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He died while attempting to set the world land speed record at the Bonneville Salt Flats in Utah. A graduate of what is now Oregon Institute of Technology in Klamath Falls, he had previously set two national records with race cars he had built in a shop he owned in Sacramento.
Noel Black. Born: November 10, 1936. Died: August 26, 1970. Buried: Log Town Cemetery, Ruch, Oregon or East Lawn Memorial Park, Sacramento, California. Age: 33. Full Name: Noel Hammond Black. Nickname: Location: Bonneville Salt Flats, Utah. Event: Bonneville National Speed Trials. Accident Date: August 26, 1970. Vehicle: "Motion I" twin-engined ...
Jan 4, 2009 · Seems Noel was killed at Bonneville in 1970, while chasing the (Summers Bros?) piston powered Land Speed Record. He was driving a twin Hemi powered streamliner ("Motion 1") and crashed at about 385MPH, in pursuit of the 406.something record.
Dan Tuttle dropped me a line to say that Noel Black's twin-engine car actually wasn't a Top Fuel car but that it was a Bonneville Streamliner nicknamed the Rhinoceros, in which he was later killed. "Reportedly, the car was well above 400 when it lost its belly pan," he said.
Jan 1, 2023 · Noel Black headed down the long course in "Motion I," and while traveling at over 330 mph between the four- and five-mile markers, spun sideways and rolled. The car exploded, scattering debris...
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The car was created by Noel Black and partner Bert Peterson at their B&N Automotive shop, a twin engine Streamliner that was built to break the Land Speed Record at the time of 409+ MPH for wheel driven vehicles. Nobody else approached the speeds Noel reached for over 20-years!
He died whilst drive Motion 1, while attempting to set the world land speed record at the Bonneville Salt Flats in Utah. A graduate of what is now Oregon Institute of Technology in Klamath Falls, he had previously set two national records with race cars he had built in a shop he owned in Sacramento called B&N Automotive shop.
