Fuel For Thought
2012
JANUARY:
From The Demonized To Humanized
The Turnaround With The FIA and Land Speed Racing Continues
FEBRUARY:
The 400MPH Chapter of the Bonneville 200MPH Club
It’s the black hats that rule the speed roost . . .
MARCH:
Observers, Participants, Project Based Learning
High School students build 1-cylinder diesel streamliner!
APRIL:
Bonneville Salt Flats History Book Rides Again!
University of Utah Press to Publish Century of Speed
MAY:
The Lady is a Leader
Miriam Macmillan poised to be first President of SCTA/BNI
JUNE:
Speed Duel Back Chat
When World Speed Records tumbled and rumbled
JULY:
Speed Hookie – One In A Million Floor Job
The family speed wagon; God points my way forward
AUGUST:
The Shrinking Salt Speedway
The BLM is selling off the Bonneville Salt Flats
SEPTEMBER:
SPEED: The Art of the Performance Automobile
Elegance Understood, Honored, and Admired
OCTOBER:
Let’s Hear It For Head-On Collisions
A visit to CERN Large Hadron Colloider & we find the Higgs Boson!
NOVEMBER:
Sticky Pictures, Al Teague’s Hero
Scrapbook and Frank Lockhart books reviewed
DECEMBER:
Who’s Got The Bowl?
Why Henry Ford’s Mojo is now my night light
2011
JANUARY:
Missouri Mile Men
Midwestern Land Speed Racers
FEBRUARY:
Magna Cum Laude, I Applaud
The FIA Makes Amends; Mike Cook gets chicken skin as Nearburg clocks 414MPH to break Goldenrod WLSR
MARCH:
Partners in Speed
United States Air Force Academy offers to help land speed racing community
APRIL:
The Gas Man 2011 | Honorary Award, Magazine Column Writing division presented by the All American Racing Writers & Broadcasters Assn.
On Gas, 2 Wheel Drive, Cadillac engine = 414MPH Right. Are you kidding me?
MAY:
ECTA Losing North Carolina Track. Who Cares?
The racers came first, invested much and repaid by local community with eviction.
JUNE:
Hurtling Rotunda, The Word’s First Three Bill Brick
911 Roadster of Davidson, Beck, Cummins, Thornsberry sets 301.150MPH record
JULY:
Preventing Camera Collisions
Chrysler’s Hemi Truck Divisions uses Al Teague’s courage and money to sell trucks.
AUGUST:
Dry Lakes Racing Hall of Fame
Land Speed Racing honors its own, the ones who made a difference.
SEPTEMBER:
The Boys of Bonneville
The story of Ab and Marv Jenkins come to the silver screen.
OCTOBER:
Books, Books, and More Books
Competition Car Aerodynamics, Kiwi A Salt, Three Times in a Row, Haynes Pocket Manual: World’s Fastest Cars
NOVEMBER:
Tribute: Unrealized Alex Tremulis for Ab Jenkins
Automotive Designer Contributes to Land Speed Racing
DECEMBER:
The Wendover Perspective
How the Local Population Views the Shrinking Bonneville Salt Flats Ecological Alarm
2010
JANUARY:
Brain-Bucket Beef 2010| First Place Award, Magazine Technical Writing presented by the All American Racing Writers & Broadcasters Assn.
A new standard for helmets. Is your head safe?
FEBRUARY:
Ladies in the Pits; Colossal Cowboy
Women in Land Speed Racing, many more than you might imagine; Wendover Will, the neon cowboy keeps watch over fallen land speed racers.
MARCH:
Fast Women and a Lovely Crystal Valentine
A book on women in racing going back to 1910; Society of Automotive Historians Valentine Award to “Fuel For Thought”
APRIL:
Is This Corn Porn?
Danny Thompson drives Brent Hajek’s amazing ethanol powered Mustang to new class record.
MAY:
Saving The Salt, Saving The Sport: Is The Best Of Bonneville Behind Us?
