MOONEYES @ BONNEVILLE 2011

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The time has arrived. Earlier this morning, Chico and the gang at MOONEYES made an early start from the MOONEYES Shop in Santa Fe Springs, California. Destination: The Bonneville Salt Flats, Utah. SPEEDWEEK begins Saturday. Aug 13-19, 2011 We received a series pictures from their road trip, see below. . . .

Chico at Bonneville World Finals Last Day

Last day of World final. After looking back at the timing slips, all 3 times were almost identical at all measuring mile. I figured maybe I’ll pull little harder at lower gears to gain speed. 207.343 mph.  My best run so far. And more left. We’ve accomplished quite a . . .

Chico (MOONEYES USA) at World Finals in Bonneville

We got a text from Chico. He’s at the World Finals in Wendover, Utah. Yes, BONNEVILLE! Here’s what he sent us. “Found cause of problem we were having at Speed Week, so we decided to try World Final. First day of World Final, still dark before 7:00am Mountain time, . . .

Bonneville Speed Week Report by Chico

In 2009, Bonneville Speed Week was nothing but traction problems for us, spinning at 192mph which was not fun. Since that time, we’ve been talking to some veterans at the Salt Flat and decided we need to add weight. I didn’t want to gain weight myself, so we added . . .

El Mirage Motorcycles

More El Mirage photos, this time a few of the cool land speed motorcycles on the dry . . .

El Mirage Cars

This is El . . .

El Mirage Prep

Chico’s Roadster is ready to for El Mirage next weekend! It’s the first meet this year at El Mirage. Inspection is on Friday 14th, race is on Saturday 15th and possibly Sunday 16th. If you are around, please come and check it out! Look for the MOONEYES tent. . . .

Dry Lake Racing Hall of Fame

The Gold Coast Roadster & Racing Club SCTA 17th Annual “Gas Up” and Dry Lake Racing Hall of Fame Ceremony was scheduled around the same time as the MOONEYES 12th Annual All Odds Nationals in Japan but I was there. It was important because MOONEYES was voted as . . .