1965 Corvette New Bonneville Record will be at 2025 Convention

[Rick G.]

NCRS member Wayne Yurtin set a new record time in his 1965 Corvette at Bonneville today. Incredible accomplishment by a genuine nice gentleman and Corvette racing enthusiast. A video of his record breaking run is in the link below. Congratulations to Wayne, his family and crew!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=p9E65eVBKIE

Rick

[David G.]

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Congratulations to Wayne and his entire crew for an amazing effort. Setting a record at Bonneville is a huge accomplishment.
Setting a record for a red hat over 200 is something that most of us will never see. Hopefully they have a few more records
In sight for the future.
Dave Gray 3627

[Thomas B.]

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Barely under control, that takes skill, and guts, or crazy. Did pulling the chute (at 1:50) gets the car sideways, and then you have to do a return run for backup, yikes!

[Mark S.]

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Wow, very impressive! My hat is off to Wayne for a super achievement.

[Leif A.]

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That's just soooo impressive and very, very cool. Congratulations Wayne!!!

[Gary B.]

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Tom,

Yes it was when the chute was deployed that the car went squirrelly. Wayne explains in detail later in this thread.

And yes, the speed record is based on two runs that are averaged.

Kudos to Wayne for a phenomenal achievement and for straightening out the car at 200mph.

Gary

[Steven B.]

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Congratulations Wayne and crew! YAll remember Barry Bach (sp?) in Corvette News way back when? I have to dig it out or the Moon Eyes yellow 58 Corvette at Bonneville? If you have never been to the Salt or volunteered on a team do it. It is the experience of a life time!

[David G.]

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Congratulations Wayne and crew! YAll remember Barry Bach (sp?) in Corvette News way back when? I have to dig it out or the Moon Eyes yellow 58 Corvette at Bonneville? If you have never been to the Salt or volunteered on a team do it. It is the experience of a life time!

Running at high speeds on the salt is a very unforgettable experience, especially in a first or second generation Corvette. The big challenge
Is the short wheelbase. As you can see in the video constant correction was constantly needed. We were able to run over 200 mph on the salt
About 10 years ago with an 56 Corvette Amazing experience.

[Steven B.]

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Dave, please give some specs on your '56 and some stories on the bus and being attacked by the Beast (Mike's pet).

[David G.]

[Steven B.]

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Thanks for the info David and as for the "other" topic SHHHHHHH

[Roger W.]

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I got scared just watching the video. Amazing.

[Mark F.]

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I'm surprised he wasn't airborne at that speed...
If i recall correctly, I thought the front end of a midyear starts to lift around 150mph

He was 52% above that ! and 2% faster than the old record...
Salt or not, that probably contributes to wobbly steering...

Looks like he was at 7,500 RPM when he pulled the chute...

What a RUSH !

[Wayne Y.]

https://youtu.be/p9E65eVBKIE?si=BNmXzSSP9IIvqwPS

[Gary B.]

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More pics from Wayne.

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