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Pro Box
One of Troy's first cars has made it's way back to the shop."Pro Box" a 1960 Impala which had the honors of being named: Hot Rod magazine "Car of The Year" in 1990.
"Pro Box" has a new owner Ralph Haga of Galva IL. Ralph brought Pro Box to the shop for some mechanical upgrades. The car looks great and Troy was glad to see it is in good hands.
Bonneville Salt Flats
BLOWFISH 2009 Success Story
TAKE A RIDE WITH GEORGE IN THE BLOWFISH AT 300 MPH. LIVE FOOTAGE INSIDE THE CAR AS HE MAKES HIS FIRST RUN AT 303 MPH!!!
2009 Was a very good year, set a new record for C/BFCC from 262 MPH to 292 MPH recorded at the four mile mark.
5 Mile speed on one pass reached 303 which made it one of three door slammers ever to reach the 3 hundred mark.
On the final pass with 18 pounds of boost BLOWFISH reached 307 at the 3 ½, and George felt a loss of acceleration and terminated the pass, so this ended a great event with more great things to come soon!
We gathered enough data to last till at least Christmas including the math on the final terminated run to the 5 at a projected speed of 317.
The Blowfish and team is out of the water but not for long.
Blowfish being admired by all of it's fans! It sure looks good on the salt.
Blowfish is ready to go home, covered in salt. What a successful trip!
Friday, September 18th: Today's gonna be a good day!
BLOWFISH 303 MPH average speed at the 5 mile mark.
The car is being checked for cubic inch size to establish a new record at 296 MPH from the old record of 262 MPH.
Making changes to attempt a record of 310 MPH on the next pass.
The Blowfish is waiting to make it's next record run later today. Way to go Team!!!
Thurs. Sept. 17 Results from the salt:
First pass sets new record at 290 by the 3 mile mark, let off the throttle and rode out the last two miles.
The fish is in impound for the rest of the day, we will try and set a new record in the morning Friday Sept. 18th.
Only change will be two pounds of additional boost in 3,4, and fifth gear
Going for 300 hundred mark.
The car ran great with no mechanical problems to correct.
The current record to beat in this class is 262. The Team must back it up with a second run on Friday, thsy take the average of the 2 runs to determine the new record.
Rain has delayed the races until Thursday.
The Team has been completing their preparations on a side street in Wendover Utah. A Team Meeting has completed the race plan. Looking forward to getting on the salt on Thursday!
Tues. Sept. 15th Bonneville Salt Falts, World of Speed 2009.
Rain has caused the pit area to be moved to the entrance road, where tech inspection is being held. The good news is we will still get to race, just a day later than expected. The Blowfish is waiting in line for tech inspection.
Rad Rides by Troy
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