Built back in the 1960s, the Challenger II was supposed to be Thompson’s way of breaking the piston-powered land speed record. A 1968 shakedown proved the car was capable of exceeding 400 miles per ...
It was likely one of the most emotional 15 minutes of Danny Thompson’s life on Saturday – selling the 1968 Challenger II streamliner that his father designed and helped build to try to set a ...
I am disappointed. In 2018 this car set a new world piston-driven land speed record. It was the most incredible motorsport story of the last decade, fulfilling a family's destiny and cementing a place ...