Sam Wheeler..... he has been around this land speed stuff for a long time... how many of you know that, in 1971, he had a record setting 'liner at Speedweek?..... Yup.... Norton 750cc engine and slippery too!.... he set the record at 208+ mph....
Now, how many of you know what happened with a body clone of that 'liner?.... with four wheels and a stretch, it set the C/BFL record in 1981 at like 313 mph (to be fair though, it set the record a few times at speeds in the high 200s and kept going faster).... and then it morphed into a 4 wheeled vehicle with 2 wheels inline at the front and, eventually some custom body work covering the much narrowed rear axle.... the car version went 409.986 mph in 1991..... Ask Al Teague next time you see him where he got the body for that car.