Gear Grinders

 

                             

Website Coordinators Willie & Sheri Buchta

ph: 209-681-6876
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About Us

Club Officers              


 

Office                    Name                    Telephone                    Email


President                              Kim Harding                                                                                                                                                                     

Vice President                     Larry Lindsley                                                              

Secretary                              Amanda Taylor                                                                                 geargrindersec@hotmail.com             

Treasurer                             Bob Sykes Jr.                                                                                                                          

Sergeant of arms               Dan Chilson

                                         


 

Club Representatives to the SCTA

 


 

 

Dan Chilson

Mark Vigeant

John Drake

Alternates:

Bob Sites and Bob Webb


 

 

 

 

El Mirage Dirty 2

EL MIRAGE 200 MPH CLUB

The El Mirage 200 MPH Club, affectionately known as the Dirty Two’s, was founded in 1973 to recognize the drivers and motorcycle riders who have set records at the dry lakes in excess of 200 MPH during an SCTA sanctioned event. The charter members forming this SCTA exclusive group were: Bob Beattie, Phil Freudiger, Bob Haselwerdt, Howard Johnson,Jerry Jones, Burke LeSage, Mike Swain, Al Teague, George Vose and Monte Wolfe.

 

How do you join the ‘Dirty Two’s’?

1) Be a member in good standing of the SCTA.

2) Enter your vehicle in an SCTA sanctioned Dry Lake event passing all safety and technical inspections.

3) Break an established record or minimum in excess of 200 MPH. You have now become a member of the El Mirage 200 MPH Club, joining a roster of some of the most famous names in SCTA history. The new members added during the 2009 season are:

 

Mark Vigeant #9999 Gear Grinders 202.561 on a 199.289 record.

 A Bit of History
1951.....First Gear Grinders season Champions..........Jim Lindsley, Burke LeSage
1954......First Gear Grinder to become SCTA President......Jim Lindsley
1954.....First Gear Grinder to become a member of the Bonneville 200 MPH club
            And first roadster over 200 MPH
1961......First Gear Grinder to  become a member of the dirty two club at El Mirage, Burke Le Sage
             Also Season top speed at 205.940 MPH.
MORE LATER AS THERE IS A LOT OF CLUB HISTORY TO BE SHARED.

 

 

 

 

Website Coordinators Willie & Sheri Buchta

ph: 209-681-6876
alt: 209-605-9189