A Fire Geezer Who Really GOES!!

THE 59th RUNNING OF THE BONNEVILLE SPEED WEEK wrapped up today. Over 400 drivers showed up last weekend to begin the annual race for new world land-speed records.

One of those drivers is a retired firefighter from southern California, 70-yr.-old Terry Haines. Haines, who now lives in Nevada City, Calif., has been racing things all of his life and also has plenty of experience at the salt flats. In 2004 he set the world record for the blown gas lakester category at 204.035 mph.

This year he entered his lakester in the blown fuel (alcohol) class with the same purpose……break the record that stood at 198.564 mph. Using a converted dragster fitted up with a 1954 GMC military truck motor, he finished the two-way run averaging an impressive 209.595 mph in his “Saline Solution” lakester.