I am an old hot rodder from the 1950's, and always dreamed of going to The Salt, but never got there until a friend of mine decided to build a LSR car. This car was a 1931 Model A that was in his garage for a long time. He decided on running in the Vintage class that restricts engines to 1948 or earlier. He and his partner decided on a 1948 Buick Roadmaster, 320 c.i. OHV straight eight for power. They lengthened the hood a bunch to house this beast, and did all the safety and performance stuff you have to have to run at The Salt and be competitive. They trailered the car 1800 miles from Indiana to Bonneville for the 2005 meet, took it off the trailer and proceeded to set a new record in their class. They ran a 145.24 mph final two way run for the new record. Lucky for me, I was invited to go with them to The Salt as a crew member for the next three times. We were not able to best the first record time ever again, in spite of doing a lot of engine and carburetion work. If anyone likes pure racing, you have to go to Bonneville to see it, as it is the only venue for it left.
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