205 mph 1969 Dodge Coronet, Bonneville racer

Read all about it, and see the rest of the photos at http://www.californiaclassix.com/archive/426.html

The Bucket List Dream Studebaker Avanti Bonneville and El Mirage record holder originally bought new by Bill Burke... is looking for dreamers w/ cash

So if you have money and need to be a co-driver / sponsor and get yourself a place in a land speed racecar- here is your ride! email Dan Sallia at dsallia@yahoo.com or call him at 805-550-7758










Dan has a “Bucket List” with 4 items on the list. #4 is simply the dream to drive a Studebaker at the Bonneville Salt Flats. The first opportunity was a ’53 Coupe, but that fell through. Then a fellow Stude enthusiast contacted Dan. He said that he had just purchased “an old Bonneville car” from eBay. This guy offered to loan Dan the car to fulfill his Bucket List Dream #4.

After doing some research on the Avanti, it was the World Famous #90 Bill Burke car, the same Bill Burke who ran the first Belly Tank Lakester in land speed racing.
Bill Burke bought the car while working for Hot Rod Magazine in 1962. It was delivered to Grantell Enterprises and came with a 229 cu in Paxton blown engine in the car and a 304 cu in engine in a crate. The car was born to break records at Bonneville, literally, as the President of Studebaker assigned the car for this specific purpose, Land Speed Racing.

The above text is excerpted from http://www.myrideisme.com/Blog/burke-bros-bonneville-bucket-list-studebaker-avanti

Andy Granatelli is providing technical assistance, and once the Avanti competes in the next year or two it will spend time in the Granatelli Studebaker museum, among others... like the Wally Parks NHRA museum in Pomona

More information can be found on http://www.racingstudebakers.com/foo/viewtopic.php?f=9&t=1855

BONNEVILLE SALT LAKE

Come Icaro, che ha tentato di volare troppo in alto.

Come Prometeo che ha rubato il fuoco agli dei.

E’ insita nell’uomo, come un bisogno primordiale, la necessità di superare i propri limiti.

Tra questi c’è senz’altro il desiderio della velocità.

In assoluto la velocità dell’uomo viene messa alla prova sul lago salato, presso il circuito di Bonneville o altri simili.

Di seguito una selezione di alcune delle meravigliose macchine con cui l’ Uomo cerca ogni anno di stabilire nuovi traguardi.

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Like Icarus, who tried to fly too high.Like Prometheus who stole the fire from the gods.
It 's inherent in the human kind, as a primordial need, the need to overcome its limits.
Among them it is certainly the need of speed.
In absolute terms the Human Speed is put into test on Salt Lake, at Bonneville Track or other similar ones elsewhere.
Below there is a selection of some of the wonder machines with which the Humans are seeking to establish new records every year.

Some nice links:

The American Festivals

Speed Week

Bonneville Roadsters