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	Art Arfons - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Arfons had two half brothers by his mother; Walt Arfons, ten years older, who was to become his partner and later competitor in autosports, and Dale, eight years older, as well as one sister Lou, eighteen months older.
		Arfons' family operated a feed mill in rural Ohio, where the Arfons brothers exercised their mechanical skills and ingenuity.
		Arfon's path led almost inevitably to land speed record racing at Bonneville, first in 1960 with the "Anteater", a car modeled after John Cobb's "Railton Special" and powered by an Allison V-1710 aircraft engine.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Art_Arfons (631 words)

	Walt Arfons - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Walt Arfons (born 1916?) is the half brother of Art Arfons, his former partner in drag racing, and his competitor in jet powered land speed record racing.
		Walt began building dragsters with Art in 1952; their first car was a three wheeler with an Oldsmobile six cylinder engine, and a particularly ugly green tractor paint finish.
		Arfons is also credited with being the first to torch a junked car with the exhaust from his jet dragster, in order to provide entertainment for the crowd at Indianapolis Raceway Park one year when the race had been rained out.
	www.wikipedia.org /wiki/Walt_Arfons (432 words)

	The Racing Campbells - Donald & Malcolm Campbell - Hungry for Horsepower: Art Arfons
		Arfons blistered the desolate salt flats of Utah in his Green Monster (the name Arfons eventually gave to all 27 cars and five tractors he built), a shiny green speedster that looked more like a rocket than a car.
		Arfons — dressed in gray pants, a yellow T-shirt, red suspenders, and a belt with a big buckle spelling out "Art" —; shows off the 1965 V-8 red Sunbeam Tiger he was given in exchange for an endorsement.
		Arfons traveled the country on the drag racing circuit and, with the help of his brother Walt, built his various Green Monsters from cannibalized parts of other cars.
	www.racingcampbells.com /content/campbell.archives/art.arfons.asp (4531 words)

	Green Monster (car) - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		The Green Monster was the name of several vehicles built by Art Arfons who was often described as a "junk yard genius", and his half brother Walt Arfons.
		Green Monster Number 2 was painted by Arfons' mother to resemble the World War II Curtiss P-40 Flying Tigers fighter airplane, with an open mouth showing large teeth.
		In 1966 Arfons returned once again to Bonneville, but had only reached a maximum speed of 554.017 miles per hour (891.604 km/h) when, on run number seven at 8:03 AM on November 17, Arfons crashed his Green Monster badly at 610 miles per hour (982 km/h) when a wheel bearing froze.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Green_Monster_(dragster) (625 words)

	Wingfoot Express - Definition, explanation
		The Wingfoot Express was Walt Arfons and Tom Green's J46 jet-powered land speed record car, driven by Green to a record in 1965.
		Finally, Walt's brother and longtime competitor Art Arfons, a brilliant intuitive mechanic for both piston and jet engines, suggested that the 17 inch opening of the "clamshells" on the engine exhaust was the problem.
		Arfons went on alone to build a second Wingfoot Express using solid fuel rockets; peak power and acceleration was enormous, but could not be maintained long enough to set a record over the measured distance.
	www.calsky.com /lexikon/en/txt/w/wi/wingfoot_express.php (1305 words)

	Green Monster (car)
		The most famous "Green Monster" was powered by an F-104 Starfighter General Electric J79 17,500 horsepower jet engine with four-stage afterburner, which Arfons purchased from a scrap dealer for $600 and rebuilt himself, over the objections of General Electric and the government, and despite all manuals for the engine being classified top secret.
		This car won the land speed record three times during the closely fought competition of 1964 and 1965 with 434, 536 and 576 miles per hour in the flying mile (despite blowing a tire on the last record run), competing versus Craig Breedlove who eventually won the record with 600.601 miles per hour.
		In 1966 Arfons returned once again to Bonneville, but had only reached a maximum speed of 554.017 miles per hour when, on run number seven at 8:03 AM on November 17, Arfons crashed his Green Monster badly at 610 miles per hour when a wheel bearing froze.
	www.arikah.net /encyclopedia/Green_Monster_%28dragster%29 (697 words)

