Danny Thompson Speed Week 2018: The World’s Fastest Piston Powered Record Holder!
Danny the 69 year old son rebuilds his Dad’s –Mickey Thompson’s race car that was originally built in 1968, and breaks his Dad’s speed record of 406 mph 3 days ago with a new World Record for piston powered cars now set at 448 MPH.
“We did it! On Sunday morning, eight years of hard work culminated in a 450.909mph return run. Averaged with yesterday’s speed of 446.605mph, we achieved a new two-way AA/FS record of 448.757mph, enough to make us the world’s fastest piston powered record holder. That has been the goal since day one of the project, and it wouldn’t have been possible without the extraordinary efforts of my crew.
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