Art Arfons

Race car driver, Deceased Person

1926 – 2007

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Who was Art Arfons?

Arthur Eugene "Art" Arfons 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.

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Born
Feb 3, 1926
Akron
Nationality
  • United States of America
Profession
Died
Dec 3, 2007
Akron

Submitted
on July 23, 2013

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