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Anybody going this year? I think Speedweek is 8/11-8/17. :roll:
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Bucket listed.....
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Danny Thompson is beating on the record!
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He did it!!! From article on fb:

"In 1960, racer Mickey Thompson brought the Challenger I to the Bonneville Salt Flats and set a one-time speed of 406.60 mph, making him the first American racer to break the 400 mph barrier. This weekend at the same place, his son Danny Thompson—in Challenger II, another car his father built—set an astounding new record of 450.9 mph in the timed mile record he came to achieve."
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I love that picture🤠
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Happy birthday Mr. Pope! :)! :)!
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174 MPH 4 cylinder belly tank . . .

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Nice pic of the belly tank, were you running along beside when you took that pic?
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It was taken from the push truck! 8-)
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