Land Speed Racing
Here at DIYAutoTune we’re crazy about all types of racing, and one of the craziest and coolest forms around is land speed racing, and that means the Bonneville Raceway Salt Flats just outside of Wendover, Utah. Company owner Jerry Hoffmann has gone out to SpeedWeek in Bonneville for numerous years now helping out Hart Racing’s Gary Hart with his monster MegaSquirted Studebaker, along with a few other cars running MegaSquirt EMS’s and Innovate wideband products.
Hopes were optimistically high for land speed racers seeking a new world record at the Bonneville Salt Flats this year, as the salt was better than it had been in nearly a decade. The conditions were right for a change and the Guthrie-Levie Land Speed Racing Team set out with a goal of becoming the first…
Read MoreHad a good weekend, spent most of it chasing my speed on my very first pass. That 217.39 stands as my all-time top speed. My third and final run Sunday I ran a 216 and change. Still a great weekend, made five passes, all five of them were records. One of them new to me,…
Read MoreWhat a blast I had this past weekend! I’ve got more pictures I’ll post up soon, and a video I need to edit together with a new angle (GoPro just a few inches off the pavement mounted up in the grill). In the meantime, here’s all of our time slips from the weekend. 6 records…
Read MoreRacing the Land Speed 240sx at the Ohio Mile – September 2014
Posted on September 30, 2014
Results from the September 2014 ECTA Ohio Mile – 7 total runs this weekend, and 7 records to show for it, 6 of which are over 200mph! Car ran in the same configuration as the July 2014 event. We turned the boost up to the max and found that we were pretty much already maxxing out…
Read MoreJuly 2014 ECTA Ohio Mile
Posted on July 30, 2014
Results from the July 2014 ECTA Ohio Mile – 200 MPH CLUB! 4 runs total, all on Saturday due to timing light and weather issues on Sunday. We stepped the F/BGC record up on each of the first three runs. 177.9mph on the 1st run bumps the record ever so slightly. Then 183.5mph on the…
Read MoreMay 2014 ECTA Ohio Mile
Posted on May 29, 2014
Results from the May 2014 ECTA Ohio Mile – 4 runs total. Our fastest run of the weekend rewarded Jerry and team with their first record pushing the Ohio Mile F/BGC record from 165mph up to 177.0956mph. Car was fairly scary to drive above about 150mph for most of the meet as traction was a…
Read MoreOctober 2013 ECTA Ohio Mile
Posted on October 15, 2013
Results from the October 2013 ECTA Ohio Mile – 3 runs. As this was my first time driving at an ECTA event I had to earn my licenses at controlled speeds and show adequate car control, particularly when time to decel. It was a busy event, only allowing time for 3 passes. I licensed up…
Read MoreTuesday 8-14-12 – Our last day on the salt this year with a few final pics of Lee’s car and the ‘Spirit of Orangevale’. For more pics from the rest of our trip, and info on the record setting cars we supported this year CLICK HERE!
Read MoreSunday 8-12-12, Black Opel Racing qualifies for a record and sits in impound waiting to back it up (and there are a ton of other pics too) For more pics from the rest of our trip, and info on the record setting cars we supported this year CLICK HERE!
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