GearheadGuru Racing - #834 STR, 9900 GL

Team JCB brought a Hydrogen powered streamliner to speedweek. They broke the AA (dual engine) Blown Gas Streamliner (BGS) by 20 mph and achieved a record of 268.347 mph.
The pilot of the vehicle, Andy Green, is the fastest man on earth holding a 763.035mph (Mach 1.05) land speed record. All vehicles must pass a technical inspection and all new vehicles must have the operator perform a bailout. I was part of the technical team who conducted the bailout and performed the technical inspection.
My claim to fame “I bailed out Andy Green.

My good friend Bill Daily, Land Speed Racers (LSR) club president and fellow land speed racer set a new land speed record of 150.393 mph in the K (500 cc) Blown Fuel Lakester (BFL). The previous record of 140.523 mph was set in August 2009. Yours truly was honored to help with starting line preparation and drive the push truck.

Well, it’s official

The prep for Bonneville Speedweek 2026 continues. Few upgrades to the #834 STR.
1. Engine swap from El Mirage to Bonneville.
2. Clean up a little engine plumbing spaghetti from a previous dyno session on Bonneville engine.
3. Paint touch up on rear of car, buffing and polish next week
4. Some assembly required.

Attention Speedweek racers. The official fuel list with pricing has been published. Also, if you need something not on the list you can order direct from Sunoco and have it ready for you at Speedweek.

https://m.facebook.com/story.php?story_fbid=1345808760997999&id=100067066634539

Look what arrived in the mail today……certificate suitable for framing.

Chasing a Merlot El Mirage “Dirty Two” club hat for better part of 13 years, with Success. The B/STR record is now 204.417 from a May 2004 record of 202.867
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Math 101: need Qty(2) AN-8 to AN-8 male fitting. The cost to order one was $8.95; however, the cost for six $16.00. Not sure on the supplier pricing model, but the decision was easy.

These times are a changing. 834 STR is out of the box and in the newly constructed workshop annex. No more working in a trailer. The pick list is getting shorter.
- build garage annex ✅
- Fire bottles ✅
- preliminary tech on car ✅
- safety belts ✅
the list grows is shorter