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Bookshelf: Sharing the flavor of the Salt (Flats)
Though printed in black and white, the photograph shows a rainbow arching over a dark stripe that bisects the flat white landscape and extends...
Craig Breedlove returns to the Salt Flats to break 600 mph record
Bob Golfen - 1
Today’s video is the second vintage film about Craig Breedlove’s pursuit of land-speed records in his Spirit of America jet cars. Yesterday, we saw...
Craig Breedlove’s dangerous pursuit of land-speed records at Bonneville
Bob Golfen - 2
The name of Craig Breedlove immediately conjures up dramatic world land-speed-record runs on the wide expanse of the Bonneville Salt Flats in Utah. Breedlove...
Challenger 2 speed-record streamliner on the Mecum docket for Kissimmee
Bob Golfen - 0
The Mickey Thompson car was driven by his son, Danny Thompson, to a piston-power world record of nearly 450 mph at the Bonneville Salt Flats
They came. They saw. But weather ruled at Bonneville
Jim McCraw - 1
Salt turned to slush by rain restricted runs and speeds during so-called Speed Week
Utah approves funding to restore Bonneville Salt Flats
But $5 million appropriation is only a small fraction of what is needed
Ride along on a record-setting run at Bonneville
Note how much steering Danny Thompson does as he drive 446 mph
The annual August assault on the salt at Bonneville
Jim McCraw - 1
This year, the salt was deep, flat, dry and hard at Bonneville -- ideal for speed trials, and record runs