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Bonneville Salt Flats recognized for Lifetime Achievement
In a break with tradition, the Lifetime Achievement Award, in the 2016 International Historic Motoring Awards, in association with Octane magazine and EFG private bank, went to a place and the events held there, rather than to a person. At a glittering gala dinner at London’s magnificent Guildhall, the highest accolade of the evening went to America’s Bonneville Salt Flats Land Speed Racing, in tribute to over 100 years of inspirational achievements in a unique location. The award is sponsored by Richard Mille. Octane Publishing Director Geoff Love explained: “For over a century the Bonneville Salt Flats have been …
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2016 Speedweek: Records Few, Breakage Aplenty with Poor Salt Conditions
Copyright “LandSpeed” Louise Ann Noeth All Rights Reserved DO NOT copy or link with prior written permission. The 68th running of Speed Week, August 13-19, hosted by the Southern California Timing Association (SCTA) was a mixed bag of success. Land speed racing was back after a forced, two-year weather-induced hiatus and the bulging pit area was abuzz with warming engines. The racers were ready, but the salt crust? Not as much. Its bumpy surface was marginally thin in many places leading many to stand down, or depart early. Smaller, lighter machines struggled with what veteran record-setting motorcyclist Joe Amo termed …
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Louise Ann Noeth Resigns as IAMC Chief Judge
Louise Ann Noeth, principal at LandSpeed Productions, has resigned as Chief Judge of the International Automotive Media Competition (IAMCA) effective immediately. Noeth, who for 20 years served as a multi divisional and category judge, stepped into the Chief Judge role in 2014 at the behest of founder Elaine Haessner. “I’ve never been one to sugar coat anything,” explained Noeth, “This competition has uplifted the entire craft through the years and personally, as a volunteer judge the process induced a sense of “give back” purpose, but now that is all done and it is down to irreconcilable creative differences. The IAMC …
PRI Show audio track from Opportunities in Land Speed Racing seminar
People of accomplishment rarely sat back and let things happen to them. They went out and happened to things. On Saturday, December 10, 2016 PRI Magazine Editor Dan Schechner moderated a panel discussion with expert panelists “Landspeed” Louise Ann Noeth, Maxwell Industries owner Steve Watt, World Land Speed Record Holder Tom Burkland and Stuart Gosswein, SEMA Sr. Director, Federal Government Affairs. The panelists spoke on the state of land speed racing, business opportunities, racing team background, what it takes to go 400MPH as well as the hot topic of the ecological conditions. Listening Time: 01:11:11