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2011 Bonneville World of Speed Volkswagen Results

Friends of the Challenge
 
Below are the top speeds achieved by each of the racers at World of Speed.  I would like to offer a BIG thanx to all of the racers, crews and VW spectators who ventured to Bonneville to be part of the USFRA's 26th annual World of Speed. And thanx to Hot VW's for sending RK Smith to cover this unique VW event and for The Samba's moderator, John Moxon to come all the way from England to be part of our race.
 
I would also like to offer a sincere debt of gratitude to Wolfsburg West and Tony Moore for his support of the 36hp Challenge and the $1000.00 contingency award they provided to the fastest Wolfsburg West cylinder head equipped record breaker, Bill Hatfield of Harmony, Indiana.
 
May the Speed be with you..................
 
Burly
 
 
2011 World of Speed VW results:
 
36hp Challenge
 
SS36 Bug       T33      Juan Cole.........................................75.534  New Record 9/16/11(old record 75.277
                         T60      Dan Durie(Beaver Geezers)..........75.277  New Record 9/14/11(old record 73.492
                         T77      Ralph Dotson...................................71.480
                        
DSS36 Bug    T20      Bill Hatfield/Wolfsburg West........108.324  New record 9/15/11(old record 103.056
                         T54      Gene Dannan/Wolfsburg West......59.709
 
SS36 Ghia      T777   Bill Smith...........................................73.752  New Record 9/15/11(old record 71.314
 
DSS36 Ghia   T67     Craig Smith/Wolfsburg West..........84.442
                         T143   Richard Troy-Denzel........................92.808
 
DSS36 Bus    T51      Ronnie Fietelson/Wolfsburg West.68.851  New Record 9/16/11(old record 67.909
                         T8        Matthew Kenney..............................67.909  New Record 9/15/11(base record
 
36hp"1"Club   T11      Larry Mocnick/Cheetle....................75.105
 
NA36 Bug       T903    Tom Bruch/Gaylen Anderson........126.236*New Record 9/15/11(old record 106.514
                         * Top 36hp Speed of the meet !
 
H/FCC             3601    Dick Beith........................................handling run only-no speed
 
 
 
Big Block(40hp & newer engines)-130/150 MPH CLUB
 
Ghia Coupe    T70       Britt Grannis/Geoff Hart.................139.756    Dual Carb 130 Club Member-new
Ghia Coupe    T701     Tom Simon/Grannis/Hart..............138.520    Dual Carb 130 Club Member-new
Formula V       X150     John Milner.....................................134.707    Dual Carb
Bug                  T363     Justin McAllister/Burlile..................127.480    Dual Carb
VolksRod        T1967   Richard Luna...................................119.207   Dual Carb
Bug                  T51        Dick Wakefield...............................118.510   Dual Carb
Bug                  T4          Scot A Harig....................................109.051    Turbo 2bbl
Bug                  T48        Karl Barnett.....................................107.777    1600cc SSS (Single 34PICT Carb S/P
Ghia Coupe    T15        Larry Gregg.....................................107.296    Dual Kadron
Ghia Coupe    T65        Greg Silkenson...............................102.630    Dual Carb
Buggy              T122      John Dahlstrom................................97.171     Dual Carb
Ghia Coupe    T711      Warren Grannis/Grannis.................93.180     Dual Carb
 
 
Watercooled
 
Golf R32         X57         Gabe Adams.................................160.047    Turbo VR6 150 Club Member
Streamliner    1479        Kevin Winder.................................149.182    Turbo 4 Diesel 
                                                                                                  (new G/DS record 2 way avg 147.909
Golf R32         T59         Chris Adams..................................137.499    Turbo VR6 130 Club Member-new
Golf R32         T57         Andrew Augustain..........................137.036    Turbo VR6 130 Club Member-new
Golf R32         T337       Norma Fergus(Garys mom!).........134.551    Turbo VR6 130 Club Member-new
Rabbit             X8383    John Finn.........................................110.906    Turbo 4
Rabbit P.U.    479         Rick Winder......................................103.075   Turbo Diesel
Dasher WagnT6802  Dan Kingery........................................91.516    Turbo Diesel-Vegetable Oil
 
 

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Comment by Burly Burlile on September 24, 2011 at 10:36

I hope to be one of the three Bill; a bucket list item has always been to visit the folks and country of Australia. And if it happens to be during Speedweek, all the better. I hope all of our plans work out.

 

Tootaloo till then..............

 

Burly

 

Comment by Bill Moore on September 24, 2011 at 10:10

Burly,

Heard on the grapevine there may be three of you guys getting out here for a trip to the outback.Look forward to meeting you guys and showing you some of the outback. We will have out work cut out for next year and things are progressing well. Vehicle builds are in front of the schedule at the moment but that can change. Am really looking to squeeze a few mph more out of the '56 Oval the team ran last year to top the new 75.534 mph record in the 36 hp SS class. Regards, countrybuggybill  

Comment by Burly Burlile on September 20, 2011 at 23:48

Bill, the rain hit us also but fortunately it waited until the night before the last day so we only lost one day of racing. I am looking at joining one a Canadian friend and 36hp racer at the possibility of coming down for your Australian Speedweek next spring( the visit is on my 'bucket list' ) and hopefully that will happen. I will just have to wait and see.

 

I hope you fellas have been taking advantage of the additional time to prep even more VW's for the salt. Please keep me posted on who and what so I can add them to the VW LSR history in the future.

 

See you on the salt....................

 

Burly

Comment by Bill Moore on September 20, 2011 at 16:30

Something to chase in March next year boyz, if the weather is kind.

Some great speeds including the new 36HP Record and the 139.6 mph in the Ghia.

 

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