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Self-taught land-speed-record designer Waldo Stakes hopes to use surplus Space-Race technology to break the sound barrier.
Most assaults on the land-speed record follow one of two templates. British efforts, from the Reid Railton-designed streamliner driven by John Cobb to the ThrustSSC that currently holds the record, typically feature formally trained engineers and vast battalions of support personnel. American undertakings, on the other hand, tend to involve homegrown hot-rodders -- think self-taught Frank Lockhart and junkyard genius Art Arfons -- fueled by lots of Yankee ingenuity.
Photo Gallery: Waldo Stakes: A Rocket Man Chases The Land Speed Record - Automobile Magazine
Photo Gallery: Waldo Stakes: A Rocket Man Chases The Land Speed Record - Automobile Magazine