Result for: Bonneville Speed Week
Lohnes’ Pic of the Week: Blown V8 Drag Bike, With a Powerglide!
I first ran across Mike Charlton and his insane creation, Quasi-Moto, at the 2002 Gasser Reunion at Thompson Drag Raceway in Thompson, Ohio. It’s quite obviously not a typical motorcycle. In...
eBay Pick of the Week: The World’s Fastest Viper
Here’s a flat nasty piece of machinery. It’s the SVS Stryker Viper, with twin turbos, 1,500 hp, and actual, undisputed time-slips that back up the claim that this is the world’s...
Vintage Race Car of the Week: Sir Malcom Campbell’s 1935 Bluebird
If you want to talk about the intersection of blunt force trauma and stylized design, then no conversation on the topic would be complete with out bringing up the Bluebird of Sir Malcom Campbell,...
Site of the Week: Speedway Posters
Over the past few years it’s become not at all unusual to be able to buy reproductions of pretty much any old speed poster you want, but this guy has a pretty cool blog site in conjunction with...
Would You Drive A Lakester That You Needed A Mirror Periscope To See Out Of? Photos and more –
The Ravenna Garage D/Fuel Lakester is one intetesting piece of salt racing machinery. The shape is a tight tube style design and we were really blow away when we got up close with the rig as it sat...
What Motorsport Event Would Be Your First Choice To Attend For The First Time?
With NHRA’s US Nationals at Indy coming up, and Bonneville Speed Week concluding not long ago, it got me thinking about the motorsports events that fill my thoughts and desires most. Those...
BARRIER BROKEN: Turbinator Becomes First Wheel Driven Car To Break 500mph!
Yesterday was one of the most incredible days in land speed racing and the storied history of the Bonneville Salt Flats. Dave Spangler, driving the Team Vesco Turbinator became the first human being...
Barnstormin’: All The Records Great And Small
I write this as I am about to hit the sack and get a night’s sleep before heading off to the NMCA World Street Finals at Summit Racing Equipment Motorsports Park in Norwalk, Ohio. We’re...
The Spirit of Sunshine Belly Tanker Is a Real Australian Beast: Listen to the Sweet Holden V6’s Howl!
In case you’d been living under a rock, or perhaps a sun-baked clump of Utah salt, Brian Lohnes has covered every nook and cranny of Bonneville Speed Week this year. It’s awesome and you need to...
What Do Three Longtime Ford Employees Do When They Get Stuck With A Rental Toyota? They “Fix” It
In order to protect the innocent here, we’re not going to tell you who the guys were that we talked to. Rental car companies generally treat someone driving one of their cars onto the salt as...
The Scoop! Here Are All Of The Cars (and Trucks) Making Record Run Attempts On Tuesday Morning
The winds kicked up on the Bonneville Salt Flats yesterday afternoon causing SCTA officials to cut the Monday portion of Speed Week off earlier than planned. Runs were halted around 5pm and the...
Danny Thompson Clobbers Way To 400mph Record In Challenger 2 Streamliner!
As of this writing Danny Thompson is the fastest man on the salt at SCTA Speed Week 2016 after a triumphant 402mph run in his Challenger 2 streamliner on Sunday morning that sealed his place in the...
Salty Secret: Here’s An Old Turbocharged Triumph (We Think) Engine That Isn’t
I was cruising the Bonneville impound area last night with Chad and Bret Kepner and we happened upon a motorcycle that will be running for record book status today. It looked to us like the bike was...
