1930fordpickup Posted August 12, 2018 Share Posted August 12, 2018 Danny Thompson, Second day, First run, a new World Record, THE FASTEST PISTON POWERED VEHICLE IN THE WORLD !!! The combined record sits at 448.575mph.50 years in the making and the Salt is still on Fire !!!Congrats to the Challenger II Team.The Thompson Family, continues to amaze the world. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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Roger U Posted August 12, 2018 Share Posted August 12, 2018 Wow, this is really awesome!!! It"s quite a fete for the jet and rocket powered vehicles to reach their 600-700 mph speeds but this is really an amazing accomplishment for a piston engined wheel driven car. Congratulations to Danny and his crew. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Snake45 Posted August 12, 2018 Share Posted August 12, 2018 (edited) Sorry, he doesn't have the record. He's not even close. World record for piston-powered vehicles was set last year--531.53 mph, by Steve Hinton Jr, in Voodoo, a highly modified WWII P-51D Mustang powered by a Packard Merlin V-12. Now if you meant world's fastest piston-powered land vehicle, then yes, he's the fastest on land. And good for him--gotta love a success story! Respect! Edited August 13, 2018 by Snake45 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Greg Myers Posted August 12, 2018 Share Posted August 12, 2018 Summer's Brothers Bill and Bob, November 12, 1965, when Goldenrod set the wheel driven record at 409.277 mph which was held for 42 years 9 months and 14 days. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Daddyfink Posted August 13, 2018 Share Posted August 13, 2018 This is just awesome stuff! Way to go Team M/T! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LDO Posted August 13, 2018 Share Posted August 13, 2018 What was the highest speed he reached? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Casey Posted August 13, 2018 Share Posted August 13, 2018 43 minutes ago, LDO said: What was the highest speed he reached? 450.9 mph https://jalopnik.com/danny-thompsons-challenger-ii-set-the-piston-driven-lan-1828282279 Been following for to years now, and bought the t-shirt a few years ago to throw a (very) little support behind the effort. This year, salt conditions were right, so happy to see this finally happened. Hopefully the Thompson family and team were able to fully enjoy the moment. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Draggon Posted August 13, 2018 Share Posted August 13, 2018 2 hours ago, LDO said: What was the highest speed he reached? His timing slip shows an exit speed of 459.588. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DonW Posted August 13, 2018 Share Posted August 13, 2018 On 12/08/2018 at 7:47 PM, Snake45 said: Sorry, he doesn't have the record. He's not even close. World record for piston-powered vehicles was set last year--531.53 mph, by Steve Hinton Jr, in Voodoo, a highly modified WWII P-51D Mustang powered by a Packard Merlin V-12. Now if you meant world's fastest piston-powered land vehicle, then yes, he's the fastest on land. And good for him--gotta love a success story! Respect! Well Spits used to go semi-sonic in a dive, my dad told me his experience of that. Gravity assisted, and a few prop planes could do the same. But yes, Respect! I Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TomZ Posted August 14, 2018 Share Posted August 14, 2018 I seem to remember reading in the Mickey Thompson biography Challenger that the incredible air resistance at those speeds could actually induce wheel spin. It was part of a discussion about how Mickey didn't believe that it was possible for a 2-wheel-drive vehicle to exceed 400 MPH. Maybe it was in Speed Duel. Wheel spin at 400 MPH sounds like a thrill! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TomZ Posted August 14, 2018 Share Posted August 14, 2018 3 hours ago, DonW said: Well Spits used to go semi-sonic in a dive, my dad told me his experience of that. Gravity assisted, and a few prop planes could do the same. But yes, Respect! I I believe it was the prop tips that went supersonic. Not in the least a good thing. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rel14 Posted August 14, 2018 Share Posted August 14, 2018 what I think is awesome.. is the flat line stream liner with a flathead V8, making a record of 302 mph,, pretty cool for a flathead v8 that only put out 60 hp Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
disabled modeler Posted August 14, 2018 Share Posted August 14, 2018 Very cool information gents.... I have always been a fan of Mickey Thompson cars and products. I got lucky in my dads old promos there is a promo toy of the Blue Flame land speed car...almost mint yet. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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