It was 1952 when Otto drove the Post Special Streamliner to a record-breaking 222.57 MPH earning him a red hat before there were red hats! The Bonneville 200MPH Club was formed in 1953 and Otto was inducted as a "charter member"
We spoke many times during the development of my first book "Bonneville Salt Flats, an he was very generous with his comments and observations of the times. I allowed me to gain a firm grasp of the sport in its earliest days.