These three photos recently showed up in our inbox courtesy Charles Beesley, he of the excellent Reservatory.net. As Charles noted, they depict the famous Kenz and Leslie 777 twin-engine streamliner at Bonneville in 1950, the year that driver Willie Young pushed the streamliner past 200 MPH. Charles wrote: Bill Kenz founded a Ford V8 specialty […]
Bob Summers, left, and Bill Summers, right. Image courtesy Greg Sharp, Wally Parks NHRA Motorsports Museum As recently as a few years ago, Bill Summers still harbored ambitions to go land-speed racing, a testament to his devotion to a sport that he and his younger brother Bob had conquered more than 40 years prior. Bill […]
It may be a little imprecise to call Ab Jenkins an unknown American hero. After all, it’s safe to assume that most car guys know of Ab, his son Marv, and the various Mormon Meteors they used to break speed records on the Bonneville Salt Flats. Still, few people – including non-Utahns and the general […]