The land speed racers ares still the salt’s best friend, but they can’t do it all by themselves any more.
JUNE:
The “Blue and Omega” Flame
The complete Blue Flame story will finally be told.
JULY:
Recognizing Speed
The Bonneville 200MPH Club
AUGUST:
Vegan Velocity of the Greenspeed Kind
College kids want to use french fry oil to set land speed records
SEPTEMBER:
Deuce of Spades
A slice of hot rodding life carved artfully right of the 1950’s.
OCTOBER:
Wed, Write, And A Fired Few
Blue Hat Wedding / Ceramic Race Cars
NOVEMBER:
Four By Four On A Road Less Traveled
Speed books to consider
DECEMBER:
Atittude, Gratitude & Talking Race Cars 2010 | First Place, Magazine Column Writing | All American Racing Writers & Broadcasters Assn.
Speed Nymph’s make Dennis Varni’s Speed Dream Come True
2009
JANUARY:
From Salt Virgin to Record and Red Hat
Poland has a new first lady of speed.
FEBRUARY:
Forget the Murder; Remember the Man, Root for the Son
Book Review: “Mickey Thompson The Fast Life and Tragic Death of a Racing Legend”
Federal Laboratory Consortium gets recalibrated to LSR
MARCH:
Rank Cheaters or Innovative Speedsters?
An examination of how racing rules are bent and/or broken
APRIL:
Benjamin Louis Eulalie Bonneville
The man behind the name of the World’s Fastest Race Course
MAY:
Adeiu to the One Shot Wonder: Eric Rickman
He was there from the very beginning when hot rodders hit the salt chronicling the speed with a Speedgraphic.
JUNE:
Trouble in Television Land
Where truth and honest interpretation takes a back seat to preconceived notions
JULY:
The First of His Kind 2009 | Third Place, Magazine Column Writing | All American Racing Writers & Broadcasters Assn.
Quadriplegic Michael-Ryan Pattison and Randy Simmons go racing in a 1947 Hudson pick-up.
AUGUST:
Will The Red, White and Blue Remain Number Two?
Does a lack of interest signal a decline in National Pride?
SEPTEMBER:
Many Indy Stars Revere the Salt
A trip to the Brickyard with Paula Murphy and Andy Granatelli reveals many open-wheelers loved Bonneville.
OCTOBER:
Readers, Rodders and the Next Gen Racers
Goodguys Woman of the Year Honors / The Buckeye Bullet Hydrogen streamliner
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NOVEMBER:
The Mean Green Steaming Machine 2009 | Second Place, Online Action Photo | All American Racing Writers & Broadcasters Assn. for “Inspiration’s Record Run”
Charles Burnett III and Don Wales set new World Land Speed Records after 100 years
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DECEMBER:
Get ‘Em While They’re Young
Attracting the young to the oldest motorsport on earth
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2008
JANUARY:
Vast, Thin and Still Deadly
What Not to Do At Bonneville;
Review: “World’s Fastest Motorcycle: The Day the Bonneville Salt Stood Still”
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FEBRUARY:
Speed Oracle Silence: Wally Parks Makes his Final Pass
SCTA/BNI Poised To Replace FIA As World Record Authority.
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MARCH:
Teamwork: How The Speed Comes
FossettLSR world land speed record team profile
APRIL:
Society of Land Speed Racing Historians
Group Forms to Preserve Land Speed Racing History.
MAY:
Terminal Salt Fever
Ron Main and George Poteet”s Destination 400MPH, the 4cylinder Speed Demon Debut
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JUNE:
It’s Tiara Time Boys
Seeking Supersonic Woman Driver For World Record Attempt
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JULY:
Midwest Speed, Girl Speed, VW Speed
Move to STL; Female Designers; 36HP Challenge
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AUGUST:
High Speed Adventures
TEAMVesco Turbinator, JCB Dieselmax, Nish Motorsports Streamliner; Bugatti Veyron
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SEPTEMBER:
Speed Queen — a Crowning Achievement of Eternal Youth
Ron Richardson builds the belly tank lakester of his dreams
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OCTOBER:
The Science of Speed 2009 Valentine Award, Periodical Division presented by the Society of Automotive Historians
How Walt Sheehan Made Craig Breedlove a Household Name
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NOVEMBER:
Better Late than Never – FIA Corrects the World Records Listings
After years of inaccuracies, the FIA finally shows it knows how to keep accurate records
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DECEMBER:
Hero Worship: the Sick Truth
Used so often for so little, has the term lost its luster?