	Motorsports Hall of Fame (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-14)
		Together with his stepbrother, Walt Arfons, Art pioneered the use of World War II aircraft powerplants in race cars.
		Arfons built a dozen Monsters in the 50's, all powered by Allison, Ranger or Roll-Royce piston enginesÑincluding drag racing's first "sidewinder" (1955).
		Arfons ultimately upped his average to 576.553, only to watch Breedlove raise the mark to 600.601.
	www.mshf.com /hof/arfons_art.htm (410 words)

	Green Monster. Who is Green Monster? What is Green Monster? Where is Green Monster? Definition of Green Monster. ...
		The Green Monster was the name of several vehicles built by Art Arfons who was often described as the "junk yard genius".
		They were either Dragsters or vehicles build to break the speed records on ground or water.
		The most famous "Green Monster" was a car powered powered by a U.S. Government scrap Starfighter jet engine that broke several times the land speed record in 1964 and 1965, when Art Arfons was competing with his brother Walt Arfons and Craig Breedlove.
	www.knowledgerush.com /kr/encyclopedia/Green_Monster (403 words)

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		Tom Green and Walt Arfon's Wingfoot Express have somehow become the forgotton holders of the Land Speed Record.Overshadowed by the mightly battle between Walt's brother Art and Craig Breedlove, they have a unique and perhaps unenviable position in the history books,that of holding the crown the shortest time-span.
		Arfons and Green, armed with just a flboard and chalk,offered their theories to a board of 13 executives and among other things they used aerodynamic calculations to predict that Bluebird CN7 was good for a maximum of around 400mph, Doc.
		Arfons was hospitalized but released himself and set to repairing the car's twisted frame.
	members.lycos.co.uk /simonlewis1/wingfoot1.html (911 words)

	Salon Arts & Entertainment \| Speed habit (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-14)
		Arfons is the subject of the documentary "The Green Monster," a one-hour program that airs Tuesday night on the PBS series "P.O.V." From the film's opening shot -- a silhouetted Arfons curls his helmet under his arm as smoke curls behind him -- it's clear that first-time director David Finn sees Arfons as a hero.
		His brother Walt also raced, and for years the two topped each other's records, breaking speeds of 200, 300, 400 and 500 mph.
		The intense rivalry eventually drove the brothers apart, but the two continued to compete until Art Arfons nearly died in a disastrous crash in 1971, which took out two bystanders and killed a journalist who was in the passenger seat.
	www.salon.com /ent/log/1999/06/29/green_monster/index.html (492 words)

	Thrust SSC - Mach 1 Club
		Walt Arfons, who would becqme a land speed rival, was also working at the mill back in 1952.
		But by then Arfons was turning his attention to the land speed record of 394 MPH set by the late John Cobb of England in 1947.
		Arfons' eyes were covered with gauze, the skin around his eyes and cheekbones raw from salt burns from flying glass.
	www.thrustssc.com /thrustssc/Club/Secure/Art_Arfons.html (3120 words)

	The Racing Campbells - Donald & Malcolm Campbell - Tom Green & Wingfoot Express (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-14)
		The story of this team is little known yet quite remarkable for it began with a chance meeting, features a driver who wasn't intending to drive at all, a tiny budget, near catastrophe and in the end the help of their biggest rival at the crucial - and last possible moment.
		Walt built the frame and mounted the engine, I built the body" and behind that statement lay thousands of hours of work.
		Arfons went on to build the second WINGFOOT EXPRESS with solid fuel rockets but, despite fiercesome performance, it lacked enough sustainable power to maintain record pace through the measured distance.
	www.racingcampbells.com /content/campbell.archives/wingfoot.express.asp (1799 words)

