Sticks and stones Mr Riebe. I have some level of decency at least.
Knowledgeable as you are, you would obviously know that the wheels on Arfons car cost more than the car itself, as they did on Breedloves, and each project would probably not have carried on were it not for Goodyear and Firestone, hence my interest in that technology. INstead of agreeing with certain points, you have nitpicked your way through most points. A fact which exposes rather more of you than me. I am happy to admit mistakes. I ahve now read conflicting storie abotu 4 stage burners for example.
Tyre companies were big sponsors of the Wingfoot Express, Blue Flame, Green Monster, Spirit cars. So a pivotal part in each attempt, and the fact Art kept having blowouts was why he went to twin wheels. fairly important no?
This is a small subject and you do seem more interested in proving things wrong rather than talking about much else.
Regarding underdogs. Noble understands this. Both his previous cars were not well funded, just well put together and run in a rather more structured way, Bloodhound is certainly beter funded and designed for a different audience, not simply the public, it is the first LSR car wth an actual brief above and beyond simply breaking the record. It is a PR tool for UK manufacturing and engineering.
The reason the race in the 60's was exciting was because it was new, jets were new, tv was getting there and the people were captivated as they were with Evel Kneivel and the like. Over here the Campbells were treated like heroes too.
The same is true now of Ken Block, Travis Pastrana etc. They might be doing differnet things but are still experiencing that same relevance.
Arfons might have appeared a plucky underdog but he was simply a self taught, very brave man. And certainly was far from broke! Most of things he did were either self made or bought from scrappers coz he had no intention of using somehting he could build himself!. He made his own chute systems, his own centrifuge, bought a J79 for 700 bucks, used plane engines for drag racing when everyone was using V8's. Breedlove was better looking, great for the media, built a lovely car etc etc. But again a lot of his talent was self taught. He was a visionary as much as Art was.
People overlook Gabelich a bit, that car was beautiful, superbly designed, well funded and broke the record comfortably and held it for years. A later, less interested public perhaps?