“....I'm intrigued by the number of teams out there at one time shooting for the 1k mark.....”


Bob as I recall, in 1960 Mickey Thompson kind of rushed Challenger 1 to
Bonneville for his run on the 400 MPH record. It seems like he really wanted another season to shakedown/prep the car, but felt if he waited anther season Donald Campbell’s would be running and set the record higher than he (Thompson) was capable of beating.

As far as any record in the hundreds of miles an hour the only two names you really remember are the first one there and the current record holder.


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