	Thrust SSC
		Arfons reached 250 mph but knew his car was not up to the job, and Ostich also withdrew with problems after exceeding 300 mph.
		Five days later, Arfons brought out Green Monster and achieved 576.553 mph, but had to wrestle the car to a stop on the return run after a rear tyre burst at over 600 mph and ripped away one of the parachutes.
		The indefatigable Arfons returned with an improved Green Monster in 1966, but on the first run of his record attempt a front wheel bearing broke at about 610 mph and the car went out of control, performing a series of barrel rolls across the salt before coming to rest.
	www.thrustssc.com /thrustssc/History/The_Jet_Car_Joust.html (811 words)

	Green Monster article - Green Monster Fenway Park Boston Sox 1947 1912 1934 1976 2003 home runs doubles - What-Means.com (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-14)
		The Red Sox' mascot is Wally, a furry Green Monster, in homage.
		The later cars had various paint schemes where green was not necessary the dominant color.
		The most famous "Green Monster" was a car powered by a U.S. Government scrap Starfighter jet engine that several times broke the land speed record in 1964 and 1965, when Art Arfons was competing with his brother Walt Arfons and Craig Breedlove.
	www.what-means.com /encyclopedia/Green_Monster (453 words)

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		Walt und Tom gerieten also in ein Gespräch und "Within ten minutes we were planning our assault on the world's land speed record." Man musste dazu lediglich 394.196mph übertreffen, die der Brite John Cobb mit seinem RAILTON bereits 1947 gefahren war.
		Das erforderte tausende Stunden Arbeit in Walts Werkstatt in Akron/Ohio.
		Arfons kam ins Krankenhaus, entließ sich aber zügig selbst, um mit den Reparaturen an der Karosserie zu beginnen.
	www.gebrauchtemusik.de /magazin/folkwimps/030913_fw4.html (1700 words)

	BREAKING THE SOUND BARRIER LAND SPEED RECORD CARS - THE BLUEBIRD ELECTRIC LAND SPEED RECORD PROJECT
		Approximately 14 months later, Tom Green drove Walt Arfons’ Wingfoot Express to a record-breaking 415 mph.
		Art Arfons was also on the land speed record hunt and designed, built and drove a series of “Green Monsters.” Three days after Tom Green broke the record, Arfons upped the ante to 434 mph.
		In even less time Arfons came jetting back, pounding the salt at 572, only to see Breedlove do him in shortly thereafter while breaking the 600-mph mark with a two-way 600.842.
	www.bluebird-electric.net /the_sound_barrier.htm (1151 words)

	WS Racing Fiberglass Components
		In 1978 he began to turn his 1970 Dodge Dart into a drag car that consisted all of his own fiberglass body parts except for the roof and rear panels that were left original factory metal.
		Word began to get out about the quality of the fiberglass and Walt began to receive a growing amount of requests for fiberglass from all over the country.
		So, in 1994 Walt and his son Carl decided to begin a small fiberglass business out of their shop at home.
	www.wsracingfiberglass.com /history.htm (190 words)

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		"Walt liked my theories on aerodynamic design.Within four days I sent him four pages of formulas for an ultra high speed vehicle".
		Originally Walt Arfons, already a grandfather, planned to drive the car himself but near disaster intervened.
		Walt's plans to drive were pretty well finished by his heart problem and totally scuppered when he sliced through a ligament in his hand.
	members.tripod.co.uk /simonlewis1/wingfoot1.html (911 words)

	Encyclopedia: Drag racing (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-14)
		Either way, casual drag racing is fun and millions do it each and every weekend.
		Art Arfons (born February 3, 1926 in Akron) was three time the world land speed record holder.
		John Force (born May 4, 1949 in Yorba Linda, California) is an NHRA drag racer and 13-time Funny Car division champion.
	www.nationmaster.com /encyclopedia/Drag-racing (6037 words)

