Breaking news! The Eagle has landed…
In Bonneville. After many years MATHIAS "THE EAGLE" PONCE made it back to Bonneville Speed Week. He was able to help out fellow Bean Bandit Jake Doomey and his crew of Lance Dawes and Chad Ausburn run the Flathead powered '53 Ford Mainline to a top speed of 115 and change. And the car never broke, all week long. Eagle has raced many things over many years and he was a valuable asset to the race team. Whenever we need him he was there and straight handled it. Eagle was a key part of all of us having a great time, sharing ...
131 does it this time
The 131 does it in the July El Mirage meet. Derby Pattengill ran 196.401 on a 193.879 record in the F/BGMR class. They were running Russ Eyers' half motor, which is a blown small block Chevy running on only 4 cylinders. I guess you could say that the record breaking run was done in overtime as this was the fourth run (I think) of the day. Most days you will get two runs if you are lucky and the weather holds up. All this done with an engine issue on the first run and a parachute failure on the next run. ...
Oh, sooo close
The 131 car was so close to the record in it's class at El Mirage it hurt. With Dan Waldrop driving the car went through the traps at 193.145 on a record of 193.879. That is a tough one to get over. Especially when you do it on the first run and don't come as close the next time. Hey that is what racing is all about. [caption id="attachment_36" align="aligncenter" width="534" caption="Through the lights"][/caption] I'm sure the regular maintenance and some sort of improvements will be done at Julio 'Lefty' Hernandez' new shop down in San Diego. All the car needs is ...
Congratulations to Tom and Fabian on the GNRS
A quote from Tom Branch on the Bean Bandit's Myspace; "I just wanted to take the time to publicly thank Ryan and everyone on the HAMB for voting my car as the "Best Roadster" at GNRS! When I found out my roadster was nominated I was truly honored. However, I didn't think I'd have a chance of winning against such stiff competition! It's been a dream of mine for a long time to have my roadster finished to a level that'd be worthy of showing at GNRS. Since it's a driver, I knew it wouldn't score very high on the judges score cards, ...
The Bean Bandits Racing Team
The Bean Bandits have been drag racing and land speed racing since 1949. The new generation of Bean Bandits have been racing successfully at El Mirage and Bonneville for the last decade. We have raced several different type of cars including street roadster, modified roadster, rear engine modified roadster and even production pickup. We have set multiple records with these vehicles running several different engine combos. This season we look to have Julio "Lefty" Hernandez's new Belly Tank and Fabian "Vintage Hammer" Valdez's new Modified Rear Engine Roadster campaigning. The official website can be found at http://www.beanbanditsracingteam.com/ and it contains more ...
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Breaking news! The Eagle has landed…
In Bonneville. After many years MATHIAS “THE EAGLE” PONCE made it back to Bonneville Speed Week. He was able to help out fellow Bean Bandit Jake Doomey and his crew of Lance Dawes and Chad Ausburn run the Flathead powered ’53 Ford Mainline to a top speed of 115 and change. And the car never broke, all week long. Eagle has raced many things over many years and he was a valuable asset... [Read more]
131 does it this time
The 131 does it in the July El Mirage meet. Derby Pattengill ran 196.401 on a 193.879 record in the F/BGMR class. They were running Russ Eyers’ half motor, which is a blown small block Chevy running on only 4 cylinders. I guess you could say that the record breaking run was done in overtime as this was the fourth run (I think) of the day. Most days you will get two runs if you are lucky and... [Read more]
Oh, sooo close
The 131 car was so close to the record in it’s class at El Mirage it hurt. With Dan Waldrop driving the car went through the traps at 193.145 on a record of 193.879. That is a tough one to get over. Especially when you do it on the first run and don’t come as close the next time. Hey that is what racing is all about. Through the lights I’m sure the regular maintenance and some sort... [Read more]
Congratulations to Tom and Fabian on the GNRS
A quote from Tom Branch on the Bean Bandit’s Myspace; “I just wanted to take the time to publicly thank Ryan and everyone on the HAMB for voting my car as the “Best Roadster” at GNRS! When I found out my roadster was nominated I was truly honored. However, I didn’t think I’d have a chance of winning against such stiff competition! It’s been a dream of mine... [Read more]
The Bean Bandits Racing Team
The Bean Bandits have been drag racing and land speed racing since 1949. The new generation of Bean Bandits have been racing successfully at El Mirage and Bonneville for the last decade. We have raced several different type of cars including street roadster, modified roadster, rear engine modified roadster and even production pickup. We have set multiple records with these vehicles running several... [Read more]