Hey everyone... first time posting here.
I'm Craig Pike from Chandler, Arizona and I'm about to be addicted to Land Speed racing. Planning for my first trip to Speedweek, I contacted landracing.com and heard from Jon, the self proclaimed, "Tall guy with moustache
and a pair of 2 Club hats". I wanted to post about a story my buddy Hechtspeed already posted! Oh well...
I have a 1927 Ford Roadster you could call a "Lakes Modified". I appropriately named her "Bonnie". It's running a 2.3L Ford 4 cylinder from the beloved Pinto.. or 'stang or whatever... they're all the same. There's a link to pictures in my signature. (if it shows...)
I also have a website called, My Ride is Me.
www.MyRideisMe.com. I hope you'll take a look. It's an online hot rod and custom car magazine where we posted the story about DallasV's roadster:
http://www.myrideisme.com/Blog/volk-bros-1929-salt-flats-record-roadster/It's also a community to share pics and get to know other car folks.
I'm looking for other stories about land speed racing cars. Bonneville, El Mirage, the standing mile races... I want to know why, "My Ride is Me." The family element of the Volk Bro's Roadster really made it interesting.
Anyone interested in telling their story, please get in touch.
Thanks for a wealth of info! I hope to be well prepared for my first trip to the Salt.
Pikesan