	Racing & Land Speed Record
		I was still at school, however, when Craig Breedlove and Art Arfons waged that incredible game of jet roulette at Bonneville in 1964 and '65, when their explosion of speed wiped away the 413.20 mph record with which Tom Green and Walt Arfons had officially been acknowledged as the first jetcar record holders.
		In retrospect we know that the duellists could add so much speed each time out because they did not run all the time with full power or full reheat, but these were the early days of jetcars and nothing should detract from the drama of their achievements.
		Breedlove survived high-speed immersion in a brine lake, Arfons the 600 mph accident that destroyed the Green Monster.
	www.brooklands-books.com /pages/lsr5ack.html (769 words)

	Jon Craig Arfons - Craig Arfons - On A Wing And A Prayer
		In the tests before the final run Arfons had attained a maximum speed of 275 and then, on a run at the time kept secret, 294.6 mph.
		Craig Arfons was only 39 when Fate reached out for him, and the water speed record was to be but the beginning of the record trail.
		The Arfons way had also always been to accept the risks and to push forward without letting fear get in the way.
	www.lesliefield.com /personalities/jon_craig_arfons_on_a_wing_and_a_prayer.htm (2267 words)

	Land Speed Record (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-14)
		The battle royal between Breedlove and Art Arfons in the early 60's captured the attention of the World and brought reams of publicity to their "Tire Town" sponsors.
		Art Arfons was a Firestone man with his Green Monster and Breedlove represented Goodyear with his Spirit of America, and the Sonic 1 for his final run in 1965, along with Walt's Wingfoot Express, also on Goodyear's.
		The amazing hot rod and the boys from Akron swapped the record back and forth four times in October of 1964 and then came back and traded punches another four times in November of 1965.
	home.flash.net /~dralstin/stories/LandSpeed.htm (547 words)

	TOM GREEN AND WALT ARFON'S WINGFOOT EXPRESS LAND SPEED RECORD CAR - THE BLUEBIRD ELECTRIC LAND SPEED RECORD PROJECT
		Tom Green was chief engineer for a company manufacturing torque wrenches when he first met Walt Arfons.It was late 1962, the venue was a trade fair in Gary,Indiana and.Arfons had been running on the drag strips and dry lakes for something like fifteen years already.
		The car was wound up and fired down the strip but when the twin braking chutes were triggered, both ripped away under the load and WINGFOOT careered off the end of the course.
		Green took the nose section off, strapped it to the roof of his station wagon and headed back home to fix it "it was ruined, I had to replace all the front body metal" (photo).
	www.bluebird-electric.net /wingfoot_express.htm (1604 words)

	Big Yonns - The Early Years - Minnesota Dragways PR Director
		Setto and his wife Chris and helper Walt, stayed at our house, at least once, when they came to MD that year and like many of the other racers, we got along great.
		Walt Arfons came to MD early on his first Jet Car tour, with a school teacher/former fighter pilot named Nook Bakewell driving.
		They were somewhat shorthanded, so Walt asked if I would drive the push truck for the day.
	www.bigyohns.com /early-years3.shtml (5443 words)

	Man Against the Salt by Harvey Shapiro (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-14)
		The late Jimmy Clark of Scotland, driving a revolutionary rear-engine machine, won in record time.
		He met the Arfons Brothers-Art, Walt- as a sportswriter in Akron, Ohio and was at the Bonneville Salt Flats in November 1996 when Art Arfons miraculously survived hid 610 MPH crash.
		Twenty four years later, Shaprio returned to Utah to see his old friend try again in Green Monster No. 27.
	www.shapiroworldofspeed.com /author.html (212 words)

	STP50 UK - The amazing career of Paula Murphy (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-14)
		I got to go even faster on the salt a year later, at the wheel of Walt Arfons’ jet dragster called “The Avenger”, setting a new record at 243.44mph to take the world land speed record for women.
		Walt used that car at drag meetings, and I got interested in that form of racing as it was something I hadn’t tried.
		It was built by one of Walt Arfons’ associates and the car was called Pollution Packer — I can’t see that name being popular today!
	stp50.com /uk/extra42.html (2095 words)

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