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12-25-2012, 09:17 AM	#1
RSS Reader Senior Member Join Date: Feb 2009 Posts: 93,100 Tweet	Waldo Stakes: A Rocket Man Chases The Land Speed Record Waldo Stakes: A Rocket Man Chases The Land Speed Record Self-taught land-speed-record designer Waldo Stakes hopes to use surplus Space-Race technology to break the sound barrier.Most assaults on the land-speed record follow one of two templates. British efforts, from the Reid Railton-designed streamliner driven by John Cobb to the ThrustSSC that currently holds the record, typically feature formally trained engineers and vast battalions of support personnel. American undertakings, on the other hand, tend to involve homegrown hot-rodders -- think self-taught Frank Lockhart and junkyard genius Art Arfons -- fueled by lots of Yankee ingenuity. Photo Gallery: Waldo Stakes: A Rocket Man Chases The Land Speed Record - Automobile Magazine Photo Gallery: Waldo Stakes: A Rocket Man Chases The Land Speed Record - Automobile Magazine Waldo Stakes: A Rocket Man Chases The Land Speed Record \| Digg It \| Add to del.icio.us More...

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