Hello I'm Dean.
This is my first login since joining. Not sure if this is the correct location but here goes.
I'm from Illinois despite what this site shows as my location. I can't seem to correct this.
I've never attended a land speed race before purchasing a streamliner two weeks ago. My earliest remembrances were my dad and uncles racing the flying mile. These races were on expressway's prior to being open to the public at night. Some were out in the country along I-80 and I-57 which at the time were fairly desolate in usage. The beauty at the time was both cars running at 60 mph to start, clear of traffic in front of them. The winner was the first to reach the cars parked at one mile.
At any rate after college, I went on to race a turbo Kawasaki motorcycle in Drag Bike for a few years. This was years after my family ran a dual engine Shovelhead Harley. After some time, I switched to hot rods my fastest was a big tire 68 Carmaro with 632 ci BB engine. Best pass was 7.30s @ 180 mph.
My streamliner is powered by a Yamaha R1 engine. It was tech and pass for I/FS in 2010 and 2011 at a ECTA event. I've reached out to the association for records of the runs but unfortunately, the organization only maintains records of cars that actually set a record. However, I do have 2 copied time sheets indicating 1 pass of 200.239 mph. This is not gospel; no identifying car number or name was indicated on the sheets.
This car was for sale for several years prior to my purchase as I was told after the fact
That said the car will be in pieces within the next two weeks. The long haul of updating, changing and modifying this car will take a full year to complete at a minimum.
Thanks Dean