![]() In the picture below, you can see three main categories of cars that race at Speed Week – roadsters, lakesters, and streamliners! Of course there are other categories of cars (and even more of motorcycles) but these are the types that have historically been run at Speed Week.īasically, if you’re at all into cars or racing, this is an event you won’t want to miss. The average of the two times is taken, and if it’s higher than the previous record – congratulations! You just set a new land speed record! ![]() If you run a qualifying pass, then your car is taken to impound (so you can’t really make modifications to it), and then the next morning you run again. Some of the cars racing this year went over 400mph!īasically, each year two (or three) courses are set up on the salt, and vehicles are timed as they race down the salt, trying to set new land speed records for their category of car/motorcycle. The Southern California Timing Association (SCTA) organizes Speed Week every year, and they’re the officiating body for the land speed records set at Bonneville Speed Week. Speed Week is an event that happens each August (pending weather and salt conditions–both the 2014 & 2015 competitions were cancelled!) at the Bonneville Salt Flats near Wendover, Utah. Therefore I wanted to try my hand at an updated guide for those wishing to attend Bonneville Speed Week as spectators! ![]() ![]() When I was researching for our trip out to Bonneville Speed Week, there weren’t many resources to help with planning, and I’ve since learned that some of the information was outdated or incorrect. ![]()
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