Result for: Bonneville Speed Week
ECTA Ohio Mile Coverage: So Many Combos and So Many Ways To Go Fast! Here Are Some Great Ones
(Words and photos by Doug Gregory) – Remember this – land speed racing is still one of the most pure forms of motorsport because there is no money in it. There is no check at the end of...
HE DID IT! Jack Donohue’s 101 Mile Per Hour 1952 8Ncredible Tractor Is The Best LSR Vehicle Ever
(Photos by David Whealon/ DWPhotos.net) – UPDATED 5/20/16 — During the ECTA Ohio Mile meet last weekend, Jack Donohue made history and achieved his goal of reaching 100 mph with a...
Anger: BLM, Racers, Governmental Groups Meet To Discuss State Of Salt Flats – No Direction Or Answers Yet
Last week a summit of sorts was held in Utah to discuss the condition and future of the Bonneville Salt Flats, not just for racing but as an entity. People from the Bureau of Land Management (BLM),...
Watch The Mighty 911 Blown Fuel Roadster Thunder Across El Mirage At 255 MPH – Glorious Noise
The Cummins Beck and Davidson 911 Roadster is the fastest roadster in the history of the world. It has gone over 300mph at Bonneville and it is among the most intimidating looking and purely evil...
Commissioners In Trouble After Texts Involving Brazil V8 Stock Car Driver Come To Light
With racing season kicking off this past weekend for Brazil V8 Stock Car racing, the timing couldn’t possibly be any worse for a great big scandal involving two CBA (Confederação Brasileira...
2015 Photo Highlight Reel – Joe Grippo Reviews His 2015 In Only The Way He Can
(Words and photos by Joe Grippo) – Well, I was just given a brand new 2016 Onion desk calendar for Christmas so that must mean it is time to look back at the previous year’s shenanigans....
The RideTech Report: Racing Results, A-Body Product Profile, Customer Car Features, Video!
As we have been telling you each and every week, the RideTech report has become a must read document in the world of high performance this summer. Complete with race results, event schedules, product...
Killer Video: Check Out This Profile Film Of The World’s Fastest Street Legal Rat Rod – 197mph ECTA Certified!
There’s cool and then there is COOL and when we first saw Aaron Brown roll into an ECTA meet with “The Uncatchable” a 1939 Ford truck rat rod we knew that this was a dude with a...
Noted Racing Announcer Brian Olson Passes – We Remember Him Here As A Friend And As A Professional
(By Bret Kepner – Photo credit: CompetitionPlus.com) – With a repertoire of skills displayed by few craftsmen, the career of Brian Olson encompassed all of motorsports. Although best...
In Memoriam: This Incredible Retrospective On The Life Of Jeff Jahns Tells The Story Of An Legendary Hot Rodder’s Life And Times
(By Scotty Gosson – Photos: Gosson/Jahns Collection) – We were pitted next to each other at the drags. I needed to borrow some tool I’d forgotten to bring, and went over to...
Hope On The Salt? SCTA Says Area For Two Courses Located But Will Mother Nature Comply?
Like a parent cautioning their kids not to get too wound up over some positive news, the SCTA is reporting on their FB page that after searching and scouring the salt for days on end, they have...
Summoning The Beast: Listen To Danny Thompson And The Challenger II Crew Fire Up The Streamliner
With Bonneville rapidly approaching (only a month away!) land speed racing teams are making their final preparations, entering the final phases of their thrash, and sorting our cars of all shapes and...
SCTA El Mirage June 2015: The Coolest Push, Support, Tow, And Random Vehicles At The Meet
(Words and photos by Steve Murphree) – In my first visit to El Mirage I noticed that the support and spectator vehicles were awesome! I think that because El Mirage is so much closer to SoCal...
