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Bonneville Salt Flats Discussion => Bonneville General Chat => Topic started by: bhoodwin on August 05, 2010, 08:37:46 PM

Title: 1959 records help with finding Bonneville Speed records informaiont
Post by: bhoodwin on August 05, 2010, 08:37:46 PM: My father and his partner held the land speed record for a modified harley davidsion, in a bullet shell, one of the first. The year was 1959 The bike was call the brute, cb clausen and bud hood were owners. I am not sure who the driver was, but the record was 252 or some where around there. Is there any archive records available online for those records. I have some old photographs and wanted to paint the pictures with the historical informaiton.

Bud Hood Jr.
Title: Re: 1959 records help with finding Bonneville Speed records informaiont
Post by: Glen on August 05, 2010, 09:01:01 PM: I have a copy of the 1958 & 59 & 60 results from speed week. The motorcycles were not listed. Earl Flanders was doing the motor cycles at that time. Jack Dolan would be your best bet to contact regarding the bikes.

his e-mail jackdolan@san.rr.com
Title: Re: 1959 records help with finding Bonneville Speed records informaiont
Post by: dw230 on August 05, 2010, 09:34:09 PM: Also try:

Jim Miller: miller212.842@sbcglobal.net

Jim is the hisortian for the American Hot Rod Foundation specializing in the history of the dry lakes and Bonneville. Jim has extensive archieves with regards to entries and records.

DW
Title: Re: 1959 records help with finding Bonneville Speed records informaiont
Post by: PorkPie on August 06, 2010, 02:42:43 PM: The Brute run at the salt in 1962 a one way speed from 215,95 mph - Bill Jonson set at this meet with the 650 cc Triumph streamliner a FIM record from 224 mph and a AMA record from 230 mph..
Title: Re: 1959 records help with finding Bonneville Speed records informaiont
Post by: dw230 on August 06, 2010, 06:19:50 PM: You can use Pork Pie's knowledge when searching this stuff out too.

Good job PP

DW
Title: Re: 1959 records help with finding Bonneville Speed records informaiont
Post by: John Noonan on August 07, 2010, 02:40:58 AM: 252 seemed a bit high for the period...
Title: Re: 1959 records help with finding Bonneville Speed records informaiont
Post by: 754 on August 07, 2010, 01:50:06 PM: Some speeds creep up slowly everytime the story is told..
Title: Re: 1959 records help with finding Bonneville Speed records informaiont
Post by: 1212FBGS on August 07, 2010, 04:11:02 PM: the Brute is up in LA i forget the guys name who has is but i met him a few years ago
kent
Title: Re: 1959 records help with finding Bonneville Speed records informaiont
Post by: derbyfrank on March 10, 2019, 11:09:48 PM: My father Derby Frank was the lead mechanic on "The Brute" in 1959. He got that beast to run 224mph. I got the pictures and advertisements about it to match.
Title: Re: 1959 records help with finding Bonneville Speed records informaiont
Post by: TrickyDicky on March 11, 2019, 05:37:03 AM: According to info I found, The Brute ran 224 one-way in 1958 but did not set a record. The rider was Jimmy Hunter. YMMV.
Title: Re: 1959 records help with finding Bonneville Speed records informaiont
Post by: Doc B. on March 11, 2019, 01:38:57 PM: FWIW -

http://www.ridingvintage.com/2015/12/the-brute-first-stroker-knucklehead.html (http://www.ridingvintage.com/2015/12/the-brute-first-stroker-knucklehead.html)
Title: Re: 1959 records help with finding Bonneville Speed records informaiont
Post by: gowing on March 11, 2019, 06:27:08 PM: ^ that's a great write up on the bike.
The OP certainly came to the right place looking for info.