1923
In May, 1923 Joe Nikrent set a record of 108.24 miles per hour in a stripped down Buick at the Muroc Dry Lake. The run was made under the supervision of the American Automobile Asociation.[1] The same year, George Wight opened an auto parts yard on Gage Avenue in Bell, California. The shop was a combination of salvage yard and machine shop, and it catered to the race crowd in the early days of dry lakes racing. George began removing speed equipment from the junkers he bought. George sold the speed equipment separately under what eventually became Bell Auto Parts.[2] Bell Auto Parts is one of the first, if not the first, speed shop in the United States. It didn't take long before Bell Auto Parts became the center of racing and rodding activities for the greater Los Angeles area.[1]
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