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April 11, 2007 For Immediate Release
Fred Ham Celebration A Success: New Records Set At Talladega
Contact: Matt Walksler, PR Director
Wheels Through Time Museum
PO Box 790 / 62 Vintage Lane
Maggie Valley, NC 28751
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Fred Ham Celebration a Success
New Records Set at Talladega
Wheels Through Time and Wayne Stanfield have made history…again! On April 4, 2007, Stanfield, a 59-years old and a five-time winner of the Great American Race, and a team assembled by Dale Walksler, curator and founder of the Wheels Through Time Museum in Maggie Valley, NC, set out to re-break a 24-hour endurance record of 1825 miles in 24-hours at the infamous Talladega Superspeedway.
Aboard a 1937 Harley-Davidson Knucklehead, dubbed the “Fred Ham Special”, the team would set out to conquer the infamous feat set by Fred “Iron Man” Ham, a California Highway Patrolman, nearly seventy years later to the day. The motorcycle fielded for the run was a purpose-built re-creation of Ham’s brand new ’37 Harley. The run was the first known attempt to re-break the legendary record. To read the complete article as written for the website click here. Download High-Resolution Photos for this article.
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