Pennzoil At Bonneville Salt Flats (1932)

Thanks to PackardGuy - This was filmed in September, 1932 at the Bonneville Salt Flats. Ab Jenkins is testing the new, 1932 Pierce Arrow 462 cubic inch V-12 in a 24-hour endurance run. His average speed was 112.91 mph.

[@talfacprez]

It is incredible how close they are standing while the car whizzes past.

[@bobjacobsen6121]

Thanks PackardGuy, but I have to set the record straight. This film was done for Ab Jenkins' September 1933 run, not the '32 run. I have been researching Pierce runs for years, and this is how they went: 1932 (unsanctioned) time was 112.91 mph average, 1933 run (sanctioned by AAA) was 117.85 mph, and the 1934 run (sanctioned) was 127.22 mph. The '32 run was in a stripped-down 1932 roadster with vertical grille, the '33 run was in a stripped-down '33 roadster with slanted grille and hood louvers as you can see in this film, and the '34 run was done in a custom-bodied boat tail speedster.
I have all 3 films and performance certificates.

[@VitaminDurs]

Did you ever convert the films to digital? I'm dying to see them, especially the boat tail speedster in '34. Let me know! - jon

[@juancarrera657]

Bob Jacobsen but this is a Bugatti write this car it’s got be worth millions of dollars and I would definitely love to get my hands on it for a couple hours !
This is a great film and they did achieve a very high speed for that day !

[@melodigrand]

The Pierce Arrow V12 was modified by Seagrave for fire truck use and produced into the 1960s..

[@juancarrera657]

Well they’re actually greasing the car up at the pitstop amazing !

[@505197]

Now days you could break that record in a Toyota Camry, with the air conditioning on. Ab sure liked going fast for a long period of time in a great big circle. I guess he liked the scenery out there. He really tore it up in his Dusie Metior. I bet he'd have loved stock car racing. They'd have to race for a day or two to satisfy him though.

[@PackardGuy]

This was filmed in September, 1932 at the Bonneville Salt Flats. Ab Jenkins is testing the new, 1932 Pierce Arrow 462 cubic inch V-12 in a 24-hour endurance run. His average speed was 112.91 mph.

[@caroltenge5147]

I thought that was a pierce, or maybe a studebaker.....

[@francotirador7265]

1:19 Aw, ma ga ! He has a cellphone.

[@Mercmad]

It's not eaay driving at speed on the Salt and Ab Jenkins must have been one tough man to drive at 120 MPH for hour after hour .

[@rgion29247616]

This film was most likely made at the early 1930's as Pierce Arrow did not last the Great Depression.

[@perrysims3320]

(1932) was my first clue.

[@eliakimdeborba5864]

:D

[@davidbell8794]

Fake