Callaway Sledgehammer - 254.76 mph in 1988

jetsetter · March 14th, 2007, 9:27 PM

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jayjaya29 · March 14th, 2007, 9:42 PM

Thank you for this great article, and distracting me from my schoolwork. images/smilies/biggrin.gif

Peter3hg · March 14th, 2007, 9:48 PM

Wow, ugly bastard but just wow.
John Lingenfelter must have some serious balls to take it to that speed.

phuckingduck · March 14th, 2007, 9:48 PM

Is it the extra body kit that makes it look like a Fiero on steroids? Or am I just forgetting how horrible looking the 80's vettes were?

SoxXpupPeT · March 15th, 2007, 5:14 AM

the 80's vette's werent all that bad. that one in particular with that front looking like a mutant pig looks like crap. but thats just my opinion. the regular stock vette's tho werent all that bad. but still. thats insane...

British_Rover · March 17th, 2007, 2:19 AM

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Originally Posted by Peter3hg

Wow, ugly bastard but just wow.
John Lingenfelter must have some serious balls to take it to that speed.

Lingenfelter has big, big balls.

He died on a drag strip as well.

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Over the course of a career that spanned more than four decades, Lingenfelter won in everything from Super Stock and Comp door cars to econo dragsters, Pro Stock Trucks, and NHRA Summit Sport Compact Drag Racing Series entries. he was the first Comp driver to break the six-second quarter-mile barrier, and in 2002, upon joining the NHRA Summit Sport Compact Drag Racing Series, he quickly became a force, winning one event and eventually piloting His Summit Racing-backed, Ecotec-powered Chevy Cavalier to the sport's first six-second pass by a fourcylinder-powered machine at that year's Mazda NHRA Sport Compact World Finals in Pomona. It was in that same car that Lingenfelter's glorious racing career ended a day after breaking the barrier.

While racing R.J. Simrock in the semifinals of the October event, Lingenfelter lost control of his Cavalier and crashed heavily. he lapsed into a coma during surgery in November 2002 and remained in a semi-comatose state until his death Dec. 25, 2003, at Adams County Memorial Hospital in Decatur, Ind. he was 58,

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Ottobon · April 16th, 2007, 7:22 AM

forget about the holes in the hood, i think it looks rather good, but then maybe im just excited to hear that the 254mph claim is actually true, for years i thought it was something a 10 year old typed on the internet and somehow regular people just believed it

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Peter3hg Joined: May 3rd, 2006 Last Online: November 20th, 2009 Location: Manchester, UK Age: 20 Posts: 4,536 Car: 2006 Yamaha Fazer LFS Status: Rep Power: 44	Wow, ugly bastard but just wow. John Lingenfelter must have some serious balls to take it to that speed. __________________

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SoxXpupPeT Joined: Dec 24th, 2005 Last Online: September 11th, 2009 Location: Yonkers, NY Posts: 998 Car: 82' Impala, 94' Z28 Rep Power: 21	the 80's vette's werent all that bad. that one in particular with that front looking like a mutant pig looks like crap. but thats just my opinion. the regular stock vette's tho werent all that bad. but still. thats insane... __________________

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phuckingduck is awesome! Joined: Mar 1st, 2007 Last Online: November 20th, 2009 Location: Seattle, WA, USA Posts: 2,424 Car: '03 Volvo S60 AWD Rep Power: 69	Is it the extra body kit that makes it look like a Fiero on steroids? Or am I just forgetting how horrible looking the 80's vettes were?

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Ottobon Banned Joined: Nov 27th, 2005 Last Online: May 27th, 2009 Location: Detriot Metro Area Posts: 3,313 Car: 2 Rust buckets and a confused 1999 American. Rep Power: 0	forget about the holes in the hood, i think it looks rather good, but then maybe im just excited to hear that the 254mph claim is actually true, for years i thought it was something a 10 year old typed on the internet and somehow regular people just believed it

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