The Red Baron competed unstreamlined - without it's fairing - for the final event of the 2021 season in the Modified, Pushrod Blown Gas (M-PBG) class. Smitty and The Red Baron had already set the record in this class at 108.476 mph in May 2018. The goal was to break the record, hopefully going around … Continue reading Nov. 2021: El Mirage *New Record*
Oct. 2021: El Mirage *New Record*
Competition Class: 350-cc MPS-PBGModified Partially-Streamlined ChassisPushrod Blown Gasoline EngineStarting Number: 47 (Group 2)First event with family! RUN OBJECTIVE: BREAK THE REOCRD The Red Baron was tuned up after September 2021, since the cylinder head temps were nice 'n' cool with new engine ducting providing ram-air cooling evenly to the front and rear cylinders. A thinner head gasket upped … Continue reading Oct. 2021: El Mirage *New Record*
Bonneville Day 8 NEW RECORD
For the second day in a row, on the last day of the event, Smitty and I left the motel in Wells, NV at 4:15 AM to drive for an hour to the Salt Flats. We also lost an hour changing timezones. On the salt, we hitched the Pathfinder to the trailer in the impound … Continue reading Bonneville Day 8 NEW RECORD
El Mirage Record Run – July 2017
The Red Baron achieved its first land speed record at El Mirage! The instrument panel of The Red Baron shows the engine performance throughout a race run. In this record run, The Red Baron exhibited partial detonation in the rear cylinder, shown by the cylinder head temperature (C.H.T.) spiking from 400-degF to near 600-degF in … Continue reading El Mirage Record Run – July 2017