The World's Fastest ACTUAL Car: The Story Of The Turbinator
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The Vesco family:
John Vesco (1910-1983) was a Bonneville pioneer, attending the first 1949 Speed Week together with wife Betty and sons Don and Rick.
Don Vesco (1939 – 2002) was an American businessman and motorcycle racer who held multiple motorcycle land-speed and wheel-driven land speed records. In his lifetime, he set 18 motorcycle and 6 automobile speed records.
His accomplishments recognized by the American Motorcyclist Association include winning the United States motorcycle Grand Prix 500 cc class in 1963, operating a California motorcycle dealership that sponsored up to 60 racers at a time, and setting a number of motorcycle and automobile land speed records.
Rick Vesco set his first land speed record at age 16 on the Bonneville Salt Flats. Rick designed and built the World's Fastest Wheel Driven car that set an F.I.A. record @ 458 MPH (2001) with Don driving.
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