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Charlie Nearburg is a lifelong car racer with a career that includes driving a 333SP Ferrari at Le Mans and finishing 4th and 10th overall at the Sebring 12-Hours. He drove the late Walter Payton Indy car in the 1997 CART/FedEX Championship. In recent years he has focused on setting records at the Bonneville Salt Flats in the “Spirit of Rett” streamliner. In September 2010 he set a 414 MPH FIA record with a top speed of 422 MPH breaking the 45-year old record of the Summer Brothers “Goldenrod”, making the “Spirit of Rett the faster normally aspirated car in history. He is a Dartmouth Thayer School of Engineering graduate and has Advisor for 30 years and he is a Trustee of the Petersen Automotive Museum, University of Texas Southwestern Medical Foundation, the Art Center College of Design, and he is a Life Trustee of the St. Mark’s School of Texas.
SHOW SPONSORS
Covercraft • Adobe Road Winery • Techforce • American Collectors Insurance • GS Events • Barrett-Jackson
INSPIRATIONAL WORDS
“You’re going to be known by the company you keep.” – Charlies Father
Nobless nobliege = To who much is given much is expected.
CAREER & LIFE CHALLENGES
Dealing with the loss of his son.
FIRST SPECIAL VEHICLE
Spirit of Rett Land Speed Record Setter
RESOURCES
Petersen Automotive Museum – Charlies a Board Member
BOOK RECOMMENDATION
Quest For Speed: The Epic Saga of Record-Breaking on Land by Barry John
Ghost Rider by Neil Peart
PARTING WORDS OF WISDOM
“Always align your success with that of your partners, investors, and or your employees so they share in your success.”
WHERE TO FIND CHARLES
On the salt or in the air!
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