toledobill
10-30-2003, 12:51 PM
Just got my newsletter from the USFRA covering their 17th Annual World of Speed at Bonneville last month.
Most of you probably know that Fred Larsen passed away last March at 81. Fred was a force at Bonneville from 1950 on, at first campaigning his 1929 A modified roadster and later partnering with Don Cummins to run one of the cleanest and quickest streamliners around – the Larsen & Cummins #115 (it later became the Larsen/Cummins-Mooneyes streamliner).
The newsletter has an item that adds a final touch to Fred’s legend – on Friday, September 19th Mary Lou Larsen flew in from La Mirada with a group of friends and watched as Fred’s ashes were spread behind the Mike Nish streamliner when it deployed its parachute. (The Nish streamliner also set top time of the meet at 326.733 mph.) An appropriate tribute to Fred, and I’m sure he was grinning down at his final ride on the salt.
Most of you probably know that Fred Larsen passed away last March at 81. Fred was a force at Bonneville from 1950 on, at first campaigning his 1929 A modified roadster and later partnering with Don Cummins to run one of the cleanest and quickest streamliners around – the Larsen & Cummins #115 (it later became the Larsen/Cummins-Mooneyes streamliner).
The newsletter has an item that adds a final touch to Fred’s legend – on Friday, September 19th Mary Lou Larsen flew in from La Mirada with a group of friends and watched as Fred’s ashes were spread behind the Mike Nish streamliner when it deployed its parachute. (The Nish streamliner also set top time of the meet at 326.733 mph.) An appropriate tribute to Fred, and I’m sure he was grinning down at his final ride on the salt.