The S&E posse just set another world record (their 3rd - they hold 2 prior records at Bonneville) at El Mirage Saturday in their Lucas Oil Products home-built lakester running the innovative "Half-a-Hemi" 150 cid engine in F/FL. They run one bank of an early 300 cid Hemi Chrysler, normally aspirated, injected...and...of course for S&E...on a whole lot of nitro.
The record was 201 mph and has stood for years. One the first pass of the day they ran 213 mph. They will try to up it Sunday.
Ted Olson drove this weekend with Al Eshenbaugh and Jamie Steinegger spinning the wrenches. They started racing together in '58 in the dragster they built in their garage when they were 18 years old.
I have attached a photo of the lakester in its new wrap (before more Lucas Oil logos went on) and one of the engine.
Well done guys!