I always liked Bud's story about taking his roadster out to the El Mirage Dry lake to run it for top speed. I think he was about 19 at the time, that would be about 1939. He took his best girl along (His wife of nearly 70 years) to the Dry Lake with him. He said it was a big meet as one of the first belly tank streamliners was there to run. It ran 112 mph. Bud ran 99+ that day. He was very disappointed that he didn't join the 100 mph club. I guess he had taken the windshield and fenders off for his attempt, and left them at home. As the meet was about over a desert squall rolled through, and the dry lake became a sloppy mess of mud. He said that before he got off that lake his girl friend was covered in mud thrown off the nekid tires. He said it was a while before she got over that.
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