Bonneville 2019

BigSky

Dug Chase (driver), Don Chase (father) and a whole bunch of super guys helped Dug get down the track just minutes ago!

54coupe

Thank you very much for sharing the photos. Can you tell us how fast he went?

BigSky

I don’t know but will find out a bit later this morning & post it.  

The week thus far:  
Sat, Sun & Mon racing didn’t happen as the track was heavily rained on.  Yesterday they did some racing but not all tracks were open & the long course was shortened.  After a couple cars spun & bike too, they closed the track at 3:30pm & moved it over 100 ft for today’s racing.  I haven’t heard how the course is today or how speeds have been either.   Doing lots of photography like this:

cheyenne7271

Love the ‘69 C-30 car hauler, would like to that with my own ‘69 and my 51 Hornet Club coupe on it. Awesome pics, love that ‘47, looks like a beast

Glowplug

Thanks for the pictures.  Don, Doug are Omaha Ne natives,  Doug now has shop in Pacific Northwest.  I also recognize my friend Ron Falk in one of the pictures.  He is also a Nebraska HETer. 

BigSky

I too am an Omaha native & former Nebraska HETer, only movingly to Montana in the last 8 years.  Don & my father have known each other for probably 60+ years.  As a teenager with a 56 Olds Don Chase was the one we went to for my frequent transmission repairs.

I remember my father telling me stories of him riding his bicycle to watch 72nd street being poured in concrete for the 1st time as well as many hot rodding & drag racing stories of his youth.  When I was in college at Creighton in the mid 80’s dad had taken a diesel Cadillac which has a blown motor & put a 455 Oldsmobile in it with the help of his long time friend & mechanic George Roseland, former owner of the Arbor Garage in downtown Omaha.  Dad was always street racing with the big caddy & winning too!   Dad still hasn’t lost his hot rodding fever either at 82 & wheel chair bound.  He still owns an SRT8 Chrysler 300 as well as a 1937 Chevy rumble seat coupe street rod.  

Both Omaha Boys (Don & George) were parked next to each other in the Bonneville pit area and I’m sure they too have been friends for 60+ years as well.  I was able to spend time with each team and it was the 1st thing I did upon arriving to the Salt.  Naturally I feel a great deal of gratitude to my father as well as Don & George for my father’s & subsequently my love of hot rods.  Our lives have been intertwined through-out many decades in Omaha and it was wonderful seeing them on the Salt.   

After Chase’s 1st run in the 120’s (mph) I understand it wasn’t where they wanted to be so they quickly made a rear end change & we’re back in line for another run before I got back to the pits an hour or so later.  Some how I missed them as I left the starting line & staging area to return to the pits.  Unfortunately I didn’t have time to track them down before I had to get on the road & drive back home.  I spoke to Ron Faulk late in the day yesterday and he had not heard if they’d gotten in a second run yet.  With only one track open the wait had been 8+ hours just to get one run in.   It was surely more than frustrating for those racing as it was mostly waiting around as things were moving at a crawl.  Hopefully we’ll soon hear how their second run & things have continued to go.  

Here’s George Rosland’s SOB car which I believe ran 208mph last year.

Ol racer

Great to see these Pictures./ Thanks for Posting!

squirrel

thanks for the pics! I was up at the Nugget the first Saturday afternoon/night with my Hornet, didn't make it out to the salt. I guess I missed you.