Full Metal Jacket Racing, ‘59 Pontiac Bonneville

06/21/2025

So this just happened

02/05/2025

The Bonneville made the 2024 Lemons Wrapup

From a rotary-powered pickup truck to a Tesla-powered RX-8, Nick and Eric break down the entire 2024 race season.→ Sign up for a race or get all-access spect...

11/26/2024

Lots of love for the Bonneville

Nick and Eric are back from Buttonwillow where a Bonneville with a top speed of almost 150mph was pitted against a Flintstones foot-powered Transmaro.→ Sign ...

09/29/2024

Car stayed together for the second day.

09/29/2024

No, it’s not supposed to look like that. The push rod guide snapped, and wrecked a pushrod, pulled the stud out of the head and destroyed the rocker.

It took 4 hours but everything is welded and back together. We filed down the rocker and put a helicoil in the head. Lucky I had a spare set of pushrods that almost fit. Hopefully it will stay together for the second day at buttonwillow.

09/28/2024

At Buttonwillow for the Lemons Race this weekend. Hopefully the bigger bar makes a sizable difference this weekend.

09/07/2024

146.15648MPH @ Bonneville

Bonneville Salt Flats

09/06/2024

133.40424 MPH pass on 1 Mile Track

09/06/2024

Officially the WORLDS FASTEST LEMON @ 133.40425. We both entered into the 130MPH Club (1 Mile Course) and tomorrow we make the run at 150MPH (2.25 Mile Course).

09/06/2024

We made it

09/04/2024

My uncle donated a Locked 9.3” rear end with 3.23 Gears for Bonneville. So it was out with the 3.43 gears for the pursuit of a 150MPH Run at the Salt Flats this weekend.

The math works out to 130MpH @ 5250RPM and 150 MpH @ 6050 with 3.23 gears. Hoping to break the record for the previous ‘Worlds Fastest Lemon’ @ 117 MpH.