Over the next two years, Art set three land speed records with average speeds of 434, 536, and 576 mph in the flying mile at Bonneville. (courtesy Tom Mayenschein) Getting the Green Monster ready for a run, 1964. highly eclectic. (courtesy Tom Mayenschein) Getting the Green Monster ready for a run, 1964. This car, painted in red and blue, won the land speed record three times during the close competition of 1964 and 1965 with 434, 536 and 576 miles per hour (698, 863, and 927 km/h) in the flying mile (despite blowing a tire on the last record run). The first "Green Monster" was a dragster powered by an Oldsmobile six cylinder engine and painted with left-over green tractor paint. Apr 8, 2019 - Explore montebarra66's board "LSR - ARFONS JETCAR", followed by 202 people on Pinterest. Remarkably Arfons survived. It only hit 85 MPH but it paved the way for the six-wheeled Over the next decade, the Green Monster underwent a number of design and technical modifications, moving from drag strips to salt flats as Art Arfons' obsession with being "the fastest man on wheels" led him to compete for the land speed record. Rather than the Allison V12, Art instead picked up a 17,500 lbf J79 jet engine with a four-stage afterburner—the type used by the F-104 Starfighter. ... "Art Arfons' New Jet Boat" from Hot Boat April 1967 "The Green Monster Man" from Hot Rod Aug. 1968 "Speed On The Salt Flats" from Winners Circle 1969 "Pro-Am National Records" from Dragworld May 8 1970 (courtesy Tom Mayenschein) Ed Snyder with the jet car he helped build - and that would cause his so much stress. Still, Arfons' gamble with the J79 engine paid off. On the urging from Firestone's Humpy Wheeler, Arfons added some Firestone red to the green paint. in his lucky leather jacket--one of the coolest shots of him He lives in Kingston, Ontario.Art The six-wheeled Green Monster Number 6 became the first dragster to break 150 miles per hour (241 km/h) in the quarter mile. The name was applied on the car's first outing by the track announcer, who laughingly said "Okay folks here it comes; The Green Monster", and it stuck to all Arfons' creations.The car only reached 85 miles per hour (137 km/h), 20 miles per hour (30 km/h) short of the fastest car, but by 1953 the Green Monster Number 2, a 20 foot (6 m) long six wheeled car powered by a 2000 horsepower (1.5 MW) Allison aircraft engine, was hitting 100 miles per hour (160 km/h) in the quarter mile. I've ever seen. The Green Monster was the name of several vehicles built by They were either Dragsters or vehicles build to break the speed records on ground or water. That car only exists in memories and scraps now, but the replica of it that Arfons built remains and will anchor a display dedicated to land-speed-record holders at the San Diego Air and Space Museum.
(courtesy Tom Mayenschein) Ed Snyder with the jet car he helped build - and that would cause his so much stress. Besides the impressive quantifiable achievements, Art was known as a humble genius, whose determination and brilliance made him an American hero.With the final throw of the dice for the 1965 season Art Arfons pushed his Green Monster jet car beyond 600mph in a bid to regain the Land Speed Record from rival Craig Breedlove only to have a wheel bearing seize resulting in the highest speed accident at the time. He set his final World Land Speed Record of 576.553 miles per hour with the car on November 7, 1965, only to lose it eight days later. His father Art and uncle Walt built the first successful jet cars, including the Green Monster that Rose drove, and crashed, in the 1960s. from Auto Topics Jan. 1965"Speed Record, The Hard Way" from Modern Rod Feb. 1965"Art Recaptures LSR, But Monster Smashed" In 1961 he reached a top speed of 313.78 mph (504.98 km/h) before burning out the clutch. from Competition Press Oct. 10 1964"Assault on the Salt" from Customs Illustrated Dec. 1964"Land Speed Records - Can They Hit 1,000
He has written about 16th-century East Asian history, Art and Walt Arfons were brothers from Akron, Ohio, who were well-known for setting 1/4-mile speed records in dragsters. In a span of just twenty-seven months, the land speed record went from 393mph, held since 1947, to over 600mph. In 1961, he plugged in a small jet engine and broke the 200-mph mark in the 1/4-mile. 19th-century Korean-American relations, Olympic sprinting and land During this time Art Arfons was competing with his brother Built and driven by Art Arfons, Green Monster was a three-time holder of the World Land Speed Record. The Green Monster with Art Arfons' legendary bus that served as truck, workshop and bunkhouse. (screen grab from the Samuel Art Arfons with his mother Bessie in front of the Green Monster, 1965.
Hawley is a writer of narrative nonfiction and fiction. (Tampa Bay Times/ZUMAPRESS.com) Rose built the car using a surplus Navy fighter jet engine in 1968, two years after losing both of his legs in a crash.
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