Walt Arfons: 1916-2013

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Land Speed Racer, drag racer dies at 96
No one seemed to know why the two brothers stopped talking, but their resulting rivalry led to some of the fastest cars ever built, two of which went more than 600 mph.Walt Arfons battled his half-brother Art on the Bonneville Salt Flats and...

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[Arnold]

Thank You Very Much :!: for the memory

  I remember being a little kid in the early 60's and reading in
Readers Digest about Art Arfons.

[enjenjo]

I met both of them in the early 60s when they were racing here in Toledo at the old airport dragstrip. One of my friends at work, worked for Walt's son on his days off.

There was a pair of local brothers that took the record away from them for a short time in the late 50s at 180mph. Their last name was Stoll, and they lived on a farm about 5 miles from where I live now. E J Potter ended up with the car. The Allison drove forward into a gear box, with a torque converter, and the driveshaft ran down the car to an offset truck rearend. All farm built.

They also had a Henry J with a straight 8 Buick in it.