Challenger II Bonneville 2015 LSR contender walkaround

[Ace-Garageguy]

Mickey Thompson's son, Danny, has rebuilt the car his father had intended to run with him at Bonneville back in the late 1980s (a car that was built in 1968), and it's racing again with Danny driving. On the salt this year, the car performed almost flawlessly until one of the clutches let go on the third full run. Danny and the Challenger came close to setting a class record, but wet weather following the clutch problem ended the Bonneville season early.

It looks like both car and driver are entirely capable of setting new world Land Speed Records for Piston Driven Automobiles and Wheel Driven Automobiles during the 2015 season.

This video is a short walkaround with Danny himself explaining significant mechanical features of the naked car.

Edited November 7, 2014 by Ace-Garageguy

[Ace-Garageguy]

A short interview with Danny about the father-son thing and a little history...

[Ace-Garageguy]

And more on the technical aspects of the car. To me this is just great stuff, and it gets into things like engine and shifter synchronization.

Edited November 7, 2014 by Ace-Garageguy

[DrKerry]

Kool stuff!!!!!

[Greg Myers]

It's posts like this that keeps us up to date, thanks Bill.

[1930fordpickup]

Thanks Bill. I hope and pray that he breaks the record .

[Cato]

Thanks Bill. Super tech stuff. No hype, sponsors or BS.

I wish him well.

[Racephoto1]

Me , I'm the opposite of some of the guys here. Danny , with multiple engines is going by sheer brute force. Me, I'm a Speed Demon type of guy, small car , single engine. The different combinations that run the Salt sure make things interesting.

[afx]

Great stuff.

[James2]

Now there is a great story, and well worth a follow!