![]() ![]() ![]() The USFRA is an ideal event for the first time racers, while the World Finals gather more experienced drivers. This event also features the biggest rod parties. The best thing is that spectators may walk through the pits, have a look at the vehicles and talk with the drivers and the rest of the crew. It is a six days event that starts on Saturday and ends on the next Friday. The most popular and most visited event is Speed Week. These annual races are hosted by the Utah Salt Flats Racing Association and include the SCTA/BNI Speed Week in August, the World of Speed in September, and the SCTA/BNI World Finals in October. Specifically designed vehicles come here to test the possible speed limits and human endurance. Nowadays three land speed racing events attract participants from all over the world. But it gained real popularity only in the 1930s. Lucky makes race scoops, fuel blocks, and other cool parts from his Burbank, California, shop, Lucky's Speed Equipment.This terrain was first used for speed races in 1912 and the first record in land speed was set here in 1914. I bent the valves on that run, too, so I'm about to take the engine out now." He knows it's capable of more speed than that. "I've gone as fast as 109 in it, but it's a rough ride because I don't have a rear suspension. He races in Vintage Flathead Gas Competition Coupe (XGCC) class with his 292 Flathead backed by a TKO 600 transmission and Halibrand Quick Change axle. He gave the roof a severe 11½-inch chop and had to lower the driver's seat and entire floor of the car enough to be able to see through the mail-slot windows. The windshield surround is from a '36 Ford, it's blended into the cowl of a '34 Ford, and a pair of hoods from a '40 Ford were made to form the nose of the car. Inspired by the Chrisman Coupe, Lucky built this car himself out of an amalgamation of parts he had collected over the years. Lucky Burton brought his '31 Model A out to the salt this year, and its rakish good looks earned it a spot on this issue's cover. ![]()
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