Showing posts with label LSR. Show all posts
Showing posts with label LSR. Show all posts

Monday, March 7, 2011

fastest car, on ice... . Bentley - 205 mph

From http://ralfbecker.com/ which might sound familiar, Ralf is the man who makes ChromJuwelen.com

I read about this speed record just last week, but I can't recall where. Thinking a bit about it, doesn't it makes sense to go for speed records on frozen lakes? You won't have to worry about overheating, if you break anything, you don't have to get towed... just pushed, and there are a lot more frozen lakes than other land speed venues (the Australian dry lake Eyre and Gairdner, El Mirage, Bonneville, and Black Rock are the only areas I can think of that you have a long shut down area. The Maxton Mile, the New England Mile, and Ormond are limited if I recall correctly)

Friday, December 10, 2010

the unusual things that cought my attention at SEMA

Great idea for an instant pop up parking sign








Barstool racers

The above beautiful wood, is twisted olive. real stuff.

Sunday, August 29, 2010

Italy's National Automobile Museum in Turin (or Torino I'm not sure, I can't read Italian)

the wood buck for an Alfa Romeo Guiletta Sprint









Fiat Turbina

the winner of the Paris to Peking race
If you are ever near Torino, it looks like a must see to me! http://www.museoauto.it/home/

Italy's National Automobile Museum in Turin (or Torino I'm not sure, I can't read Italian)

the wood buck for an Alfa Romeo Guiletta Sprint









Fiat Turbina

the winner of the Paris to Peking race
If you are ever near Torino, it looks like a must see to me! http://www.museoauto.it/home/

Sunday, July 11, 2010

New photos of Burt Munro and his first time at Bonneville have been found


above and below are the images that show Burt having just been given the sack of money that everybody donated to (love the comraderie of racers) that was a scene in World's Fastest Indian and the above moment was captured by another camera http://justacarguy.blogspot.com/2010/01/they-passed-hat-for-burt-just-like.html













From http://www.jockeyjournal.com/?p=710 . The photos were taken by Jack Brady, and are in the Kellogg collection, and I came across them at http://chromjuwelen.tumblr.com/post/789278888/the-jockey-journal-blog-archive-the-passion-of
For all the other information and photos of Burt I've come across: