George Poteet


George Poteet is a Memphis-based land speed racer and winner of the 1996 Ridler Award.
Poteet's 1937 Ford roadster won the 1996 Ridler Award. This car would go on to take "America's Most Beautiful Roadster", top prize at the Oakland Roadster Show.
In 2011, Poteet drove Speed Demon to at Bonneville, and eventually
breaking both the C/BFS and D/BFS records. After making "the fastest piston engine pass ever", Speed Demon was displayed at the 2018 Detroit Autorama.