Eighty-six-year-old sports car racing legend John Fitch will attempt to enter the record books one more time when he takes to the Bonneville Salt Flats in a Mercedes-Benz 300 SL Gullwing.<\/p>\n
Fitch will attempt to break the World Land Speed Record in the F\/GT production class on August 18, when he will try to drive Mercedes-Benz enthusiast Bob Sirna\u2019s 375 hp Gullwing over 170 mph through Bonneville\u2019s famous measured mile. According to the ever-young Fitch, \u201cBonneville is a piece of cake. At Le Mans, I went faster than that, at night, in the rain\u2026with ditches and trees both sides and no guard rails or chicanes to limit top speeds!\u201d We\u2019ll bring you word of Fitch\u2019s record run in next month\u2019s issue.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
Eighty-six-year-old sports car racing legend John Fitch will attempt to enter the record books one more time when he takes to the Bonneville Salt Flats in a Mercedes-Benz 300 SL Gullwing. Fitch will attempt to break the World Land Speed Record in the F\/GT production class on August 18, when he will try to drive Mercedes-Benz enthusiast Bob Sirna\u2019s 375 hp Gullwing over 170 mph through Bonneville\u2019s famous measured mile. According to the ever-young Fitch, \u201cBonneville is a piece of […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":104,"featured_media":700449,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[73,261,255],"tags":[429,75,6304,11429],"class_list":["post-460019","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-mercedes-benz","category-motorsport-racing","category-news","tag-news","tag-mercedes-benz","tag-mercedes-300-sl","tag-john-fitch"],"yoast_head":"\n