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Add one for the Bonneville boys.(Motorsports)(Brief article)
Byline: Kevin A. Wilson
JCB Dieselmax was not the first diesel streamliner to top 300 mph. That honor goes to Roy Lewis in his Chassis Engineering Special powered by a 5.9-liter six-cylinder twin-turbo-charged Cummins engine. It was built six years ago and has owned the Southern California Timing Association (SCTA)/Bonneville Nationals Inc. (BNI) record for its class since 2002.
Lewis says he started shooting for 300 mph a couple of years ago, and achieved the mark at 306.8 mph on Aug. 16, a week before Dieselmax went 350 mph. Two days later JCB Dieselmax set its own SCTA/BNI record at 317 mph ...
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