp, ca.1977-1978 Harvey Haller Memorial Trophy - 1977 & 1978
Mitch Culp, ca.1977-1978 Harvey Haller Memorial Trophy - 1977 & 1978
Bob Cummins, ?-1990
Jack Cunningham, ca.1961
(?) Curran, ca.1963 Taylor & Curran
Jason Dahl, 1990-? Muroc 200 MPH Club - 1997, Road Runners Record Holder: A/GC, 206.367 - Muroc, 1997
Chuck Daigh, ca.1947 Webmaster note: Verified as member by Pat O'Hern. AHRF Pioneer
Walter DePauw, ca. 1953
Howard Dixson, 1956-ca.1963
Phil Duarte, ca.1960's
Andre Durocher, ca.1939
Vic Edelbrock Sr., ca.1939-1946. AHRF Pioneer, SCTA Points Champion 1941, Dry Lake Racers Hall of Fame - Inducted 1994
Vic Edelbrock Jr., (member ?) Webmaster note: Listed as a Road Runner on AHRF Pioneer page. All other evidence I have found is that Vic Jr. was not a member. AHRF Pioneer, Dry Lake Racers Hall of Fame - Inducted 1997
Mike Edwards, 1990-?
(?) Eisert, ca.1961 Embrey, Eisert & Bell
Chief Elam, ca.1959-1962
Lute Eldridge, ca. 1947-1948
Luther Eldridge, ca.1945-1948
Chuck Embrey, 1959-1967
Lee Enfiajian, ca. 1947-1948
Earl Evans, ca.1949-1950. Participated in first Bonneville Speedweek - 1949. SCTA Points Champion 1950. Dry Lake Racers Hall of Fame - Inducted 1996
(?) Ewing, ca.1970, Lufkin & Ewing
Bill Faris, ca.1945
Charlie Faris, ca.1945-1948
Kenny Farmer, ca.1939
Ralph Fiddler, ?-1988
Dick Finkle, ca.1947-1949
Bill Fisher, ?-1988
King Fisher, ca. 1947-1948
Dick Ford, ca.1946
Brad Foster, 1991-1993
Don Francisco, ca.1940's-1950, SCTA Points Champion 1949 with fellow Road Runners member Bill Burke. Participated in first Bonneville Speedweek - 1949. Dry Lake Racers Hall of Fame - Inducted 1995
Bill Fujitani, ca.1941
Jack Gallagher, ca.1939
Dave Glotch, 1947-1948
Larry Goldsberry, ca.1961-1969
Bill Graham, 1950-1962. SCTA President - 1958 & 1959, Harvey Haller Memorial Trophy - 1960
John Graham, ca.?
Roland Gravel, ca.1961-1969. Bonneville 200 MPH Club - 1979. Harvey Haller Memorial Trophy - 1964 & 1965
Emil "Griggs" Grisotti, ca.1959-1963. Pete Dean Memorial Sportsmanship Trophy - 1958. Harvey Haller Memorial Trophy - 1959. Meb Healy Memorial Trophy (for exceptional service to SCTA) - 1960 & 1961. Dry Lake Racers Hall of Fame - Inducted 1997
Fred Hadley, ca.1950's-1961
Harvey Haller, ca.1947-1953. Pete Dean Memorial Sportsmanship Trophy - 1948. Participated in first Bonneville Speedweek - 1949 Bonneville 200 MPH Club - 1953
Wayne Hamilton, ca.?
Glen Hammett, ca. 1949,1950 Hammett & Haller
(?) Hansen, ca.1961 Stanford & Hansen. Miller & Hansen
Richard Hansen, 1990-?
George Hanson, ca.1950's. Pete Dean Memorial Sportsmanship Trophy - 1957
Don Harrington, ca.?
Jeff Harrington, ca.?
