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Welcome:   M/T started racing on El Mirage a dry lake near LA when he was 15 years old, he had a buddy drive his Model A to El Mirage and Mickey went 79 MPH on his first trip, which was very close to the class record. That was the start of his teenage reputation for having the fastest cars in school.  In 1958 M/T while on his way to a national drag race he stopped by the salt flats with the dragster, he took it onto the flats run it, set a new record of 294 MPH and decided to build a car which would go 400 MPH.  In August 22, 1959 M/T took the "Challenger I" to Bonneville and run a 1 way top speed of 351.95 MPH and a two way average of 345.33 MPH and set 4 World records.  On September 9, 1960 M/T took the "Challenger I" to a one way speed of 406.60 MPH to become the fastest person in the world. He did not set a two way average because of a drive shaft let go and there was not enough time to fix it and make a run. To view the pictures below in full size just click on the picture. The pictures marked with a " * " have additional information and or photos.

1952	1953	1958	Assault *	Challenger 1959 *
Challenger 1960-62 *	Pumpkin	Monster *	Attempt *	Pontiac  *
1962 *	1967	1968 *	1968 LSR	Challenger Now*
Assault / Attempt Now

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