My Land Speed racing career of 23 years ended in November of 2016 at El Mirage Dry Lake where I made my last run, so at age 78 I decided to find a good home for my Avanti that I bought new in 1963 from Jerry Keys of Keys Motors in Van Nuys. I contacted the Studebaker National Foundation to see if they would want to own my racing Avanti, they jumped for the chance so I donated it too them, also I got my race car professional appraised so I can have a deduction off my income tax, got that accomplished too, then the Foundation contacted me that a car museum called "World of Speed" located at Wilsonville, Oregon (just south of Portland of hwy 5) wanted to have my car there on loan for 2 years. So with the foundations directions Mike Benbennick and myself towed my race car last May to the museum and met the folks there, it is a very nice car museum that has been in business for 2 years, they have NASCAR, drag cars, muscle cars and Land Speed cars in their very nice facility. So my car is in the Land Speed racing section near Mickey Thompson 4 engine streamliner. The foundation promised me to never sell my car and will always move it around the USA to other car museums and long after I have left this world my car will still be shown to the public, what a neat way to end my racing and I have been so lucky to have met so many great people in racing and made my goal by getting into the Bonneville 200 MPH Club and there is no other feeling on earth than getting in your car then pulling down the visor on your helmet and looking down the salt course, then feeling the push truck moving you forward, then at around 40 mph you let the clutch out and apply 800 hp of turbo Studebaker power, then watch the mile makers fly by and at just after the 5th mile deploy you chute and feel a negative 1.2 Gs of stopping power, that is a special feeling that I will never forget, take care and God Bless and stay safe, Dave Bloomberg "Avanti Kid Racing"
