Banks Pontiac Trans Am
A street-legal Pontiac Trans Am with 700-hp and a Banks turbo breaks the 200 mph barrier and becomes a cover story for Car & Driver magazine. The
January 1, 1984
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King Sting
Jim Denooyer posted top speed on Saturday, everybody said the engines were set on kill and would never last in Sundays marathon and two years in a
January 1, 1984
200 mph Trans Am
A street-legal Pontiac Trans Am with 700-hp and a Banks turbo breaks the 200 mph barrier and becomes a cover story for Car & Driver magazine. The
January 1, 1984
S-1 Express
Key West, Florida — After clinching the ‘Offshore II’ National Championship and setting the APBA Kilo Record at 114.141 mph, Butch Ryan’s ‘Express’ goes on to dominate
February 23, 1982
Peter Minallas’ 1100hp Trans Am sleeper
Custom one-off project 1,100 horsepower Trans Am sleeper! Peter Minallas came from Johannesburg wanting a 240 mph, street sleeper. Banks complied and Minallas set the record at
January 1, 1982
Sundowner Corvette
Banks Twin-Turbo 454 powers ’68 Corvette to 240.738 mph, to become World’s Fastest Passenger Car Banks twin-turbo 454 powers a ‘68 Corvette to 240.738 mph at Bonneville,
January 1, 1981
December 31, 1979
Performance Odyssey
Can you put a turbo’d V6 in a boat? That was the question General Motors asked Gale Banks … you can guess his answer!
July 14, 1979
Reg Benton’s Export Lion
Gale Banks turbocharged engines completely dominated the 1978 edition of the New Zealand Citizen Jet Boat Marathon by powering boats that finished 1st, 2nd, 3rd and 5th.
December 13, 1978
“Hanky Panky” Studebaker
Bruce Geisler brought the Studie out of retirement, Banks put in his 300”, 930 hp Twin-Turbo Chevy and Choate legged it to 217, World’s fastest passenger car!
January 2, 1978