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2005 'Full Throttle' NASCAR Armchair Drag Racers Ky 'The Rocketman' Michaelson

Estimated price for orientation: 3 500 $

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Type: Quad Runner Electric Starter: Yes
Model Year: 2005 Vehicle Mileage: 25 miles
Engine Type: 4-Stroke For Sale By: Dealer
Drive Train: 2-Wheel Drive Type of Vehicle Title: Other (specify in description)
Reverse Gear: Yes Vehicle Title: Not Available
Transmission Type: Forward and Reverse Exterior Color: Black


I'm helping my long time friend Ky 'The Rocketman' Michaelson sell two of his creations.Your chance to own the only two custom built 'Full Throttle Energy Drink' Arm Chair Racers in existence. These were custom built by Ky 'The Rocketman' Michaelson for the Coca Cola company as the introduction of the new energy drink at the 47th Annual Daytona 500 in 2005. Email me and I will send you video links to these arm chair racers in motion or search on YouTube for videos of these unique arm chairs running.   Research Ky 'The Rocketman' Michaelson online and you see all that comes from his shop is of the best designed and highest quality. Ky has been building exotic machines (most rocket powered) his entire life. These 'arm chairs drag racers' are built over a quality rear wheel drive quad runner chassis. Rack and pinion steering, swing arm suspension, hydraulic brakes. Professionally built to the strict safety standards demanded by the Coca Cola Company and NASCAR at a cost of $30,000.    OFFICIAL COCA COLA 'FULL THROTTLE' PRESS RELEASE IN 2005:The Coca-Cola Company officially launches Full Throttle energy drink with high-octane event in Daytona Beach.NASCAR stars Michael Waltrip and Greg Biffle to challenge race fans in Full Throttle Armchair Drag Racing event. Ladies and gentlemen, start your armchairs! In a unique tune-up for Sunday’s 47th running of the Daytona 500, Michael Waltrip and Greg Biffle, two former winners at Daytona International Speedway, will put their driving skills to the test on a track of a different kind. There’ll be no restrictor plates and drafting partners to worry about, or even left turns for that matter, but there will be a catch. Waltrip and Biffle will be racing in the world’s fastest armchairs – souped-up, motorized recliners that reach a top speed of more than 40 miles per hour – down a makeshift drag strip. The event, dubbed the “Full Throttle Armchair Challenge,” celebrates the official launch of Full Throttle, a new energy drink from The Coca-Cola Company. You will receive documentation from Ky Michaelson including a letter from Coca Cola Company thanking Ky for building two of most successful promotion items Coca Cola had ever contracted out. These 'arm chair racers' were featured in several newscasts from the Daytona 500 and subsequently picked up by other TV news stations from around the USA during race week. Please view all the national press coverage these chairs received on YouTube and a video of Ky running the armchairs thru the streets of his hometown, Bloomington, Minnesota can also be viewed on youtube. Once again I encourage you to Google Ky 'The Rocketman' Michaelson and you will see his is a legendary American builder of race machines.  A few of the hundreds of 'rocket creations' built by Ky are shown within this listing. Ky helped with the construction of the vehicle Eddie Braun jumped the Snake River Canyon in an Evel Knievel-style rocket bike in 2016. “THE ROCKETMAN”
Written by: Kris Palmer
If you want to talk about humanity’s limitations—about what we can’t imagine, can’t create, can’t solve—don’t call Ky Michaelson. He won’t understand what you’re saying. Michaelson doesn’t trade in impossibility. If that word has any meaning at all to the Minnesota-born inventor and rocketeer, it simply indicates something that hasn’t been done yet. And doing what hasn’t been done is a Michaelson specialty. How else could a man set dozens of national and international speed records, create mind-blowing stunts that changed the look of Hollywood films, and lead the first private team of rocketeers to send a rocket into space?Dar Robinson, one of the most revered stuntmen of the 20th Century, called Michaelson an “imagineer.” Rather than start with physical rules and limits and what others have done before, Michaelson begins with the goal, then builds in his mind the machine required to achieve it. Sure, he relies on science. It’s been his passion since grade school. But while most scientists will delve into the literature, Michaelson came to school at a disadvantage. He has dyslexia, so he learned to build things with his imagination rather than from written instructions. Instead of an insurmountable hurdle, the condition freed his mind, and set the foundation for challenging established boundaries—like how fast and how high people and objects can move.You are buying these Coca Cola 'Full Throttle' Arm Chair racers from the owner Ky Michaelson with the assistance of a 30 year licensed and bonded Minnesota auto dealer with a perfect BBB and eBay rating. We can assist with transportation and delivery arrangements if you so desire. Please email Ky directly (ky@speedzone.us) or call Ky (952-884-5870) with any questions you may have. I can be reached at 651-633-9655. Thank you, Ron