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"The engine was a little on the fat side, so it was a little lazy" he said as he watched his crew check and recheck crucial parts. On Sunday, he turned in a 370 mph run on his first pass, Teague himself was out to break his own record. The record White broke was one set by Teague back in 1999 of 387 mph. Last year, Don Vesco and his brother, Rick, of Brigham City, pushed their turbine-powered streamliner to an average speed of 458.45 mph.įor now, anyway, the new target of the streamline drivers, with the non-turbine, piston-driven engines, which includes Teague and Mike Nish of Salt Lake City, is "411." His average was 411.5 mph, which made him the fastest man in the world in a fuel-powered, piston-driven engine.Īlso in the exclusive 400 mph club are six men who drove jet-powered vehicles and two who drove turbine-powered cars. Monday, Nolan White of San Diego, Calif., ran a 401 on his first pass during this year's Speed Week, then pushed his streamliner to 422 mph on the return run. For 44 years, the goal of the high-speed drivers has been to break the 409 barrier. That record stood until 1991 when California driver Al Teague pushed his single-engine streamliner 409.986 miles per hour. Bob Summers ran 409.277 miles per hour in a car with four engines back in 1958. Only two of those 10 were able to do it under power of piston-driven engines.

BONNEVILLE SALT FLATS - Until the early morning hours on Monday, only 10 men have been able to push vehicles past 400 mile per hour on the salt.