His name is Charlie Stanton, and he's in his hand-built trolley "Red Lightning". He is 86 and is a former F1 mechanic. The local paper, Leader, told us he built 5 successful racing car in his life, one of which had a New Zealand Land Speed Record for 12 years in 1950s and 1960s, with an aircraft engine... What a fantastic guy!The picture on the left picture was taken just after his run, being interviewed by, I assume, the Leader.
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Very neat photos. We call them soap box racers. I think that is the name.
ReplyDeleteOh wow Ben, this is fun!
ReplyDeleteVery impressive too. I don't think I'd be brave enough to try one of those human bombs!
Fun series Ben and this last gentleman is quite amazing.
ReplyDeleteI couldn't believe his age is 86, he looked at least 15 years younger than that.
ReplyDeleteThank you for stopping by and commenting to the series. It was fun.
how cool!
ReplyDeleteCheers, Pod!
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