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Art Arfons
Born
Arthur Eugene Arfons
(1926-02-03)February 3, 1926
Akron, Ohio
Died
December 3, 2007(2007-12-03) (aged 81)
Springfield Township, Ohio
Nationality
American
Occupation
Drag racer
Years active
1952–1971
Known for
Three times holder of the world land speed record (1964–1965)
Relatives
Walt Arfons (brother)
Arthur Eugene Arfons (February 3, 1926 – December 3, 2007) was the world land speed record holder three times from 1964 to 1965 with his Green Monster series of jet-powered cars, after a series of Green Monster piston-engine and jet-engined dragsters. He subsequently went on to field a succession of Green Monster turbine-engined pulling tractors, before returning to land speed record racing. He was announced as a 2008 inductee in the International Motorsports Hall of Fame three days after his death.[1]
^"NASCAR: Six inducted to International Hall". Yahoo! Sports. December 6, 2007. Archived from the original on August 4, 2011. Retrieved December 13, 2007.
be half Cherokee, and died in 1983 at age 84. Arfons had two half brothers by his mother — Walt Arfons, ten years older, who was to become his partner...
younger half-brother Art and an eight and a half years younger half-sister "Lou", both from his mother's marriage to Tom Arfons. Arfons' family operated a...
Breedlove faced competition from Walt Arfons' Wingfoot Express (piloted by Tom Green), as well as from brother ArtArfons in his four-wheel, FIA-legal Green...
37 mph) in Walt Arfons's jet dragster Avenger. The rival tire company Firestone and ArtArfons hit back against Goodyear and Walt Arfons when Betty Skelton...
that of the mid-1960s-era J79 turbojet-powered land speed record cars of ArtArfons, collectively known as the "Green Monster" cars. The “Land Speed Record”...
racer Arfons was to drive the car for the record attempt, but a month before the scheduled run, during initial testing on a dragstrip with Arfons outside...
known as "mud racing") remained marquee events. Popular pullers included ArtArfons, who competed with the "Green Monster" unlimited tractor, David Willoughby...
a „Lakester” style car fashioned from a WWII aircraft belly tank 1964 ArtArfons The Green Monster 434.022 664.694 [data needed] 1965 Craig Breedlove Spirit...
(August 2009). "FEATURES: Great Rivalries: IRL vs Cart and Breedlove vs Arfons". Automobile Magazine. Archived from the original on 10 March 2010. Retrieved...
Vigilante Northrop X-21 SSM-N-9/RGM-15 Regulus II Land speed record cars ArtArfons' "Green Monster" Craig Breedlove's "Spirit of America - Sonic 1" North...
home to the International Drag Racing Hall of Fame. Inductees include ArtArfons, Sydney Allard, Zora Arkus-Duntov, Ray Godman, Raymond Beadle, Shirley...
Johnson Paul Newman John Surtees Zora Arkus-Duntov Henry Banks Dick Burleson Art Chester Ray Evernham Fonty Flock Darrell Gwynn Ab Jenkins Stephen Olvey and...
54 mph (311.47 km/h). Since then, the trophy has gone to Mickey Thompson, ArtArfons, the Summers Brothers, Don Vesco, Al Teague, and ten-time winner George...
site of another racing tragedy on Oct. 16, 1971 when race car driver ArtArfons crashed his jet-powered "Super Cyclops" resulting in the deaths of two...
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Giagos - professional fighter with the Ultimate Fighting Championship ArtArfons – world land speed record holder George Constantine – racing driver Chris...
Name Name Country Related through Notes Walt ArfonsArtArfons United States Mother José Dolhem Didier Pironi France Same father, mothers were sisters...
manager (Bury, Blackpool). Thomas F. Torrance, 94, Scottish theologian. ArtArfons, 81, American jet-car driver and drag racer, three-time world land speed...
attention of numerous nationally known racers such as Don Garlits and ArtArfons. By the mid-1960s, it became clear that airports were not completely satisfactory...
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