At the most famous land speed trials, such as Bonneville’s Speed Week, speed runs take place over miles and miles of open salt, with timing traps along the way to determine competitor’s speeds.

as Danny Thompson and company broke the wheel-driven land speed record by going nearly 450 mph. But Bonneville isn't just a place for record runs. It's an all-out celebration of going way too fast ...

Meeting the drivers racing across the salt flats at Bonneville Speed Week. Featuring ... course – a one mile flying start – over two runs (or passes) made in opposite directions within ...

The way these speed runs are done isn't like a drag race ... ready only to have it all go to hell at the very start. Look, Bonneville is amazing, the salt flats are otherworldly, and the people ...

Instead, Bonneville land speed racers fight a paper battle ... consisting of a qualifying run and record run. Qualifying runs start on the opening race day of Speed Week. The vehicle must surpass ...

The good news: veteran Bonneville racer George Poteet ... Speed Demon with a two-way average speed up and down the salt of 470 mph. Those runs broke the record set in 2018 by Danny Thompson ...

The single event which made Bonneville '85 the greatest week of speed in its 37-year history-aside from the results which numbered 14 runs over 300 mph, 12 new "two club" members, and 72 new ...

At nearly 30 feet long with a 1,500-hp Caterpillar engine behind the cab, The Prospector looks otherwordly even when it's ...

The Camaro is one of the most storied race cars in SCTA history, having achieved record runs with the likes ... Taylor Joins 200 MPH Club at Bonneville, Sets New Speed Record appeared first ...

As usual, it was hot at the Bonneville Salt Flats ... SCTA rules state that two runs, with an average speed higher than the existing record, are required to be considered a new record.

In land-speed racing, a light race car is the last ... which is what Birdsall is shooting for in his first official runs at Bonneville. “I built this truck to break the mini midsize pickup ...

Breedlove was the first to exceed 500 mph and then 600 mph in his land speed record runs at the Bonneville Salt Flats. At 26 years old, Craig Breedlove shattered a land speed record that had been ...