(?) Harris, ca. 1950, Anderson & Harris
Doug Harrison, ca. 1950
George Harvey, 1937-?. Charter Member Road Runners SCTA
Jack Harvey, 1937-1959-? AHRF Pioneer, Charter Member Road Runners SCTA, SCTA Points Champion 1939 with fellow Road Runners member Ernie McAfee, Built and raced one of the first two "real" Streamliners (enclosed wheels) - 1939 (Spalding Brothers of the Mobilers Club built and raced the other - 1939)
Ralph Haun, ca.1961
Pete Henderson, ca.1946-1948
Jack Henry, 1937-ca.1942, Charter Member Road Runners SCTA, First President of Road Runners
Fran Hernandez, ca.1940's
Irv Hess, ca.1961-1962
(?) Hill, ca. 1939, Pike-Hill
Lowell "Big Red" Holmes, 1961-1970, Harvey Haller Memorial Trophy - 1966 & 1967
(?) Holmes, ca.1990, Charlie/Sandy & Holmes #844
Gary Hop, ca.1961
Ron Hope, ca.1962-1963
Verne Houle, ca.1942-1946
Ric Howard, ca. 1947-1948
Gordon Hoyt, ca.1970's-1986, SCTA President - 1978 & 1979, Pete Dean Memorial Sportsmanship Trophy - 1979, Harvey Haller Memorial Trophy - 1979, Bonneville 200 MPH Club - 1979
Ken Huff, ca.?
Gene Hyde, ca.1961
(?) Jacoby, ca.1961, Hop & Jacoby
Bob James, 1956-1961
Henry Johnson, ca. 1947-1948
Johnny Johnson, ca.1946-1948
Mike Johnson, 1992-1993
Stan Johnson, ca. 1960's-1973
Jim Johnston (Castera), ca. 1950
Bob Jones, ca.1961-1962
Grant Jones, ca.1961-1962
Reinhard Jung, ca.?
George Kalem, ca. 1947-1948
Ron Kato, ca.1960's-1998
Clark Kibler, 1989-1992
Dave Kibler, 1989-1991
Ralph Kibler, ?-1990
Bill Kimball, 1938-1941
Dick King, ca. 1947-1948
(?) Knudsen, ca. 1948, Wilson & Knudsen
Ralph Konstan, ca.1980, Harvey Haller Memorial Trophy - 1980
Ed Korgan, ca.1946 (Driver for Bill Burke - Belly Tank Lakester)
Tim Kraushaar, 1959-ca.1963
Jerry Kugel, ca. 1959-1961-ca.1973, AHRF Pioneer, Pete Dean Memorial Sportsmanship Trophy - 1965, Bonneville 200 MPH Club - 1967 Dry Lake Racers Hall of Fame - Inducted 2002
Jack Lamdin, ?-1989
Art Lamey, ca.1947 (Driver for Bert Letner)
Paul Laurance, ca. 1947-1948
Tommy Lee, ca.1945
Mel Leighton, ca.1940-1947
Bill Lester, ca.1937, Charter Member Road Runners SCTA
Bert Letner, ca.1946-1948
John Lightfoot, ca. 1950
Don Lodes, ca.1947-1948
Bob Logenecker, 1937- ? Charter Member Road Runners SCTA
Edward Long Jr., ca.1961
Lee Long, ca. 961-1962
Buzz Lowe, ca.1961-1967. L&L Screw Machine - '53 Studebaker, SCTA Points Champion 1967
Dean Lowe, ca.1961-1967. L&L Screw Machine- '53 Studebaker, SCTA Points Champion 1967
Jack Lufkin, ca.1959-1970. SCTA Points Champion 1962 - Lufkin & Jones. Bonneville 200 MPH Club - 1964. Dry Lake Racers Hall of Fame - Inducted 2000
Chuck Lynch, ca.1961-1962
Roger Mallet, 1966-1968(?)
Bud Marcia, ca. 1947-1948
Mard Matsuura, ca.1941
Roland Mays, ca. 1947-1948
Ernie McAfee, ca.1938. SCTA Points Champion 1938. SCTA Points Champion 1939 with fellow Road Runners member Jack Harvey. Dry Lake Racers Hall of Fame - Inducted 2001
Bill McBurney, ca. 1947-1948
(?) McCance, ca. 1939. Brisbane-McCance
Bob McClure, ca. 1950-1951
Leland McCormick, ca. 1947-1948
Johnny McCoy, ca. 1946-1948
Jack "John" McDermott, ca.1947-1949
Dave McDonald, ca.1961-1962. Dry Lake Racers Hall of Fame - Inducted 2005
Leland McGee, ca. 1961
R.O. McGregor, ca.1949
Dennis McIntee, ca.1949
Bob McMillian, ca.1973
Tom McMullen, ca.1963-1964
Jack McNay, ca.1939
Tom Medley, ca.1946. Dry Lake Racers Hall of Fame - Inducted 1999. Creator of "Stroker McGurk" cartoons - Hot Rod magazine
Bobby Meeks, ca.1939-1948. AHRF Pioneer; Dry Lake Racers Hall of Fame - Inducted 1996
Victor Meleo, ca.1939-1940's
Harry Melickian, ca.?
