Hello I am Douglas "Burton" Brown. Victory Motorsports owner, builder, driver (and foolish money spender).
It is my Dads fault I have salt fever now. Just wanted to make that clear up front.
I grew up in Northwestern Ontario (Nestor Falls if anyone knows where that is) and now live in Dale, Wisconsin. My Dad (Donald) grew up listening to Bonneville when Edelbrock and others were starting to set landspeed records. He attended a few events in the 80's-90's before we started to build a car. A lot has changed even since we first built a car in 1997.
I started racing 25 or so years ago running figure 8, then street stocks, Late Models, Sportsman, Enduro, Late Models, IMCA mods then landspeed racing in that order. We have a track championship with the Late Model cars in 2001 at Golden Sands Speedway near Wisconsin Rapids and continue to run at State Park Speedway in Wausau WI where we finished 6th in points this year.
Land Speed racing was good to us this year. We set 4 records at ECTA in June and then at the World of Speed in September, we broke the 25 year old F/GT record we had been working on for over 10 years. We now have our sights on trying to set F/GT records at other venues if possible. We will probably build an "E" engine and try to get some records with that swap in the GT car we run. It is a 1972 Datsun 240Z. Now of course we want to go 200mph. Why not?
I used to help a guy run a Champ Sled (snowmobile oval racing on ice) where I have determined it is probably the most dangerous form of racing I have ever been involved with. If you don't have anything to do the second week in January join us at Eagle River WI (usually -20 below, dress warm!) for some really fast guys on sleds.
We would really like to run at El Mirage but it is not as easy as just showing up for an event. Still trying though. We will probably look at other events and see where else there is to run in North America.
I do have to say to all of our Enlisted Men/Women and Veterans.....
THANK YOU FOR ALL YOU DO AND HAVE DONE! You are sponsors to all of us who race/watch/pray. Period.
I work building custom machines for producing MeltBlown fabrics. It is in something you touch or use everyday but might not know it. I have worked in the Auto Industry pretty much the rest of my 47 years in some form or fashion. Worked as a Body Man, Mechanic, Automotive machine shop. Have pretty much been a gear head all of my life.
Now that I think about it, when I was 13-14 years old I was running a home built go-kart with an 18hp one lung Ski-doo engine up and down the paved airport (active) runway in Nestor Falls........Each 55mph pass would require looking to the sky's to see if someone wanted to land....maybe its not Dads fault I have Salt Fever....
Burton