The fastest car of the meet was the astonishing "Black Salt Racing" Triumph C/BMS (Blown Modified Sport -368 cu in Turbocharged Chevrolet motor), driven by owner, Keith Copeland. Last year this car set the record @ 305 mph, besting the "1/2 million dollar" Ferraris record by 65 mph. This year the car ran an "off-the-trailer" 372 mph...on record runs next morning it ran 306 mph due to being too lean setting the record @ 338 mph. A couple of days later it qualified at 380 mph...Saturday morning, do to some transmission shifting problems, ran 339 mph averaging 364.051 mph for the record.

The Team Vesco Racing’s #444 C/GS (368 cu in Chevrolet), after struggling most of the year trying to qualify on a 223 mph record finally ran 339.946 mph...next morning ran a bit slower and set the record @ 339.339 mph. This car first ran in 1957 running a Ford 4 cylinder engine. Over the years it has used various engines, updated on safety, aerodynamics and lengthened to it as present condition. Rick says the "It’s dad’s fault". The Vescos have a history that goes back into the early 1930s when father John began his love affair with the sport. Rick’s older brother, Don who holds the current wheel-driven record @ 458.44 mph, raced both motorcycles and landspeed cars. He succumbed to prostate cancer