Good morning. We’re in line, waiting to go out onto the salt.

Headed to impound now.

Just got to impound.

Startup.

The second engine joins the party.

Headed to the start line.

The sun is up on the salt. Waiting in line to go to the course.

In line. A few cars ahead of us.

Waiting for confirmation: sounded like 450mph.

Today’s Backup Run: 450.909mph

A happy man!

Today’s time slip. 450.909mph. We backed up the record!

We passed tech inspection. We’re officially the world’s fastest piston powered vehicle! Our combined record sits at 448.757mph.

This is going to be a Speed Week to remember. Best of luck to the Speed Demon Crew and Team Vesco on their return runs tomorrow. This is why we all love racing.

Cheers! Piston-power! 💪🏼

Live Life To The Fullest "8 yrs of hard work culminated in a 450.909mph return run. Averaged with yesterday's speed of 446.605mph, we achieved a new 2-way AA/FS record of 448.757mph, enough to make us the world's fastest piston powered record holder." - Ball explorer Danny Thompson

The Challenger 2 is officially retired. Thanks for all of the support over the years. Blog post linked below: thompsonlsr.com/news/2018/9/5/…

Curious about the C2's engine setup? EngineLabs went in-depth in a new article: enginelabs.com/news/inside-th…

shop.ballwatch.ch/rc18 Honoring new piston-powered speed champion Danny Thompson. The Roadmaster Challenger 18 are available in our COSC manufacture caliber with an 80-hr power reserve, a day/date COSC and mechanical thermometer models. Available now for pre-order til 28 Nov 18