Buck Melvin, ca. 1953
Eddie Meyer Jr., ca.1937. Charter Member Road Runners SCTA. Introduced the first mid-engine roadster to lakes racing - 1940. Dry Lake Racers Hall of Fame - Inducted 2007
Lowell Meyers, 1956
Ak Miller, 1937-ca.1960's. AHRF Pioneer. Charter Member Road Runners SCTA. SCTA President - 1947, 1948 & 1950. Participated in first Bonneville Speedweek - 1949. Bonneville 200 MPH Club - 1991. Dry Lake Racers Hall of Fame - Inducted 1996. Record Holder - former Road Runners member in Road Runners Benham & Lufkin car; E/FCC, 225.765- Bonneville, Aug 1991
Glenn Miller, 1960's-2000. Harvey Haller Memorial Trophy 1982, 1989. Bonneville 200 MPH Club 1990. El Mirage 200 MPH Club '90
Harold Miller, ca.1947-1948
Larry "Dad" Miller Sr., 1937-1959-ca.1973. Charter Member Road Runners SCTA. Harvey Haller Memorial Trophy - 1961
Larry Miller Jr., ca.1961-1989. SCTA Points Champion 1966
Marvin Miller, ca.1962-1963
Seigfried "Zeke" Miller, 1937-1946. Charter Member Road Runners SCTA
Don Milligan, ca.1940's
Bob Molinar, ca. ?
Robert Montgomery, ca. 1946
Dale Moore, ca.1961
Skip Moore, 1988-1990
(?) Moreland, ca.1973. Miller/Moreland Special
(?) Morgan, ca.1948. Shinn & Morgan
Frank Morowski, ca.?
Rick Morris, 1991-1998
Ray Morton, 1984-1994, 2001-2002. AHRF Pioneer
Bob Morton, 1949-ca.1950. AHRF Pioneer. Dry Lake Racers Hall of Fame - Inducted 2007
Gordy Muirhead, ca.1962-1963
Laddie Murdock, ca.1939-1940's
Lowell Myers, 1956
LeRoy Neumayer, ca.1950's. (Note: Spelled Newmayer in some publications.) Bonneville 200 MPH Club - 1953. Dry Lake Racers Hall of Fame - Inducted 1998
Al Nichols, ca.1970-1973
Don Nicholls, ca.?
Gary Nicholls, ca.1961-1990
Bill Niekamp, ca.1940's-1953. '29 Ford roadster won the 1950 Oakland Roadster Show's top award, "America's Most Beautiful Roadster"
Bill Noble, ca.1968
Rusty Noble, ca.1961
Chuck Norstadt, ca.1968
Jason Oberhelman, 2004-2006
Pat O'Brien, ca.1947-1950
Wesley O'Connell, ca.1963
Pat O'Hern, 1947-1948
Karl Orr, ca.1940's (member ?). Webmaster note: One document I found listed Karl Orr as a Road Runner. All other evidence I have found is that Karl was not a member. Dry Lake Racers Hall of Fame - Inducted 1999
Dr. Nathan Ostich, ca.1961. Bonneville 200 MPH Club - 300 MPH Chapter - 1961. (First jet car - is now on display at Harrah's Auto Museum, Reno)
Floyd Page, ca. 1939
Wally Parks, 1937-1951(Honorary member of the SCTA and Road Runners from 1951 until 2007). AHRF Pioneer. Charter Member Road Runners SCTA. Designer of the Road Runners SCTA club plaque. SCTA Treasurer, pre-WWII, President - 1946, Secretary and first General Manager 1947. Organized 1948 Hot Rod Show and the first Bonneville Speedweek - 1949. Pete Dean Memorial Sportsmanship Trophy - 1949. Dry Lake Racers Hall of Fame - Inducted 1995. Helped bring back Muroc Reunion in 1990's.
