Ode to the salt and Bonneville racing

Via: http://kulturakustombrasil.blogspot.com/

the unusual things that cought my attention at SEMA

Great idea for an instant pop up parking sign

Barstool racers

The above beautiful wood, is twisted olive. real stuff.

Tribute to Barney Oldfield's Golden Submarine http://justacarguy.blogspot.com/2009/01/barney-oldfield-and-golden-submarine.html

Italy's National Automobile Museum in Turin (or Torino I'm not sure, I can't read Italian)

the wood buck for an Alfa Romeo Guiletta Sprint

Fiat Turbina

the winner of the Paris to Peking race

If you are ever near Torino, it looks like a must see to me! http://www.museoauto.it/home/

Images from http://www.flickr.com/photos/tomislavmedak/

New photos of Burt Munro and his first time at Bonneville have been found

above and below are the images that show Burt having just been given the sack of money that everybody donated to (love the comraderie of racers) that was a scene in World's Fastest Indian and the above moment was captured by another camera http://justacarguy.blogspot.com/2010/01/they-passed-hat-for-burt-just-like.html

From http://www.jockeyjournal.com/?p=710 . The photos were taken by Jack Brady, and are in the Kellogg collection, and I came across them at http://chromjuwelen.tumblr.com/post/789278888/the-jockey-journal-blog-archive-the-passion-of

For all the other information and photos of Burt I've come across:

Roy Rogers was a Bonneville racer! 107 mph

Not sure why Roy is with the trophy given to the Shadoff Special but here's the history of it http://www.ugofadini.com/shadoffstory.html , and the Maremont trophy ( comes with a 1000 dollars ) given to the racecar with the best design and construction (engineering excellence). It was designed by Dean Batchelor

For a really cool 1952 Bonneville magazine coverage article http://books.google.com/books?id=jdwDAAAAMBAJ&pg=PA298&lpg=PA298&dq=%22maremont+trophy%22&source=bl&ots=KTT7gRf8EM&sig=E11vz0C8ceUn52H_E6AZiDnMEGk&hl=en&ei=ErwRTLXoHNL-nAfH5sWRAw&sa=X&oi=book_result&ct=result&resnum=7&ved=0CD0Q6AEwBg#v=onepage&q=%22maremont%20trophy%22&f=false

Photos via: http://www.jalopyjournal.com/forum/showthread.php?p=4917940

Full speed on the dry lake bed at El Mirage in the attempt to break the record for fastest in their class

For another perspective and a terrific gallery of the race cars see extremeJBA gallery http://extremejba.jbaracing.com/index.php/2010/05/21/scta-season-opener-at-el-mirage-dry-lake/#respond