They say that history tends to repeat itself, and here’s further proof. On Sept. 13, 1971 Bobby Issac went just under 217mph in the ’69 K&K Daytona on the Bonneville Salt Flats, which even by today’s standards is incredible for a “stock car” that ran the high banked NASCAR Trucks. Exactly 40 years later to the day a second K&K Daytona ran past the 200mph barrier at Bonneville, only this time the car was a ’71 and was driven by husband and wife team Gary and Pam Bieneke. Gary’s run went to 207 mph and Pam followed it up with a 208mph pass!

If you’re scratching your head wondering why you never saw a ’71 Daytona run in NASCAR, it’s because you didn’t. NASCAR banned the Chrysler Daytona and Superbird wing cars from the track in 1970, and even through Chrysler engineers had already begun development on the 1971 models the program was scrapped internally.

Gary and Pam are diehard Mopar fans and they decided to build the “what if” cars that Chrysler never could by using some of the R&D work done back in the day. They’ve actually made a business out of it now cleverly named ‘Dayclona Enterprises’, and if you too would like a Daytona or Superbird that never was, just visit their website, 71WingCars.com!

The video included in this post is not from their Bonneville run, but from a run at Loring. If you’ve ever wondered what it’s like to sit on a Daytona wing at 205 MPH, here’s your chance to find out!