Bill Paterson, ca.1961-1962
Ted Pearson, 1960-1966
Mike Penketh, 1993-1994
(?) Peterman, ca.1949. Brown, Carrillo & Peterman
(?) Peterson, ca.1949,1950. Peterson & Sinclair. Peterson, Johnson & Graham
Bill Phy, ca. 1947-1950. Participated in first Bonneville Speedweek - 1949. SCTA Points Champion 1950. (Stanford Brothers & B. Phy - #70 Belly Tank Lakester)
Bob Pierson, 1950-?. AHRF Pioneer. Dry Lake Racers Hall of Fame - Inducted 1994. Pierson Brothers Coupe - DLR Hall of Fame car - Inducted 1994
Dick Pierson, 1950-?. AHRF Pioneer. Dry Lake Racers Hall of Fame - Inducted 1994. Pierson Brothers Coupe - DLR Hall of Fame car - Inducted 1994. (Pierson Bros. '34 Coupe #2D - Peterson Auto Museum - Owner: Bruce Meyer)
(?) Pike, ca.1939. Pike-Hill
Jim Plummer, ca.1960's-1989. Participated in first Bonneville Speedweek - 1949
Hal Powell, ca.1953
(?) Preston, ca.1939. Buell-Preston
James Provencher, 2006
John Pugh, ca.1940-1946
Rob Pugh, ca.1940-1946
Jack Ratledge, ca. 1947-1948
Doug Ray, 1957- ca.1961
Joe Reath, ca.1940's. AHRF Pioneer
(?) Rech, ca. 1962. Anderson and Rech (1/2 mi Drags). Anderson and Rech (Sept 23, 1962 El Mirage)
Ted Rees, ca.1949, 1950
Fred Reidman, ca. 1947-1948
Fred Reno (Renoe), ca.1947-1950
Stain Brothers & Renoe
Charles D. "Chuck" Rice, ca.1949, 1950
Glenn Richards, ca.1979-1983
Larry Richards, ca.1979-1983
Shorty Richards, 1979-1983
"Dad" Riley, ca.1970-1971
Jack Riley, ca. 1950
John Riley, ca.1937. Charter Member Road Runners SCTA
Glen Roark, ca. 1947-1948
Jon Rohloff, ca.1990
Charlie Rorak, 1990
Walt Rose, 1937-ca.1948. Charter Member Road Runners SCTA
Chris Ross, 1994-?
George Rubio, ca. 1949
Bill Scace, 1968. Honorary Member from Chicago* (*note from SCTA program). Bonneville 200 MPH Club - 1968
Ed Scheller, ca.1941-1948
Paul Schiefer, ca. 1950-1953. Dry Lake Racers Hall of Fame - Inducted 2005
Bill Schnock, 2004-2006
Jerry Schnock, 2004-2006
Bill Schoenberg, ca.1939
Mike Schroeder, 2006
Fred Scott, ca.?
Johnny Seleck, 1937-? Charter Member Road Runners SCTA
Jim Seulke, ca.1961
Jack Shadford, ca.1938
Elmer Shannon, ca.1994. Road Runners Record Holder: F/BGMS, 172.515 - El Mirage, Oct 1994
Tunney Shigekuni, ca.1938-1941
Randy Shinn, ca. 1940-1948. SCTA Points Champion 1946
Jim Sims, 1992-1997
(?) Sinclair, ca.1949. Peterson & Sinclair
Eldon Snapp, 1937-ca.1940's. Charter Member Road Runners SCTA, co-editor of the SCTA Times, cartoonist and artist.
Bob Snook, 1939-1946
Elmer Sparks, ca.1961
Stain Brothers, ca. 1950. Stain Brothers & Renoe
Strain Brothers (this may be Stain Brothers), ca. 1950
Graham Standard, ca.1961-1962
Stanford Brothers, ca.1950-1953. SCTA Points Champion 1950. (Stanford Brothers & B. Phy - #70 Belly Tank Lakester)
(?) Stanford, ca.1961. Stanford & Hansen
Jerry Stroner (Stoner ?) , ca. 1947-1948
Al Sulimoff, 1937-? Charter Member Road Runners SCTA
Bob Sykes, Jr., 1996-2000. Road Runners Record Holder: D/CBGALT, 174.007 - Muroc, 1998
Bob Tattersfield, ca.1948
Jim Taylor, 1963-ca.1969
(?) Thomas, ca.1961-1962. Jones & Thomas
Tommy Tompkins, ca. 1947-1948
Earnest Thompson, ca. 1947-1948
Kelly Tidwell, ca.?
Art Tilton, ca.1940's. Tilton was the first Secretary of the SCTA from 1937 until he enlisted and entered the Army Air Corp in 1942. He was killed in an airplane accident while training a young flyer. His mother donated money to the SCTA to create the Arthur C. Tilton Award for Sportsmanship, with the first honoree being Tony Capana. The trophy was later renamed the Pete Dean Award. Tilton may have been a Road Runner, but it is more likely that he was associated with another club.
