For
certain, unique, individuals, breaking a land speed record on the Bonneville Salt
Flats is somewhat of a personal quest. It is like searching for The Holy
Grail. You know why you want it. You are not sure if you will get it… and you
never really know what it will be like, until you do.
For
Danny Thomson, who has many successful records and a quite few spectacular
attempts at them, his latest pursuit of a speed record, is a personal one. His
armor is the Challenger 2.5 and his Holy Grail of Speed is to break the record
his dad, Mickey Thompson, set on the Salt Flats of Bonneville.
Danny,
is an accomplished racer and innovator in his own right, and he is currently
building and restoring his fathers' Challenger 2.5. Thompson plans to exceed
the existing internal combustion wheel-driven land speed record of 417.020 mph
with a goal of more than 420 mph. The Challenger 2 was Mickey Thompson's
innovative design to achieve his dream of building the fastest piston-powered
car in the world. The Challenger 2.5 streamliner represents Danny's hard work and dedication to honor his
father's memory as well as make motorsports history.
We
can all find inspiration from Danny Thompson and his Challenger 2.5. His
ambition runs deep. There is something to be said about a man who will climb
into a metal machine that can potentially travel at over 450 miles per hour.
Godspeed
Danny. I will enjoy watching you, surrounded in your armor, capturing your Holy
Grail.
Knowing all the while, after you do,you will just want to go faster.
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