The lure of the Bonneville knows no bounds and creates some interesting partnerships among gearheads. This video is a very neat look at the Flower of Scotland streamliner team and profiles their efforts to set a 300+ mph record on the salt with a motorcycle powered ‘liner. The team is led by an Englishman, has a crew that is comprised of Scots, Frenchmen, and a Texan or two throw in for good measure.

One of the things that we really love about the competitors on the salt is their near fanatical appreciation for the history of Bonneville and land speed racing. To hear the way they talk about the potential company they could join if the car ran hard enough is neat because of the level of respect and wonder you can hear in their voices.

It is hard enough to field a Bonneville car if you live here in the good ol’ USA. We can barely fathom the level of investment and planning needed to have an operation across the ocean, transport it all to the US, run it balls out, and send it all back over to Europe again when the event is finished. The team is working hard to come up with a major sponsor for 2012 so they can return to the salt. They have some leads and some media action in the works, so we hope against hope that they can get themselves back to Utah for Speed Week 2012. We’ll be there, we hope they will be there, too!

This video is great, from both the perspective of the content and gearhead side and the film making side. 13-minutes of sheer bliss!

Flower of Scotland from Josh Clason on Vimeo.