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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 ...
Southern California Timing Association (SCTA) is a competition sanctioning body that maintains rules and record for Land Speed Racing events held at El Mirage Dry Lake, California and at the Bonneville Salt Flats, Utah. It is a non-profit, volunteer organization made up of eleven separate car clubs.
Salt flats of California (12 P) ... Bonneville Salt Flats; G. Great Salt Plains Lake; Groom Lake (salt flat) P. Papoose Lake; Pilot Valley Playa (Nevada and Utah)
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 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]
The name "Salduro" is a combination of Spanish words sal and duro and means "hard salt". [3] The settlement was located on the geologically significant Salduro Salt Marsh, also known as the Bonneville Salt Flats. [4] Bonneville Speedway is located approximately 1 mi (1.6 km) north of Salduro. [5]
The photo was taken from a car driven parallel to his run on the Bonneville Salt Flats. Rollie Free on an Indian motorcycle in 1920 It is debated whether the exact model of motorcycle was a Black Lightning or Black Shadow ) Most believe that it was a custom ordered Black Lightning, as it was some 100 pounds lighter and 25 hp (19 kW) more ...
Benjamin Bonneville (1796–1878), French-born officer in the United States Army, fur trapper, and explorer in the American West Hugh Bonneville (born 1963), English actor Nicholas Bonneville (1760–1828), French writer