Owen Jones extricates himself from Kiwi Coupe, a New Zealand-built land speed car which he hopes to drive to a new land speed record at the Bonneville Salt Flats Speed Week in August. Photo: Christine O'ConnorA Kiwi is hoping his coupe will not fly later this year, when he attempts to break a long-standing land speed record at the Bonneville Salt Flats Speed Week in the United States. Kiwi Coupe is a steel-bodied 1934 Plymouth which has been modified into a land speed car to run as a "competition coupe" in Utah, in August. The car’s owners Owen Jones, of Dunedin, and Chris Barnes, of Riverton, hope to beat the B/GCC Southern California Timing Association Class land speed record of 423.7kmh, set by E. Wooden in 1998. The car has already had a successful run on the salt at Lake Gairdner, in South Australia, reaching a top speed of 323.5kmh.

Source: Otago Daily Times March 04, 2018 16:07 UTC