Christophersen, Steve & Sue 2024

 

Steve and Sue Christophersen have been a team since 1994 and are one of the few husband and wife teams to have earned inclusion to the Bonneville Salt Flats 200 mph club with Steve joining in 1992 and Sue joining in 1998. Both have extensive experience at the world of speed located on the Bonneville Salt Flats. Steve was first exposed to Bonneville in 1988 as a crew member, something He had dreamed about since childhood. It was in 1990 that he teamed up with Tom Doll and Jim Fox and the Doll-Fox-Christophersen (DFC) racing team was born. Together they set land speed records in C/Fuel Coupe and C/Fuel Altered. It was in 1992 and driving the C/Fuel Altered that Steve went 229.750, setting a record and joining the 200 mph club.

 

Steve and Sue got married in 1994 and as true racers do, they spent their honeymoon at Bonneville that August but the events were rained out so a return in September when team member Jim Fox set a record in A/Production at 225.575 thereby enshrining him in the 200 mph club.

 

1998 saw Sue set the record 214.047 in D/Production while Steve 219.740 in D/GALT on the same weekend. Having a Husband and a wife in the 200 mph club and setting records on the same weekend was a rare occurrence. Over the years from 2000 – 2004 the team of Steve Christophersen, Dave Fox, and Bob Fox set records in C/Production, B/Production, C/FALT, and D/GALT. Steve holds 5 records set over the years in five different classes with the slowest record speed of 219.740 and the fastest at 240.328 mph.

 

In 1994, Steve and Sue started racing a Rear Engine Dragster after completing a three day course at the famed Frank Hawley school of Drag Racing. The car was powered by a Big Block Chevy that Steve had built for the 225” Spitzer Chassised machine. The car ran in the mid 7 second range at approx. 175 mph with Steve doing the building, tuning, and maintaining. The team had many top ten finishes in 2009 and 2010 at Milan Dragway where they were regular competitors.

 

In 2010, Steve built a Nostalgia Funny Car on a 2008 chassis with a 57 Chevy body based off of the famed Tom “The Mongoose” McEwen’s famed Nitro Funny Car. The car was named “Susie Q” and was powered by a blown alcohol Hemi couple to a 3 speed Lencodrive transmission. After a steep learning curve, Steve and Sue drove the car to times of the mid 7 seconds range running exhibition with the NDRL. Ultimately over the next 9 years the car ran as fast as 6.35 @ 218 MPH.

 

Sadly, with health challenges for Steve in 2020, their racing career has ended as of 2021 but during that time, Steve and Sue set records and made a difference in Motorsports.