Joe Petrali "land speed record" painting

Here is Joe Petrali onboard his record setting "knucklehead" Harley Davidson. The year was 1937. On March 13, this EL Factory Streamliner established a land speed record, racing up to 136.183 miles per hour on the hard-packed sands at Daytona Beach, Florida. The speed run was conducted to promote Harley-Davidson's new "Knucklehead" engine. Harley racing team rider Joe Petrali was aboard the bike for the record run. Petrali left Harley in 1938 to join the team that helped Howard Hughes build the Spruce Goose airplane.

The original acrylic painting is 16"x20". Prints will be available. Contact me if interested.

Hope to do some more in this series soon. Nate Grice

Atlas Oil Scratchboard

Here is my most recent scratchboard. The original is 8"x10". I have wanted to do something with the Atlas Oil Tools dragster for awhile now. So after I finished a few commission christmas presents I knocked this one out. I wanted to make one to look in "motion" so to speak. It turned out pretty cool. I will have prints available for Autorama in Detroit next month. Hope to have many new pieces done this year! Nate Grice