Old and new war horses.  The new one is on it's way to Bonneville today, the old one goes with us next week to Grants Pass, Oregon.




Charlie Burns Laton, Ca (South of Fresno)



BurnsRacing981@gmail.com

Chalk one up for the Y-Blocks, we set the Bonneville record on Sunday with a two run average of 147.239 mph.  We are in the books forever and like all records, it will be broken sooner or later.  Both runs had different problems, but they were still faster than the competition up to that point.  We had to leave after the record run and gave the other two E/BMMP entries something to shoot at for the rest of the week.  They both have a chance, but for Sunday, Monday, and Tuesday, the record is ours.

At the line.



In impound after the first run of 151.973 mph.








Charlie Burns Laton, Ca (South of Fresno)



BurnsRacing981@gmail.com

Congratulations Charlie. I remember you saying there was a record to be had, and you did it.
Couldn't have been to a more deserving person.
Fingers crossed, hopefully you keep it for a while.

Awesome.


Lawrenceville, GA

Nice job Charlie and crew. The hard work pays off.

http://ford-y-block.com 

20 miles east of San Diego, 20 miles north of Mexico

As Charlie said "sooner or later" and it is sooner. The results on the Scta-Bni website shows Charlie's record has been bumped up by 10. We only "rent " these, some for a short time and some for a bit longer.

To give you an idea how fast this blown engine class( E/ Blown modified) is the full size pickup, not a mid-mini as Charlie's, is 225 mph and most of the non-blown records are in the 180's.
Charlie's hard work it to be congratulated as it is not an easy task to build anything to run on the salt and the expense to do it.

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

Congrats Charlie. Lotta work, you're part of Bonneville history now.



Frank/Rebop

Bristol, In ( by Elkhart) 

The move to Grants Pass was a success, well, almost.  The only casualty was the driver's door on the race car



It's just metal and can be fixed.  We are now waiting for the house and the new race car shop to be finished. 


Charlie Burns Laton, Ca (South of Fresno)



BurnsRacing981@gmail.com

With the move to Grants Pass pretty much complete, it is time to get ready for the 2017 Bonneville Speedweek.  First is a door repair.  Too bad the only casualty in the whole move was to the race car.


Charlie Burns Laton, Ca (South of Fresno)



BurnsRacing981@gmail.com

Any changes in the driveline department?

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