James Triplett, ca.1939
Gerald Tucker, ca.1963. Harvey Haller Memorial Trophy - 1963
Dick Valenzuela, 1962-ca.1969
Pete Valenzuela, ca.1971-1973
T.G. VanArsdale, ca.1961
Charles Van deVeer, ca.1961-1963
Nicholson VanNorman, ca.1962
Bill Veldman, ca.1970-1973
Don Waite, 1946-1948. AHRF Pioneer. Innovator of the rear engine lakes roadster 1947. Participated in first Bonneville Speedweek 1949
(?) Warren, ca.1949. Warren & Wickham
Bill Watkins, ca.1963
Johnny Welchel, ca.1939
Orville "Snuffy" Welchel, 1937-? Charter Member Road Runners SCTA
Gary Weldon, ca.?
Si Westbrook, ca. 1946-1948
Dick Westling, ca. 1947-1948
Mike Wheeler, 1961-ca.1980's
(?) Wickham, ca.1949. Warren & Wickham
Steve Willsey, 1990-1991
Bob Wilson, ca.1941
Guy R. Wilson, ca.1948-1949
Roland Winters, ca.1961-1962
Jim Woods, ca. 1947-1950
Judy Yost (?), 1962
Ron Yost, 1962-1965. Harvey Haller Memorial Trophy - 1962
Cecil Young, ca. 1953
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ALUMNI SUMMARY:
SCTA Individual Point Champions: 1938, 1939, 1941, 1946, 1949, 1950, 1962, 1966 & 1967
SCTA Club Champions: 1948 & 1949
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Current Members - Road Runners: Active Members - 2008
Reese Adams, Riverside, 1981. Harvey Haller Memorial Trophy - 1983, 1986 & 1987. Pete Dean Memorial Sportsmanship Trophy - 1985 Bonneville 200 MPH Club - 1989. El Mirage 200 MPH Club - 1996. Record Holder: A/GC, 207.451 - El Mirage, Nov 1996
Bill Anderson, Riverside, 1997. Record Holder: 500cc/APS-PG, 111.059 - Bonneville, Aug 2007. 500cc/APS-PG, 129.817 - El Mirage, Sept 2007
Scott Baxter, Jackson, 2006
Wendell Burns, Hemet, 2008
Casey Campbell, Modesto, 2007
Tim Campbell, Riverbank, 2007
Leonard Carr, Elsinore, 1989. Bonneville 200 MPH Club - 1990. El Mirage 200 MPH Club - 1999. Record Holder: C/BGMS, 240.752 - El Mirage, July 1999. D/BGMS, 216.466 - El Mirage, Nov 1999
Mark Cavender, Riverside, 2007
Dave Consalvo, Beaumont, 2008
Keri Consalvo, Beaumont, 2008
Jerry Cornelison, Riverside, 2005. Harvey Haller Memorial Trophy - 2006
Amanda Ferguson, Riverside, 2004
Mike Ferguson, Riverside, 1978. Harvey Haller Memorial Trophy - 1984, 1992 & 2000
Buddy Fitzgerel, Whittier, 1959. Record Holder: XF/PRO, 130.813 - El Mirage, June 1984
Gary Foster, Anaheim, 1982. Harvey Haller Memorial Trophy - 1985 & 1990. Bonneville 200 MPH Club - 1990
Terry Geer, Perris, 2000
Steve Gibson, Riverside, 1999
Bill Harris, Riverside, 2005. Record Holder: XXO/GC, 164.295 - El Mirage, Nov 2006. XXO/GALT, 184.149 - Bonneville, Aug 2007
Steve Johnson, Joshua Tree, 2008
Jim Kitchen, San Bernardino, 2004. Bonneville 200 MPH Club - 2003. Record Holder: C/STR, 189.541 - El Mirage, June 2005
Willie Martin, Riverside, 1979-1980, 2007
Jack Masson, Corona, 1992
Charlie Miller, Yucaipa, 1988. Harvey Haller Memorial Trophy - 1994
Mike Miller, Riverside, 1991. Harvey Haller Memorial Trophy - 1995
Mike Retzlaff, Elk Grove, 2007
Pat Riley, Riverside, 2003. Record Holder: XO/VGC, 141.208 - El Mirage, Sept 2007. XO/VGC, 143.778 - Bonneville, Aug 2007. Harvey Haller Memorial Trophy - 2007
Richard Ross, Morongo Valley, 2006. Record Holder: XXO/GALT, 173.723 - El Mirage, Sept 2007; XXO/FALT, 196.488 Bonneville, Oct 2007
Mark Saxlund, Long Beach, 1991
Dale Wester, Yorba Linda, 2006. Record Holder: XXO/FALT, 170.206 - El Mirage, July 2007. XXO/GC, 180.166 - Bonneville, Aug 2007
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Associate Members
Roy Caruthers, Indianapolis, IN, 2006. (Roy is the son of former Road Runner, Doug Caruthers who ran the #6 C&C Special Streamliner in the 40's. That car later became the #25 Chrisman Dragster which is now in the NHRA Museum in Pomona.)