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2007
JANUARY:
A Particular Speed Record
Roy Lewis and his Chassis Engineering Diesel Streamliner.
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FEBRUARY:
Memories of Meteors and Murders
Mickey Thompson Murder Trial / Review: Gordon White’s book on Ab Jenkins
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MARCH:
Giving Credit
Sir Anthony Bamford salutes and treats the JCB Dieselmax World Record-setting team.
APRIL:
East Coast Timing Association
Land Speed Racers feed the speed need a long way from Bonneville.
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MAY:
What’s in a Name? 2007 Best of the Year Photography Award presented by the Motor Press Guild for “Salton Sea Roadster”
The wild and crazy names found in land speed racing.
JUNE:
A Vision to Seek: ’07 Racing Peek
A look at what’s on the speed horizon for 2007
JULY:
Taking A Chance, Getting A Chance
Obituary: Robert Petersen of HOT ROD fame
AUGUST:
Once In A Lifetime
Review: John Ackroyd’s book, Jet Blast
SEPTEMBER:
550 Brain Trust Club / Dutch Carving Treat
Marlo Treit’s Project 550 ; The Carver Tryke
OCTOBER:
Happy “Boom! Boom!” Anniversary ThrustSSC
10 years after breaking the sound barrier on land
NOVEMBER:
Goodwood & Goodbye: Speed on a Cricket Pitch
Goodwood Festival of Speed / Obituary: Frank Swanston
DECEMBER:
The Mighty Molecule Mixers
Ford Motor Company’s 999 Hydrogen Car
2006
JANUARY:
The Ladies Wear Nomex
A review of women land speed racers who have set records in excess of 200MPH.
FEBRUARY:
Practical Helping Hands
Sonny and Dixie Rossi, big on Land Speed Racing.
MARCH:
Generations of Speed
The fast and funny Ferguson Family.
APRIL:
Have Power; Need Salt
A preview of the 2006 Racing Season.
MAY:
Diamond Deuces
Ford’s 75th Anniversary of the deuce coupe.
JUNE:
Record Respect: Why is it so Hard for Hollywood to tell the Truth?
World’s Fastest Indian, a great film full of baloney.
JULY:
Bricks, Tires and Speed Desires
Wendover Will, Brent Singleton, Kevlar Tires.
AUGUST:
Potent Perseverance; Diesel Daring Do
John Fitch and a Gullwing; JCB Dieselmax.
SEPTEMBER:
The Eagle That Would Be King
A Report on the North American Eagle World Record Team.
OCTOBER:
Meet the Number Wonder
Dr. Dan Metz comes to the salt.
NOVEMBER:
Thanks Be To Speed – The Alpha, The Omega and British Ditch Digger
Speedweek 2006
DECEMBER:
The Trouble With Success
SCTA/BNI adjustments to Speedweek; New ACCUS boss
2005
JANUARY:
The Lore of More, A Speedweek Lament
No matter how fast you can go, there is always more.
FEBRUARY:
World Land Speed Racers To Get Some Respect
SCTA/BNI Poised To Replace FIA As World Record Authority.
MARCH:
Has a Tire Messiah Come Upon Us?
New hope for high speed rubber grips land speed racers.
APRIL:
Dodge SRT-4 = 200MPH + Roadster
That chameleon paint scheme on a family racing roadster.
MAY:
The Lady is a Champ
Paula Burns, The first female SCTA Points Champion –ever!
JUNE:
Figure on Four
Betty, Gene and Tom Burkland are twice as fast as any Andretti ever was.
