Ode to the salt and Bonneville racing

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

The Bonneville Speedweek photos of Christopher Wilson

See the whole gallery at http://christopherwilsonphotography.com/Artist.asp?ArtistID=7931&Akey=PVSBGH5X

learned about this terrific photographer from http://thechicaneblog.com

Photos of racing, pre 1970's from 5 Window Tumbler

photos from http://5window.tumbler.com/

Would have been good to get to the salt this year... maybe next year

image from http://lecontainer.blogspot.com

Intriguing variety of cool photographs on Le Container

Above, the Purple People Eater

Awesome photo, going vertical just a split second after lifting off the ground, that is power

Look close at the wheel hub and you'll see that the above is a VW

Clever use of wheels!

The above are just models

dreams start young

photos from http://lecontainer.blogspot.com/

Quite a variety of photos at Flavien Dachet, mostly rare exotics

the above is a junkyard display

I posted a quick before and after of this cool racecar: http://justacarguy.blogspot.com/2010/01/take-52-buick-and-lot-of-effort-make.html

Images via: http://flaviendachet.blogspot.com/

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

I'm still looking for a gallery of photos of this Bonneville record setting kombi VW microbus

from http://www.sportschrono.com/

"The Road to Bonneville" DVD ! Cool !

Watched it, thouroughly enjoyed it! The Rolling Bones "Wicked Sisters" on a road trip from New York state to Bonneville, and we get to watch and enjoy instead of roadside repair the headgasket that blew.... now I'm all for a bonding experience that you get to relive forever as a great story of how you had to wrench on the roadside with only a flashlight to illuminate the process, but it's pretty cool to just watch from the couch as a couple of hot rodders cruise cross country to hot rod racing mecca, Bonneville.

All the drama and time limit builds on reality TV frustrate, this documentary doesn't!

It's cool just to catch a look at a couple hot rodders driving dueces, and delivering their B'ville ready race '32 to tech inspection. I was surprised at what it takes to pass tech, so the movie is informative on that aspect, as well as who and what Rolling Bones is without having to read the magazine articles (you know I just look at the pictures right?!) Another film by AtomicHotRods is Devil at Your Feet, and I'll fill you in on that in a later post, so check back!

The soundtrack is music from Electric Frankenstein http://www.electricfrankenstein.com/ and in the extra's on the DVD you can just close your eyes, turn up the volume and enjoy a flathead rapping away

Order one here: http://www.amazon.com/Road-Bonneville-Brian-Darwas/dp/B001HL31BG

Also, DVD's can be purchased and a trailer can be viewed online at:
www.AtomicHotRods.com or by mail, $24.95 + $4.50 for shipping (Foreign/ Non-U.S. orders add an additional $2.50 to cover shipping)
Payable in U.S. Funds to:
Brian Darwas - P.O. Box 467 - New York, NY 10461

Film Credits:
- Director: Brian Darwas
- Shot, Edited, and Produced by: Brian Darwas
- Executive Producer: Jennifer Carchietta
- Starring: The Rolling Bones, Ken Schmidt and Keith Cornell

If you think I've posted one of these dueces before, so did I, but it was another they must have built for a customer: http://justacarguy.blogspot.com/2009/11/cool-stuff-that-caught-my-attention-at.html