The "Star Spangled Banger" FBF/l was (is) owned by Bill Manley from Santa Rosa and was originally built by Dick Russel a noted fabricator that worked for Parnelli Jones in So. Cal. It was made from "spare" Indy car parts and sported a 159 cu. in turboOffy that made about 1000+hps. It used a Weisman tranny and that was its limitation because they could not find a ring and pinion that would allow them to go much faster than their record or 262 mph although they had plenty of power they didn't want to over rev the Offy. Bill had been going to Bonneville for years and even though he had some pretty stout equipment he never set a record, which is something he really wanted to do. He put his son, Brian, who had never been to the salt, in the lakester, he got his licencees and then set the record at 262 mph and his comment was "What is so hard about this"!!!! They say his dad almost hit him!
As I understand the Star Spangled Banger may be for sale and they have found some gears for the Weisman that will allow it to go over 300 so it mite be some competition for you John.
Rex