Walt Arfons (born 1916?) is the half brother of Art Arfons, his former partner in drag racing, and his competitor in jet powered land speed record racing. Along with Art, he was a pioneer in the use of aircraft jet engines for these types of competition. 1916 is a leap year starting on Saturday (link will take you to calendar) Events January-February January 1 -The first successful blood transfusion using blood that had been stored and cooled. ... Art Arfons (born February 3, 1926 in Akron) was three time the world land speed record holder. ... Drag racing is a form of auto racing in which cars attempt to complete a fairly short, straight and level course in the shortest amount of time. ... Land Speed Records 1898-2002 The information below is for self-propelled wheeled vehicles travelling over open ground. ...

Walt's mother, Bessie, was half Cherokee, and died in 1984 at age 84. Walt had one brother, Dale, two years younger, as well as his ten years 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 feed mill in rural Ohio, where the Arfons brothers exercised their mechanical skills and ingenuity. Alternate meanings: Cherokee (disambiguation) The Cherokee are a people native to North America who first inhabited what is now the eastern and southeastern United States before most were forcefully moved to the Ozark Plateau. ... 1984 is a leap year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar. ... Art Arfons (born February 3, 1926 in Akron) was three time the world land speed record holder. ...

Walt began building dragsters with Art in 1952; their first car was a three wheeler with an Oldsmobile six cylinder engine, and a particularly ugly green tractor paint finish. The announcer at the drag strip laughingly announced the car as the Green Monster, and the name was to stick to his joint projects with Art. Along with many other racers, the duo switched to using surplus aircraft piston engines, particularly the Allison V-1710 engines, due to their abundance, cheapness, and great reliability. They were the first drag racers to reach 150 miles per hour in the quarter mile. In the late 1950s, however, the brothers amicably split up. Drag racing is a form of auto racing in which cars attempt to complete a fairly short, straight and level course in the shortest amount of time. ... 1952 - Wikipedia /**/ @import /skins/monobook/IE50Fixes. ... The Green Monster was the name of several vehicles built by Art Arfons who was often described as the junk yard genius. They were either Dragsters or vehicles build to break the speed records on ground or water. ... The V-1710 aircraft engine was the only indigenous US developed liquid-cooled engine to see service during WWII. Known as a sturdy and trustworthy design, it nevertheless was overlooked in a number of applications due to problems with the supercharging. ... Millennia: 1st millennium - 2nd millennium - 3rd millennium Events and trends Technology United States tests the first fusion bomb. ...

On August 6, 1960, Walt introduced the first jet engined dragster. He also introduced the use of a parachute to stop the car, since unlike the piston engines, the jet engine did not provide braking when shut off. Arfons is also credited with being the first to torch a junked car with the exhaust from his jet dragster, in order to provide entertainment for the crowd at Indianapolis Raceway Park one year when the race had been rained out. August 6 is the 218th day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar (219th in leap years), with 147 days remaining. ... 1960 was a leap year starting on Friday (link will take you to calendar). ... The Apollo 15 capsule landed safely despite a parachute failure. ... Indianapolis Raceway Park is a short track motor racing facility located in Indianapolis, Indiana. ...

In the midst of the Detroit automakers' performance competition in 1967, Chrysler Corporation gave Arfons a Dodge Dart, Plymouth Barracuda, and Dodge Charger to convert into dragsters. He simply fastened jet engines into the stock cars, with most of the accessories still installed and working. These were such crowd pleasers that he later built fiberglass-bodied jet funny cars, a Chevrolet Camaro and a Mercury Comet. 1967 was a common year starting on Sunday (the link is to a full 1967 calendar). ... The Chrysler Corporation is a United States-based automobile manufacturer, since 1998 merged with Daimler-Benz into DaimlerChrysler. ... The Dodge Dart was a lower-priced model of the Dodge division of Chrysler Corporation from the late 1950s to 1975. ... 1971 Plymouth Barracuda convertible, painted in Rallye Red The Barracuda was a compact car manufactured by the Plymouth division of Chrysler Corporation from 1965 to 1974. ... There have been a number of vehicles bearing the Dodge Charger nameplate, but the name has generally denoted a performance model in the Dodge range. ... Modified 1969 Chevrolet Camaro. ... The Mercury Comet was an automobile produced by the Mercury division of Ford Motor Company. ...