In 2012, a long time friend and customer approached us about building a car that could set a record at Bonneville. After more than 20 years building cars from the ground up, this was a great opportunity to try our hand at something other than cars meant for the street.
The result was Stupidbaker. Based on a 1953 Studebaker, we engineered a tube-built racing chassis and skinned it for aerodynamics, while adhering the rules of the Southern California Timing Association. The car was constructed from the ground up by Alan Johnson and the team at Johnson’s Hot Rod Shop and the engine was built by Keith Dorton at his team at Automotive Specialists.
We took the car to the salt flats for Speed Week in 2013 for a shakedown session. We ran a 228 on a record of 265.218 mph in the CGCC class (306-372 cubic inch(C), unblown Gas Competition Coupe). We’ve already been to the wind tunnel and the chassis dyno in preparation for the 2015 Bonneville Speed Week, which is August 9-15. (Unfortunately, the 2014 Speed Week was a complete rain out.)
Below you’ll find the most recent news and you can follow the team on Facebook.
Find out more about the team at StupidbakerRacing.com
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Getting ready for the salt for 2017 Speed Week - part 1
Wade Caldwell
Here are a few pictures from Johnson's Hot Rod Shop where we are busy updating and getting Stupidbaker ready for the salt.
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Getting ready for the salt for 2017 Speed Week - Part 2
Wade Caldwell
Here are a few pictures from Johnson's Hot Rod Shop where we are busy updating and getting Stupidbaker ready for the salt.
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Getting ready for the salt for 2017 Speed Week - Part 3
Wade Caldwell
Here are a few pictures from Johnson's Hot Rod Shop where we are busy updating and getting Stupidbaker ready for the salt.
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Getting ready for the salt for 2017 Speed Week - Part 4
Wade Caldwell
Here are a few pictures from Johnson's Hot Rod Shop where we are busy updating and getting Stupidbaker ready for the salt.
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Heading to The Salt in Less Than a Month
Wade Caldwell
The time is nearing for the pilgrimage to Bonneville Speed Week - August 8-14. That means we are making a list of party supplies and checking it twice. Oh yeah, we're getting Stupidbaker and the pit equipment ready to go, too.
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Headed to Indianapolis
Wade Caldwell
Stupidbaker has been invited to be the centerpiece car in the ARP booth at the upcoming PRI show in Indianapolis. The Performance Racing Industry tradeshow is the largest racing-focused trade show in the world and is attended by racers, speed merchants, car builders and engine builders from all over the world. If you're already going, stop by the ARP booth and say hello.
Performance Racing Industry Tradeshow
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A Photo From This Morning
Chris Raschke - 9/13/2014
A quick photo of Stupidbaker with the tow bar attached, prior to the first run of the day.
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SPEED UPDATE: Continuing to Increase Speed
www.landracing.com — Seldom Seen Slim
The Studebaker made a fine run just now from the 3 mile through the end of the course -- sounded tasty going past the timing tower.
209.475 mile / 214.603 exit
[If you want to follow along throughout the day, follow the link above. Jon is on the salt posting all day and there is even an streaming audio feed. If you like it, you can make a donation at the top of the page]
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UPDATE: Saturday, Run 2
Wade Caldwell
Here's the announced speeds:
Mile speed: 220.407 /
Exit speed: 225.700
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Don Enriquez Takes a Few Runs
Wade Caldwell - 9/12/2014 6:01 PM CT
Stupidbaker is starting things off slowly with new driver Don Enriquez to get him some important seat time.
The first of two runs was just completed at a speed of around 130 mph. He started the run at the 3 mile and went to through the timed mile at mile 6.
The plan is for one more run today, increasing the length by a mile and picking the speed up a little. More news as we get it.
