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Bonneville Speedway (also known as the Bonneville Salt Flats Race Track) is an area of the Bonneville Salt Flats northeast of Wendover, Utah, that is marked out for motor sports. It is particularly noted as the venue for numerous land speed records. The Bonneville Salt Flats Race Track is listed on the National Register of Historic Places. [1]
Visitors at the Bonneville Salt Flats. The thickness of salt crust is a critical factor in racing use of the salt flats. The Bureau of Land Management (BLM) has undertaken multiple studies on the topic; while a 2007 study determined that there was little change in the crust's thickness from 1988 to 2003, [8] more recent studies have shown a reduction in thickness, especially in the northwest ...
Bonneville Motorcycle Speed Trials (BMST) (AMA Land Speed Grand Championship / FIM Land Speed World Records) is a motorcycle land speed racing event, held annually at Bonneville Speedway, US. The event is sanctioned by American Motorcyclist Association (AMA) [ 1 ] as the Land Speed Grand Championship and Fédération Internationale de ...
The world famous Bonneville Salt Flats near the Utah-Nevada line that has long been a mecca for daredevil speed racers, backdrop for many famous movie scenes and a bucket-list spot for selfie ...
Bonneville Salt Flats, USA: Tom Burkland: Burkland 411 Streamliner: 2 x 8-71 [citation needed]-supercharged Donovan hemi V8 Engines 415.896: 669.319 Piston-engined record [18] Group I, Class 11: [25] 2 or 4 stroke engine with supercharger, cylinder capacity > 8000 cm 3 [26] August 25, 2009: Bonneville Salt Flats, USA: Roger Schroer: Venturi ...
Project '64 is the name of the attempt to break the car land speed record for vehicles with an engine capacity of between 751 cc and 1000 cc (I/BGCC class) in a 1964 Mk1 Mini Cooper 970 S. The Project '64 team was successful in 2012, setting a record of 146.595 mph (235.922 km/h) at the SCTA Speed Week at Bonneville Salt Flats. The Project '64 ...
William A. 'Bill' Johnson, USA, Motorcycle land-speed record on 1962-09-09, Bonneville Salt Flats with Dudek Triumph Streamliner. The first officially sanctioned Fédération Internationale de Motocyclisme (FIM) record was set in 1920, when Gene Walker rode an Indian on Daytona Beach at 104.12 mph (167.56 km/h).
The Bonneville Salt Flats in northwestern Utah, US is known worldwide for its many miles of flat, compacted salt; perfect for testing speed machines. During Speed Week, usually in mid-late August, vehicle enthusiasts from around the world gather at Bonneville. Munro travelled to Bonneville fourteen times, the first 3 times for "sightseeing ...