George Poteet

George Poteet is a Memphis-based[1][2] land speed racer and winner of the 1996 Ridler Award.

Poteet's 1937 Ford roadster (built by Don Pilkenton)[3] won the 1996 Ridler Award.[4][5][6] This car would go on to take "America's Most Beautiful Roadster", top prize at the Oakland Roadster Show.[7]

In 2011, Poteet drove Speed Demon (built by Ron Main) to 426 mph (686 km/h) at Bonneville,[8] and eventually breaking both the C/BFS and D/BFS (supercharged fuel streamliner) records.[9] After making "the fastest piston engine pass ever",[10] Speed Demon was displayed at the 2018 Detroit Autorama.[11]

Notes
  1. Larivee, Bob (2015). Hot Rod Detroit. Oxford, Michigan: DP Publishing. p. 161. ISBN 978-0-692-30899-8.
  2. Autorama.com (retrieved 3 January 2019)
  3. Hot Rod Magazine online (retrieved 3 January 2019)
  4. Larivee, Bob (2015). Hot Rod Detroit. Oxford, Michigan: DP Publishing. p. 161. ISBN 978-0-692-30899-8.
  5. Autorama.com (retrieved 3 January 2019)
  6. Mlive.com (retrieved 3 January 2019)
  7. Hot Rod Magazine online (retrieved 3 January 2019)
  8. Squatriglia, Chuck. "This is what 426 mph looks like." Autopia. Wired. August 24, 2011.
  9. (retrieved 3 January 2019)
  10. (retrieved 3 January 2019)
  11. Classicarnews.com (retrieved 3 January 2019); Detroit News online (retrieved 3 January 2019)
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