Otto Crocker was a watchmaker from San Diego with a keen interest in all things fast. By marrying his two passions (time and speed), Otto did a lot of firsts... He was the first drag strip timer with mechanical consistency, the first timer of the Bon... <BR><BR>To read the rest of this blog entry from The Jalopy Journal, click here.
Wow, that was a great article, thanks for sharing it. I would have loved to have been right there watching and hearing those land and water speed record runs.
that is really cool, there is a book KIRK lent me called "Muroc a day at the dry lakes 1937" it desribed how they would time the cars. it was crazy. I'll double check and make sure I got the tittle right but if you havent seen it you should check it out.
Yowza! Ryan, your passion for the past and posting an articles which feature the Kenz and Leslie car in it draw me like a horse to water. Man, I LOVE that car.
That is quite an article. The clocks are something we take pretty much for granted today either at the drags, Bonneville or other racing venues.
I believe that Crocker set up the timing at the Paradise Mesa strip south and east of San Diego that became the standard for strips across the nation.