{"id":15278,"date":"2015-06-01T15:19:50","date_gmt":"2015-06-01T22:19:50","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.racingjunk.com\/news\/?p=15278"},"modified":"2015-11-11T09:07:21","modified_gmt":"2015-11-11T17:07:21","slug":"the-uncatchable-truck-meets-the-ohio-mile-round-1","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.racingjunk.com\/news\/the-uncatchable-truck-meets-the-ohio-mile-round-1\/","title":{"rendered":"The Uncatchable Truck Meets the Ohio Mile, Round 1"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/e8EwrrtDIlc\" width=\"640\" height=\"480\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p><strong>Photos:<\/strong> Courtesy of Aaron Brown<\/p>\n<p><strong>Video:<\/strong> Coyote Videos<\/p>\n<p>That sticker on the side of Aaron Brown\u2019s Uncatchable &#8217;39 Ford land speed racing truck isn\u2019t just for show.<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\"><strong>Read About Our First Encounter with the &#8217;39 Ford here:<\/strong><br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.racingjunk.com\/news\/2015\/04\/11\/a-39-ford-landspeed-racer-is-uncatchable\/\">http:\/\/www.racingjunk.com\/news\/2015\/04\/11\/a-39-ford-landspeed-racer-is-uncatchable\/<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u201cI use RacingJunk.com almost exclusively for my restoration business,\u201d said Aaron, \u201cwhether it\u2019s for a trailer, vintage race car, or land speed racer.\u00a0 I\u2019ve even gotten jobs off there for the shop.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>That meant that RacingJunk was the obvious place to look when Brown decided to build the racer, and it wasn\u2019t long before he rounded up a prize: \u00a0a whole truck available outside of Dallas. \u201cWe agreed on the price, trailered it home, and took it apart,\u201d Aaron says.<\/p>\n<p>The rest is history. Well, history in the making.<\/p>\n<p>The truck has been a super star wherever it goes, gathering eyeballs and accolades, but it\u2019s more than just a show pony. Built to top 200 mph, the \u201939 is fast, and getting faster, and Aaron Brown and his supporters from Roush Yates and C&amp;R Racing are striving to turn it into a record breaker.\u00a0 They just had their first shot at the 200, running the truck at the Ohio Mile at the beginning of May.\u00a0 It\u2019s definitely a collaboration between Brown and the two race parts powerhouses.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI buy a lot of parts from Roush for my restoration business. Jim Melton was familiar with the project, he presented it to Mike Alvarez and we started working together.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>C&amp;R Racing supplied the transmission and gears, and returned to retune it. None of those parts, or the work involved in tuning and installing them, are cheap. \u201cWithout the support of these big companies, the little guys couldn\u2019t succeed,\u201d Aaron says, grateful. \u201cWe wouldn\u2019t be here if it weren\u2019t for their support.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The car spent some time on the show circuit after it was first built. \u201cIt was a Featured Vehicle at the Goodguys Southeastern Nationals,\u201d Aaron says, understandably proud. \u201cIt was the first time a rat rod had offered that kind of appeal. You take the vehicle anywhere and it\u2019s fun \u2013 plus, it represents a small group of guys driven to build something. The whole project is aspirational.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Not happy with just building an eye-catcher, the team was determined to make the rat rod a land speed dream. In Ohio, they took it up to 186mph, and they learned a lot: namely, that it\u2019s both consistent (two passes back to back at 186.4 and 186.5 mph), fast, and not fast enough. Yet.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI\u2019m happy with the way the weekend went, \u201c Aaron explained. \u201cThe team did an amazing job, everyone at the shop, the track, the supporters, the crew, nothing ever fell off of the vehicle, it fired right away.\u00a0 Plus, I learned that you can\u2019t baby it. I have to give it 100% as a driver, since the crew is giving it their all.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>In particular, Aaron acknowledges the intense work put in by his sons Spencer and Tony Brown, along with the entire crew who puts their all into it. \u201cI\u2019m just the driver,\u201d he said, self-effacing.\u00a0 \u201cI also want to thank the Call Family Distillers in Wilkesboro, NC, the folks at Goodridge US and UK, and <a href=\"http:\/\/www.vetmotorsports.org\/\">http:\/\/www.vetmotorsports.org\/<\/a>, an organization that coordinates to bring military vets to the track.\u00a0 All of these groups and people have helped us to get us where we are, and are helping us to prepare for our next challenge.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>For the next pass at Ohio in June, Roush Yates is working on the engine package.\u00a0 \u201cThey\u2019re doing some chassis\/dyno work, \u00a0and C&amp;R is looking at the gear ratio and tranny, \u201c says Aaron. \u201cWe left a lot on the table for the first set of runs. We didn\u2019t know how the truck was going to handle, so we focused on that first, and speed second.\u00a0 Now we have a chance to focus on speed because it handled so well. It accelerates like a rocket.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>For the June East Coast Timing Association event, Aaron is working on building his confidence and driving ability.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe went out there, and qualifying was supposed to be 125,\u201d he explains. \u201cI looked down at the phone which had the odometer readings and we were going 161.\u00a0 We had to slow down. The second qualifying at 150, we got up to 175 and had to coast across the line. The third and fourth runs were 186.4 and 186.5.\u00a0 We\u2019re consistent, but we\u2019re not at 200 yet. But we\u2019re getting there.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Uncatchable may not have broken 200, but it\u2019s already earned two landspeed records from the East Coast Timing Association, one in the B\/GSS &#8211; Unblown Gas Super Street \u00a0category, and one in C\/GSS &#8211; Unblown Gas Super Street. Congratulations to everyone involved.<\/p>\n<p>Please <a href=\"http:\/\/woobox.com\/4nxsp2\/vote\/for\/9112792\" target=\"_blank\">click here<\/a> to vote for &#8220;The Uncatchable&#8221; in the SEMA Battle of the Builders.<\/p>\n<div data-carousel-extra='{\"blog_id\":1,\"permalink\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.racingjunk.com\\\/news\\\/the-uncatchable-truck-meets-the-ohio-mile-round-1\\\/\"}' id='gallery-1' class='gallery galleryid-15278 gallery-columns-3 gallery-size-thumbnail'><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/www.racingjunk.com\/news\/the-uncatchable-truck-meets-the-ohio-mile-round-1\/img_0846\/'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/www.racingjunk.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/06\/IMG_0846-150x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"The Uncatchable Truck Meets the Ohio Mile, Round 1\" data-attachment-id=\"15482\" 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The conclusion? 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