1929 Ford Roadster - 249MPH On Dirt!

The BMR land-speed racer is the fastest roadster ever at El Mirage Dry LakeThis story is about the ultimate execution of hot rodding's earliest directive: Take a roadster and make it go fast. It was as simple as that as long ago as 1927, which is the earliest date we've heard anyone claim for the first racing on the dry lakes of Southern California. Ed Iskenderian will tell you that he was personally there as early as 1932, and there were racing clubs that existed before the Southern California Timing Association was founded in November 1937, followed by a few other sanctioning bodies. But it's the SCTA that survives, and its Roadster class is the one with the strongest links to that most primal need.


Photo Gallery: 1929 Ford Roadster - BMR's Land Speed Racing Roadster - Hot Rod Magazine


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