I will second that Doug and let's not forget Joe Fontanna who built the
engine and wants that car to break two so bad he can taste it.
Jim in Palmdale
----- Original Message -----
From: <ARDUNDOUG@aol.com>
To: <land-speed@autox.team.net>
Sent: Friday, September 29, 2000 8:52 AM
Subject: J.D. & Patrick Tone at Speed Week 2000
> Group,
> I was reading the Speed Week results last night and finally realized
what
> JD and son Patrick really accomplished last month at Bonneville. Their
192MPH
> one-way pass while backing up a 180 qualifying run in their Jimmy powered
XXO
> Fuel Bantam roadster was quite a feat.
> In addition to being "ever-present" the whole week in Tech, JD tuned a
> pretty darned impressive group of runs over 180MPH. Wouldn't it be
something
> to see he and Patrick make the "Two-Club" with a Vintage Engine Fuel
> Roadster, something that I don't believe has been accomplished yet?
> I remember when my cousin Bud Morrill set the Bonneville XXO/GR record
at
> 180 about 15 years ago. It was quite a feat, a record that stands today
and
> was considered at the time to be faster than even a fuel Vintage Engine
> roadster could make.
> When Tony Waters went over 200 at Bonneville in a DeSoto powered hiboy
> roadster several decades ago it was hailed as quite a feat. My, how things
do
> progress. Waters ran a very impressive GMC on the left coast in his 23 "T"
> drag roadster prior to upgrading to a blown DeSoto using the
"Potvin-Style"
> front mount for the blower that he and Bakersfield Smokers legend Ernie
> Hashim fabricated in the 50's.
> BTW, Ernie Hashim is still ever-present in LSR, competing this year at
> Muroc and Speed Week with his little pickup.
> Nice going, J.D. & Patrick........Ardun Doug King
>
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