Lloyd Scott
A dry lakes racer and gifted innovator, Lloyd Scott’s drag racing career got going at the same time and place as the sport itself; in the early 1950s at Santa Ana dragstrip. Rapidly advancing through stockers and roadsters, “Scotty” and partner Noel Timney built a mid-engine dragster with one goal in mind breaking the 150-mph barrier. After installing a second engine in front, their gas-burning “Bustle Bomb” topped 151 mph at the Automobile Timing Association of America’s 1955 World Series of Drag Racing in Carpentersville, Illinois. Returning to the Midwest in 1956, Lloyd won top eliminator honors at the inaugural AHRA Nationals in Great Bend, Kansas. Scott was an early member of the then-exclusive Bonneville 200 mph Club and also raced two-wheelers successfully. In 1965 at the age of 40 Lloyd died while tuning a motorcycle for a race.