Thanks, Ian, I hope all is well down under.  Hi to the family please.

Charlie Burns Laton, Ca (South of Fresno)



BurnsRacing981@gmail.com

Excellent article Charlie and WELL deserved accolades!!!  

I love the smell of burning rubber in the morning!

We sure enjoyed ourselves at the Grand National Roadster Show in Pomona, CA this weekend.  There were lots of great cars and quite a few very nice entries with Y-Blocks.  I had a chance to visit with members of this group who were also at the show.  Keith "Landspeedy" was there with a booth promoting his "Rolling Bones" shop, Chuck "MoonShadow" came with him and helped tow a car, really good friends Todd "BIGREDTODD" and of course Tim McMaster "mctim64".  I'm sorry I didn't get to see you JD "DryLakesRacer", I did see a few Firebirds, but didn't know which one belonged to your friend.  There were lots of people asking questions about landspeed racing and quite often there were those who were looking at the truck, then at the engine, and then back to the truck while scratching their heads.  It was great to see John Baechtel and his wife Annie (see picture).  John is the website owner of www.hotrodenginetech.com (a must see) and the person who wrote the last story on the race truck. If you have not taken the time to read this article, he did a great job and the link is his website (see above, just scroll down the featured articles in the upper right and you will see the truck).  His credentials are very creditable as he spent almost 20 years as an editor of both Car Craft and Hot Rod magazines.  During that time he supervised and built a never ending stream of project cars and test engines.  He also speaks my language, as he is a member of the 200 mph club at Bonneville with a car he built and still owns today.  The well known hotrodder Ed Iskenderian also came by, he really is into Y-Blocks.  A picture was also a must with him, Tim McMaster and Tim's wife Kathy.








Charlie Burns Laton, Ca (South of Fresno)



BurnsRacing981@gmail.com

Sorry Charlie but I didn't make it. A lot of my friends went Friday and stay pretty late and my wife and I had plans. Saturday afternoon and early evening we were invited to test our 1/2 mile dirt car at Perris Speedway with 4 sprint cars and just couldn't turn that down. 50 + hard laps with suspension adjustments was hard to pass up. I almost came Sunday knowing the rain would keep attendance down. The Firebird I help was orange and white. Jim Loving owns it. He's about 6'5" and hard to miss and was next to the Ferguson Liner. I see you were placed by Bob Stahls VW... Another great guy. Hope you had fun. Don't know when I will run next year. May is out because we are racing at Perris. The June meet Patrick and I are doing patrol all day. JD

56 Vic, B'Ville 200 MPH Club Member, So Cal.

Just a little something more while waiting for Speed Week 2016.








Charlie Burns Laton, Ca (South of Fresno)



BurnsRacing981@gmail.com

Are those rain gutters? that seems to be what is needed the last few years.

Gary Ryan San Antonio.TX.

We raced again on July 17th at El Mirage Dry Lakes.  With only one opportunity to run, it was virtually wasted with the #7 spark lead jumping off at just past half track.  Our goal was to earn the next licensing level of 150 to 175.  Any clean run showing competency and following all the rules in the speed range you are looking to license in will earn the license.  I was well above the 150 mark when I felt the engine nose over some and it started to slow as I approached the finish line.  The 140 plus time slip was very disappointing, as now I will have to do this deed again at Bonneville in a couple of weeks.  However, we had a great time with new pit crew member Mark Acosta and veteran Dave Bezinque.  The little Y-Block sounds so strong on eight cylinders, too bad I didn't give it a chance and check the leads.

 


Charlie Burns Laton, Ca (South of Fresno)



BurnsRacing981@gmail.com

Looking forward to seeing you again. I'll be at Bonneville with the Rolling Bones. Maybe we could all pit together? A show of force for the Y's guys. Is Tim coming?


Y's guys rule!
Looking for McCullouch VS57 brackets and parts. Also looking for 28 Chrysler series 72 parts. And early Hemi parts.

MoonShadow, 292 w/McCulloch, 28 Chrysler Roadster, 354 Hemi)
Manchester, New Hampshire

Good luck Charlie, with better luck you should get your licensing level.

Gary Ryan San Antonio.TX.

Thanks, Gary.  Yes Chuck, Tim will be there.  We will arrive on Thursday the 11th and will try to tech early.  We will look for you and try to pit close.  Looking forward to seeing you, Keith and all the Rolling Bones crew (Ted too?).


Charlie Burns Laton, Ca (South of Fresno)



BurnsRacing981@gmail.com