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Gallery: The Monday Sunrise Thrash Scene At Bonneville Impound – Killer Cars And Tow Rigs!

By far our favorite ritual here at Bonneville Speed Week 2013 has been showing up at the crack of dawn to watch teams prep their cars for record runs to start the day. With a one hour window to...

Gallery: More Bitchin’ Hot Rods, Racers, and Just Plain neat Stuff From Sunday On The Salt

Bonneville Speed Week 2013 is officially in full swing. The pits are a constant buzz of cars coming and going to make runs, awesome old hot rod traffic, push/tow trucks at work, and friends hanging...

Bonneville Speed Week 2013: The Streamliner War (That Wasn’t?) – A Look At Speed Demon And Turbinator

Coming in to Bonneville Speed Week 2013, we were hoping that a real barn burning streamliner war was going to break out among some of the machines rumored to be showing up. The two...

Bonneville 200 MPH Club Celebrates 60th Birthday At Speed Week 2013

2013 not only marks the 65th running of the Bonneville Nationals and Speed Week, but also the 60th Birthday of the Bonneville 200 MPH Club. It’s one of the most prestigious and difficult clubs...

SCOOP: Photos/Info On The Cars That Set Records/Are Trying For Records Today

We’re the only ones on the internet bringing you this information as quickly as we are. Basically, you’ll need to look at this item each to day to see what racers have qualified to run on...

Gallery: The Pre-Dawn Thrash And Scene In Impound At Bonneville Speed Week On Sunday

When people talk about the “magic” of Bonneville Speed Week they are most likely referring to the pre-dawn time when the salt opens and racers who are going to try and set records are...

The Scoop! Here’s Info And Photos On EVERY Car Running For A Record Today!

That’s right, kids! Chad and I were the last men standing in the Bonneville impound lot last night, so we know who is running for records today. By the time you read this, we’ll be on the...

More Photos: Hot Rods On The Salt At Bonneville Saturday Part 2

Bonneville is as much about hot rods as it is about racing. It’s a hot rodders dream, no destiny, to make the pilgrimage to the famed Bonneville Salt Flats, even if it’s not during Speed...

Wendover Nugget Car Show Photos: Saturday Night Of Bonneville Speed Week 2013

The Wendover Nugget is THE place to hang out after dinner during the first weekend of Bonneville Speed Week. There are always a ton of cars, and a ton of people looking at them, which makes for a...

More Great Bonneville Speed Week Race Photos From Saturday Afternoon

We’re having a great time being here on the salt in Bonneville for the 65th running of Speed Week 2013, and have even more great photos to add to our first round of galleries from Saturday...

Bonneville Speed Week 2013: Breaking News – Reporter Notebook – Updated Many Times Daily!

So here’s the place that we’ll be telling you all the 2013 Bonneville Speed Week news that is fit to print…and probably a bunch of junk that isn’t but that’s our problem...

Bonneville Speed Week Gallery: The Killer Hot Rod Show At The Wendover Nugget Hotel!

One of the cool “events” that go down during the SCTA’s Bonneville Speed Week is the car show that fills up the parking lot at the Wendover Nugget Hotel. This show is not a...

Video: World Of Speed Motorsports Exposition Center Coming To Oregon. Big BangShifters Are Involved!

We were really excited to get this news because Tony Thacker, former director of the NHRA Wally Parks Motorsports Museum and now Executive Director of World of Speed, and Ron Hueglie, driver of the...

Car Feature: Lee Sicilio’s 283 MPH 1969 Dodge. Can He Run 300 In 2013? We Think So!

(Editor’s note: We ran this feature after Speed Week last year. Since the car will be back and the boys have an excellent shot at making a 300mph pull down the salt, we wanted to re-familiarize...