Danny Thompson's quest to bring his late father's "Challenger II" back to life 46 years after it was built to chase the World Land Speed Record for piston- and wheel-driven vehicles took a big step toward fulfillment with his team's successful Bonneville test runs last week. However, the project's ongoing...

Hello. My name is Danny Thompson. I've spent the last two years restoring the Challenger II, a pretty remarkable car that you've probably never heard of.Originally constructed in 1968, it was intended to succeed where a much more famous vehicle, the Challenger I, had failed. Both of these cars were...

Funding the restoration of my dad's streamliner has always been a challenge. Large sponsors are primarily interested in exposure, and Bonneville racing, while thrilling, is not the world's best spectator sport.From the outset, we got a lot of help from the team at Mickey Thompson Tires, to whom I'm very...

In order to promote our Kickstarter campaign, we've been doing a lot more press work. For the more technically oriented publications, that means explaining in detail the changes we've made to the car. When we get to talking about the rear ends, we inevitably get asked the same question. "Did...