Spring has sprung and 36ers are getting ready to attack the salt of Bonneville and concrete of Maxton and Goliad. Listed below are new websites..... ..... outlining two teams efforts. I am sure they would welcome your comments and interest:
BonnevilleOrBust.com from Ireland
Blackline57.com from Utah
In addition to the two efforts outlined on the above sites, the Beaver Geezers crew has the chassis for their Stone Stock 58 rolling and engine components in hand with assembly headed towards a July roll out and road test.
Bruce Cook in North Carolina has replaced his Stone Stock record holding motor with a new big bore stroker outfitted with new repo period style dual carbs on homebuilt single port manifolds. He will debut the motor at the May Maxton meet and I am going east to watch him challenge Mel Ellis's 94.40 mph 1962 record.
Tom Bruch and Gaylen Anderson will be busy the month of April readying their newly crowned "Worlds Fastest 36hp Beetle" in hopes they can beat their own record of 103 miles per hour, also at Maxton in May. Different gearing will be needed for the low altitude passes of Maxton if they are going to be successful.
Although the Harig clan will not have a 36hp motor in their bug, they have been inspired by the 130 Mile Per Hour Club racing concept and hope to join all the other VW's in September at the W.O.S. with a turbocharged VW big block engine. 09 is shaping up to be a great year for land speed racing Volkswagens and we hope you will join us.
We wish everyone a great racing season and hope you all enjoy following the new websites posted above. And I would especially like to thank Art Thraen of A.C.E. for his kind offer to dyno tune the Team Irelands and the Beaver Geezers 36ers for altitude prior to this years USFRA World of Speed event in September.
The "Spirit of the Challenge" lives.
May the Speed be with you.........
Burly
BonnevilleOrBust.com from Ireland
Blackline57.com from Utah
In addition to the two efforts outlined on the above sites, the Beaver Geezers crew has the chassis for their Stone Stock 58 rolling and engine components in hand with assembly headed towards a July roll out and road test.
Bruce Cook in North Carolina has replaced his Stone Stock record holding motor with a new big bore stroker outfitted with new repo period style dual carbs on homebuilt single port manifolds. He will debut the motor at the May Maxton meet and I am going east to watch him challenge Mel Ellis's 94.40 mph 1962 record.
Tom Bruch and Gaylen Anderson will be busy the month of April readying their newly crowned "Worlds Fastest 36hp Beetle" in hopes they can beat their own record of 103 miles per hour, also at Maxton in May. Different gearing will be needed for the low altitude passes of Maxton if they are going to be successful.
Although the Harig clan will not have a 36hp motor in their bug, they have been inspired by the 130 Mile Per Hour Club racing concept and hope to join all the other VW's in September at the W.O.S. with a turbocharged VW big block engine. 09 is shaping up to be a great year for land speed racing Volkswagens and we hope you will join us.
We wish everyone a great racing season and hope you all enjoy following the new websites posted above. And I would especially like to thank Art Thraen of A.C.E. for his kind offer to dyno tune the Team Irelands and the Beaver Geezers 36ers for altitude prior to this years USFRA World of Speed event in September.
The "Spirit of the Challenge" lives.
May the Speed be with you.........
Burly