One for the old-timers...

[speeddemon]

Hey, here's one for you trivia-heads to chew on:

In 1966, Chuck Lyford's #8 Mustang took an unfortunate "hiatus" from the Bardahl sponsorship. In the interim, Chuck renamed his racer "Challenger".

Anybody know what the significance of the name was?

Speeddemon

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Re: One for the old-timers...

Before he got into flying, Chuck was active in 7-liter hydroplane racing. He was quite successful and won the National Championship twice in a boat called "Challenger".

You might say the "Challenger" boat was outfitted with a "mouse motor". It ran a small block chevy with a displacement of 300 cubic inches. The other 7-liter boats ran larger chevy engines (427 Cu In.)

In more recent years Chuck acquired an ocean-going runabout which he also called "Challenger".

[speeddemon]

Re: One for the old-timers...

I just ran across a picture of Chuck driving the 2-F Challenger last week. Great looking boat.

Nicely done, by the way.

Speeddemon