Bonneville Speed Week 2011

We are right in the middle of Speed Week. MOONEYES Staff, SUMI “PAN” has been sending us images and here they are. From the shop in California to Wendover, Utah it takes about 12 hours which is a very long drive. Arrived!! Today, they setup the pit and . . .

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 . . .

Bonneville Speed Week 2009

Report by Chico Kodama

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Bonneville Speed Week 2009

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