Otto Ryssman Passes

Started by DallasV, August 21, 2015, 01:05:31 PM

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DallasV

August 21, 2015, 01:05:31 PM
Just got news that Otto passed last night. Otto was one of the Original 5 charter members of the Bonneville 200 MPH Club in 1952. A true legend of the sport. Gods Speed.

I found this on the web about him.
http://www.ahrf.com/legends/otto-ryssman/

Records or parts, I didn't come all this way not to break something.

Elmo Rodge

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August 21, 2015, 03:11:20 PM
Otto was one of my heroes. Neat guy, too. I got a chance to talk with him a few times. 'Bye Otto. Wayno

velocity

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August 21, 2015, 05:30:30 PM
It was 1952 when Otto drove the Post Special Streamliner to a record-breaking 222.57 MPH earning him a red hat before there were red hats! The Bonneville 200MPH Club was formed in 1953 and Otto was inducted as a "charter member"

We spoke many times during the development of my first book "Bonneville Salt Flats, an he was very generous with his comments and observations of the times. I allowed me to gain a firm grasp of the sport in its earliest days.

PorkPie

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August 22, 2015, 01:15:54 AM
the old heroes saying bye

this time Otto Ryssman

God Speed, Otto, you was one of a kind and will be never forgotten 
Pork Pie

Photoartist & Historian & 200 MPH Club Member (I/GL 202.8 mph in the orig. Bockscar #1000)
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