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Bonneville Salt Flats Discussion => 2017 and before: SW & WF => SpeedWeek 2016 => Topic started by: Jack Gifford on August 15, 2016, 01:45:48 AM

Title: Danny Thompson
Post by: Jack Gifford on August 15, 2016, 01:45:48 AM: Congratulations to Danny- 411 on a 392 record! I hope his mom Judy was there? :-)
Title: Re: Danny Thompson
Post by: tauruck on August 15, 2016, 03:29:59 AM: Great news, Thanks Jack. :cheers: :cheers: :cheers:
Title: Re: Danny Thompson
Post by: mc1984ss on August 15, 2016, 06:40:13 AM: Great job to Danny and the crew! I had read in a couple different places that his mom was there to see it. Who held the record previously? Nearburg?
Title: Re: Danny Thompson
Post by: TrickyDicky on August 15, 2016, 07:03:33 AM: Quote from: mc1984ss on August 15, 2016, 06:40:13 AM
... Who held the record previously? Nearburg?

Yep. October 2009.
Title: Re: Danny Thompson
Post by: gkabbt on August 15, 2016, 08:56:22 AM: Quote from: Jack Gifford on August 15, 2016, 01:45:48 AM
Congratulations to Danny- 411 on a 392 record! I hope his mom Judy was there? :-)

Yep, she is here! This pic is from the drivers meeting last Saturday:

(https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/11_1w1cgcBo792P_db-0_vUwi_g58_CQTCNJbplTJZe06ftZtPgLpsapk2pfpUd2XRFx2H0O8d8ekg=w920-h690-no)

And CONGRATULATIONS to Danny from me as well!

Gregg
Title: Re: Danny Thompson
Post by: MAYOMAN on August 15, 2016, 09:21:50 AM: It is really terrific to see that Danny got the car to perform after all these years.
I was at Bonneville in 1968 observing the Mustang record onslaught by Mickey and Danny Ongais.
Joe Petrali had invited me to come out and see how things worked with the USAC timing crew - after he learned our LSR crew (The Blue Flame) had never been to the salt flats.
Mickey and Danny proceeded to set all manner of records on the International Course and on the circle course (endurance records). The Ford sponsored Mustang records were the priority.
The Autolite streamliner just sat there waiting its turn. Unfortunately, that turn never came in 1968, when the weather ended the session. I guess Mickey's other business ventures took all of his time after that - and the beautiful streamliner became a garage queen.

When Danny began the restoration of that machine I was rooting for this day.
Congratulations Danny - and Mickey!
:cheers:
Title: Re: Danny Thompson
Post by: Gary Perkinson on August 15, 2016, 12:06:31 PM: Congrats, Danny! :-o 8-)
Title: Re: Danny Thompson
Post by: tauruck on August 15, 2016, 01:20:38 PM: Good guy. Even took time to answer my questions.
I'm happy for him. GO DANNY!!!!!. :cheers:

This pic says a lot about LSR.
Title: Re: Danny Thompson
Post by: tauruck on August 15, 2016, 01:35:15 PM: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yJJoHcmoklY
Title: Re: Danny Thompson
Post by: ChrisLenahan on August 18, 2016, 12:59:49 PM: I was lucky enough to be down at the 5 mile helping retrieve a bike and rider during that 411 run and it sounded great.