John Julis, Riverside, CA, 2008. (John has a long history of racing. He raced the Baja 1000 in 1969, was National Go-Kart Champ in 1969, was 10th in points in NASCAR-West Modified in 1974, and has 15 years experience racing dirt and pavement stock cars. He has been a pit crew member for the McDonald & Pitts AA/FALT at Bonneville for several years.)
Pat O'Hern, Fountain Hills, AZ, 2008. (Pat was a Road Runner in 1947, 1948 and part of 1949. During the 40's, he also raced jalopies at the old Carrell Speedway. In the 50's he began SCCA road racing in Class F Production. He raced at many of the old, and now gone racing venues including Riverside International Raceway.)
Ty O'Neal, Frisco, TX, 2007. (Ty was a pit crew worker for former Road Runner, Clark Kibler and his C/D Street Roadster at Bonneville during the 1980's.)
Jim Onorato, Levittown, NY, 2008. (Jim is from a family with a long Drag Racing history in the New York area. He also is a Hot Rod builder and historian. Jim is now bringing son into the family legacy as they build a '73 Chevy Nova 396 for the strip.)
Charles Rollins, Costa Mesa, CA, 2007. (Charles is the nephew of Road Runner Don Francisco and a friend and acquaintance of several other early members. He is an editor and an automotive journalist with Ray Brock Associates and the webmaster for the http://www.bench-racing.com website.
Mel Weber, Clovis, CA, 2008. (Mel is a former Road Runner, 1959-1963. He has a number of years experience racing the Dry Lakes and Bonneville driving in the C/G and C/ALT classes.)
Mark Winters, Paso Robles, CA, 2007. (Mark and his wife are long time friends of the Road Runners who attend and volunteer at most of our events and activties. Mark is a former racer who participated in various types of racing activties.)
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Missing Members - Road Runners: Missing Alumni. Missing and/or Possible Members List - researching to verify and validate A&A Auto Parts, ca. 1961 Auto Electric Engineering, ca. 1963 Auto Parts Co., ca. 1963 Brown, Carl & Pete, ca. 1948 ( "C" roadster - Ray Brown)
Carline Auto Parts Team, ca. 1961 Dick's Ranchero, ca. 1973

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Links to other land speed and hotrodding websites:
www.landspeedproductions.biz, http://www.landracing.com, www.speedrecordclub.com,
http://www.ahrf.com/video.php, www.hotrodhotline.com,
www.landspeedracing.com, www.Autobooks-Aerobooks.com

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Members:

Jonathan Amo, Brett Arena, Henry Astor, Gale Banks, Glen Barrett, Mike Bastian, Lee Blaisdell, Jim Bremner, Warren Bullis, Burly Burlile, George Callaway, Gary Carmichael, John Backus, John Chambard, Jerry Cornelison, G. Thatcher Darwin, Jack Dolan, Ugo Fadini, Bob Falcon, Rich Fox, Glenn Freudenberger, Don Garlits, Bruce Geisler, Stan Goldstein, Andy Granatelli, Walt James, Wendy Jeffries, Ken Kelley, Mike Kelly, Bret Kepner, Kay Kimes, Jim Lattin, Mary Ann and Jack Lawford, Fred Lobello, Eric Loe, Dick Martin, Ron Martinez, Tom McIntyre, Don McMeekin, Bob McMillian, Tom Medley, Jim Miller, Don Montgomery, Bob Morton, Mark Morton, Paula Murphy, Landspeed Louise Ann Noeth, Frank Oddo, David Parks, Richard Parks, Wally Parks (in memoriam), Eric Rickman, Willard Ritchie, Roger Rohrdanz, Evelyn Roth, Ed Safarik, Frank Salzberg, Dave Seely, Charles Shaffer, Mike Stanton, David Steele, Doug Stokes, Bob Storck, Zach Suhr, Maggie Summers, Gary Svoboda, Pat Swanson, Al Teague, JD Tone, Jim Travis, Randy Travis, Jack Underwood and Tina Van Curen, Richard Venza.

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