In 1958, former Huntington Park High School friends Larry Kent and Ray Weaver decided to take a shot at the C Sports Car record at the Bonneville Salt Flats. Racing under the banner “Northern Continent Engineering” and gunning for George Hanson’s class record of 144.322 mph, Kent sped to a respectable 141.50 mph in a super-tuned Corvette. Although not a record-breaking campaign, the effort did prove that Kent and Weaver could be competitive at a very high level. Back in…
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