JULY:
First “Flight; Fast Film
North American Eagle hits 300MPH on Initial Run; Bonneville: Wide Open, a speed cult film.
AUGUST:
The Fabulous Five Pounder
LandSpeed Louise Helps the Edelbrock Family tell the family tale with Tom Madigan.
SEPTEMBER:
Speedy Thoughts From Wally Parks 2006 Valentine Award, Periodical Division | Society of Automotive Historians
Before there was a love of drag racing, there was land speed racing in this pioneer’s heart.
OCTOBER:
What an Honor!
Society of Automotive Historians 2005 Valentine Award.
NOVEMBER:
Variety is the Speed of Life
Lynn Yakel, Cryogenics, Detroit Diesel Pickup.
DECEMBER:
They Died With Their Boots On
The Fallen Heroes of Bonneville.
2004
JANUARY:
SCTA/BNI World Finals
The 2003 World Finals was, in every sense of the word, a cooperative effort, a true Espirt de Corps.
FEBRUARY:
Grumpy old men find Happiness in Speed!
Coal miner Joe Law built and drove his Pontiac-powered lakester to “world’s Fastest” honors.
MARCH:
The Drum Roll
The Petersen Automotive Museum hosts a major exhibition devoted to Speed.
APRIL:
Museum of Gasoline Pumps
Jack Mendenhall’s eye-popping road warrior collection.
MAY:
The Anatomy of a Land Speed Record
The methodical speed march of Michigan’s Rick Byrnes.
JUNE:
Paula Murphy: Grand Marshallette
A Forgotten American Motorsport Treasure who paved the way for the likes of Danica Patrick, Sarah Fisher, et al.
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JULY:
A Boy and His Toy
Carl Heap and His Thunderously Stunning 300MPH “Phabulous” Phoenix semitruck.
AUGUST:
El Mirage Dry Lake Season Opener
Southern California Timing Association kicks off the 2004 speed season.
SEPTEMBER:
Parking Speed
Coventry Transport Museum; Mickey and Trudy Thompson Murder Trial.
OCTOBER:
What’s An FIA World Land Speed Record Worth? 2005 Valentine Award, Periodical Division | Society of Automotive Historians
Errors and Omissions on the FIA books mainly hurt American record holders.
NOVEMBER:
Motor City Adventures
Don Vesco inducted posthumously into Motorsports Hall of Fame.
DECEMBER:
More Motor City Adventures
Team Arrow Motorcycle Team; Detroit, social train wreck, no soul city.
2003
JANUARY:
Nolan White: Speed Centurion: 1931-2002
One of land speed racing fiercest competitors.
FEBRUARY:
Don Vesco 1939-2002
The only person to have ever held both the World LSR for Cars and Motorcycles.
MARCH:
For the Love of the Sport
Bob Higbee was the best friend land speed racers and the salt ever had.
APRIL:
What’s A Land Speed Record Worth?
The FIA has fallen down on the job on world record keeping.
JUNE:
High Speed Racing Environmentalists
A look at the astonishing SAVE THE SALT organization.
JULY:
Wet Air Takes On New Flair
Inspiration, a steam-powered streamliner being developed in England to vie for new world record.
AUGUST:
The Ultimate Al
Elwin “Al” Teague, The poster child for all things fast.
SEPTEMBER:
The Birth of Hot Rodding
Review of Robert Genet’s book on dry lakes racing.
OCTOBER:
The Volunteer Spirit
Who are these people who give up their free time to provide land speed racing venues?
NOVEMBER:
Speedweek 2003
55th Annual Bonneville Speedweek recap.
DECEMBER:
USFRA World of Speed
17th Annual speed trials recap.
2002
DECEMBER:
A Dash of Salt
54th Annual Bonneville Speedweek recap.
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Louise Ann Noeth founded LandSpeed Productions in 1984 because she got tired of people thinking she only did one thing. After years of freelancing she had developed a variety of storytelling skill sets that includes:
