1952 Bonneville Hot Rod Records Smashed - 9-Page Vintage Automobile Article for Sale

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1952 Bonneville Hot Rod Records Smashed - 9-Page Vintage Automobile Article
Original, Vintage Magazine articlePage Size: Approx. 8\" x 11\" (21 cm x 28 cm) each pageCondition: Good
ALL YEAR LONG, hot rods acrossths country prepare theirsouped-up creations for the biggest,fanciest race of the year—the Bon-neville National Speed Trails.Sponsored by the Southern Cali-fornia Timing Association, the raceis held under ideal conditions onthe faultless salt flats of Bonneville.Utah.This year’s running, the fourth todate, was the largest hot rodgathering in the world. Over threehundred entries participated inmore than twenty-five hundredtimed speed runs during the weekof the trails. Contestants came fromall part of the world. If nothing elseit proved that the Hot Rod era hadcome of age.The hot rod movement was or-ganized by a group of mechanically-minded amateurs in the SouthernCalifornia area in 1931. At that timeEarl B. Gilmore, president of theGilmore Oil Company, consented tosnonsor speed trails on the nearbyMojave dry lakes if the group couldWilliam Kenz, owner of the record-breaking hot rod, holds thehuge victory trophy. With him are Willie Young, driver ofthe Hoyd Clymer Motorbook Special, and his proud mother.The \"Beast,\" powered by a single modified Chrysler engine,streaked across the. traps at a speed of 232.35 M.P.H.Record speed of 252 miles perhour established by Wm. Young inBill Kenz\'s Class *\'D\" streamliner!Willie Young drove the beautifully streamlined speedster252.20 M.P.H. officially establishing a new speed record.(Above) Mr. Miller of the Maremont Co. presents victoryaward to City of Burbank co-owners Davis and Halt (Below)Eddie Miller, owner-driver of the carefully engineeredPontiac Lakester attained a top speed of 156.58 M.P.H.
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