GMC Motorhome racer

[henderson]

Hi folks! Thought ya'll might get a kick out of this...an excerpt
from an article in the Nov 98 issue of FMCA mag. The article
describes a Chinook concourse Class C race that took place in Aug 98,
in which a Chinook was clocked at 99.776 mph, setting an official
motorhome land speed record.

".....a Chinook racing crew would make two attempts at setting a land
speed record for a motorhome. An unofficial record had been set in
California in the 1970's when a GMC Motorhome was clocked at 97 mph on
a dry lake bed."

I guess the earlier GMC record was not sanctioned by the Southern
California Racing Assoc. (SCRA) at that time, and so was never
considered "official".

Tom - Houston
76 Birchaven

 

[chuck will]

What was the record for the GMC? In 1956/57 I turned 96.8 in a Quarter
mile at Santa Ana Drag Strip, in a 46 Ford flat head with a little work
(ACTUALLY A WHOLE LOT OF WORK) by my dad. The 46 was a chopped
channeled and sectioned convertible with a carson top. Painted white and
green and white tuck and roll. It is still alive and well somewhere in
San Berdue. Chuck

> Hi folks! Thought ya'll might get a kick out of this...an excerpt
> from an article in the Nov 98 issue of FMCA mag. The article
> describes a Chinook concourse Class C race that took place in Aug 98,
> in which a Chinook was clocked at 99.776 mph, setting an official
> motorhome land speed record.
>
> ".....a Chinook racing crew would make two attempts at setting a land
> speed record for a motorhome. An unofficial record had been set in
> California in the 1970's when a GMC Motorhome was clocked at 97 mph on
> a dry lake bed."
>
> I guess the earlier GMC record was not sanctioned by the Southern
> California Racing Assoc. (SCRA) at that time, and so was never
> considered "official".
>
> Tom - Houston
> 76 Birchaven