Result for: Bonneville Speed Week
Break the Record: The Story of The Blue Flame LSR Car – Absolutely Awesome Historic LSR Video!
Before the British Thrust SSC took the World Land Speed Record in 1997, it was held by an Earth-bound rocket known as, “The Blue Flame”. The car was built by Reaction Dynamics, the...
Unhinged: Cheap-Ass Camping In The Infield At Kansas With Junkyard Digs!
It’s taken about a week to process all of the information you are about to see…and most of the alcohol that was consumed over a weekend that saw all sorts of debauchery, from hot tubs and...
Gearhead Guys You Should Know: Rollie Free
He’s in the motorcycling hall of fame, he raced at the Indy 500 twice, and he’s the guy in the iconic photo, laying flat in his undies on a screaming Vincent Black Shadow at Bonneville...
It’s Back: The Hot Rod Special Camaro Is Ready For Battle At El Mirage – Let The Record Chasing Begin Anew
It has been years since Keith and Tonya Turk, along with Freiburger have had the band together in chasing land speed racing glory. Well, that all changes this week as after a long time and a load of...
Finnegan And Newbern Spray Nitrous Through A LUV Truck For MINUTES, Melting The Exhaust, And The Tires!
Oh it’s on! I’m a huge fan of nitrous, and have been using it for years, but you usually spray it for 10 seconds or less. Sure, you might spray it for over a minute on the long course at...
Second Gen GMC Canyon And Colorado Truck; Making A Secure Space With Goose-Gear!
(Words and photos by Darr Hawthorne) – When I purchased a new pickup, I thought there’d be room for everything, cameras, suitcase, ice chest, etc. Well, in the end of 2019 a brand-new GMC...
Flyin’ On Dirt: This 1980s Look At An SCTA El Mirage Meet Rules – Random Andy Granatelli Appearance For The Win!
This year in land speed racing has been, well, like all else, strange. Bonneville is still happening however basically all activity at El Mirage has been wiped out. There is all kinds of behind the...
The ECTA Spaceport America Invitational: A Blind Man Goes 152, We See Spaceships, And More!
(Photos by Dean Kirsten and Chad Reynolds) When Steve and the gang from the East Coast Timing Association hit me up and asked me to come out to the ECTA Spaceport America Invitational I thought it...
This 1964 Film Called Art Arfons And His Green Monster Is Spectacular
In terms of Bonneville history, the 1964 land speed battle on the salt waged between Art Arfons, Craig Breedlove, and to some degree by Walt Arfons will stand in history as a crowning moment. This...
The Salt Beds Of Salduro: Chapter Six – One Run by the Blitzen Benz Changes the Course of History for the Salt Beds of Salduro
(By Bret Kepner SCTA Official and member of the Society of Land Speed Historians) – On Wednesday, August 12, 1914, the express train from Salt Lake City was met at 12:45 PM by three drivers...
The Salt Beds Of Salduro Chapter 5: Ernie Moross, Bill Rishel, Teddy Tetzlaff and the Blitzen Benz II arrive on the Salt Beds of Salduro
(By Bret Kepner: SCTA Official and member of the Society of Land Speed Historians) – Throughout the weekend of August 8-9, 1914, William D. “Big Bill” Rishel had been hard at work...
The Salt Beds Of Salduro: Chapter Four: “Big Bill” Rishel, William Randolph Hearst, the Lincoln Highway and a place named Salduro
(By Bret Kepner SCTA Official and member of the Society of Land Speed Historians) – Born in Pennsylvania, William D. “Big Bill” Rishel became one of the west’s top bicycle racers...
The Salt Beds Of Salduro Chapter 3: Barney Oldfield is Banned From Auto Racing While Ernie Moross Creates New Stars and New Records
(By Bret Kepner -SCTA Official and member of the Society of Land Speed Historians) – Within sixty days of his resignation from the Indianapolis Motor Speedway on July 9, 1910, renowned...
