{"id":54320,"date":"2018-08-14T09:04:06","date_gmt":"2018-08-14T16:04:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.racingjunk.com\/news\/?p=54320"},"modified":"2018-08-14T09:09:16","modified_gmt":"2018-08-14T16:09:16","slug":"danny-thompson-throttles-the-record-book-at-bonneville","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.racingjunk.com\/news\/danny-thompson-throttles-the-record-book-at-bonneville\/","title":{"rendered":"Danny Thompson Throttles the Record Book at Bonneville"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Sun on the salt prior to Thompson’s record-breaking run. All images courtesy thompsonlsr Twitter account<\/a>.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Danny Thompson has been working to break the record for piston-powered cars during Bonneville Speed Weeks for more than eight years.<\/p>\n

Using the Challenger 2 chassis his late father, Mickey, constructed (with the help of Kar Kraft) in 1968, Thompson\u2019s third try with the resurrected twin-engine streamliner was the charm on Sunday, August 12th. His Thompson LSR team achieved a new, two-way AA\/FS record of 448.757 mph.<\/p>\n

\u201cThis has been the goal since day one of the project,\u201d Thompson said. The trials have been many along the way. In 2016, Challenger 2 made its first appearance but was unable to run, as the salt was too wet at Bonneville for any competitors to make their Speed Week attempts.<\/p>\n

Last year Thompson turned a 435-mph on his first trip down the five-mile circuit, only to have it all go awry the following morning when a single connecting rod broke on the return, putting a hole in the block and damaging the balance of the bottom end, failing to set the record he\u2019s been aching to hold.<\/p>\n