Land speed records aren’t just for the guys with the big bucks as proven with the success of Burt Munro and his Indian powered land speed racer. Utah's Great Salt Lake covered a much bigger area, a lake that was later named Lake Bonneville. The property is public land managed by the Bureau of Land Management and is known for land speed records at the "Bonneville Speedway". If you continue to use this site we will assume that you are happy with it. The area is a remnant of the Pleistocene Lake Bonneville and is the largest of many salt flats located west of the Great Salt Lake. The Bonneville Salt Flats are a densely packed salt pan in Tooele County in northwestern Utah. So don’t let the competition intimidate you, go out and get yourself into a race car, or motorcycle, and drive on out to the Bonneville Salt Flats and make at run at the land speed record for your class.Owned & operated by: Larck Company PO Box 219 Bushnell FL 33513Thrust power – breaking the sound barrier at Bonneville Salt FlatsThe local weather outlook for the Bonneville Salt FlatsEntry Level Salt Flats Racing Begins At 130 Miles Per HourWe use cookies to ensure that we give you the best experience on our website. Production                                                        Special Construction Partial Streamlining       APSSidecar                                                             SCSidecar Streamliner                                          SCSStreamliner                                                       S /BFMR  /FMR  /BGMR  /GMR  /BFRMR  /FRMR  /BGRMR  /GRMR  /BFR  /FR  /BGR   /GR  /BSTR  /STR  /AIR /BVFCC  /VFCC  /BVGCC  /VGCC  /BVFALT  /VFALT  /BVGALT  /VGALT  /BVGC  /VGC  /VOT  /MVOT/CBFALT  /CFALT  /CBGALT  /CGALT  /CBGC  /CGC  /CPRO  /CPSD  /BFCC  /FCC  /BGCC  /GCC  /BFALT  /FALT  /BGALT  /GALT  /BGC  /GC  /BFMS  /FMS  /BGMS  /GMS  /BMP  /MP  /BMMP M/MPThese are the certified car and motorcycle records as of Speed Week 2019 and will be reflected in the Southern California Timing Association 2020 rule book.

Bonneville Land Speed Records These are the certified car and motorcycle records as of Speed Week 2019 and will be reflected in the Southern California Timing Association 2020 rule book. Otherwise, ta ta! When Lake Bonneville dried up about 14,500 years ago, leaving mostl… It’s a proven fact that you can have just as much fun setting a personal land speed record at 150 miles per hour as the guy running 4 times this speed. Access to the flats is open to the public.

Bonneville Speedway (also known as the Bonneville Salt Flats Race Track) is an area … Humans have been racing on the Bonneville Salt Flats for over 100 years, which seems like a long time in the world of motorsports.

The Bonneville Salt Flats in Utah are pictured on Wednesday, July 22, 2015. Land speed records generally bring to mind the streamliners as the scream across the Bonneville Salt Flats at speeds of over 750 miles per hour, but there’s actually more to setting land speed records than just the streamliners. The area's history, however, is much longer and richer. They also aren’t just for the guys who are intent on breaking the sound barrier on land either as evidenced by the various car classifications currently running at the Bonneville Salt Flats. Rick Bowmer, AP SALT LAKE CITY — A 69-year-old veteran motorcycle rider attempting to set a new speed record on the Bonneville Salt Flats was injured Friday after officials say he crashed while going approximately 252 mph. Let's back up first and give a bit of history on the area. There are different racing categories as well as classes for the cars, the motorcycles and even the go karts and bar stools (of all things). The Bonneville Salt Flats are 4,000 square miles of flat, salty ground on the western side of the Great Salt Lake basin in Utah.

It was formed by receding water of Lake Bonneville that existed during the last Ice Age 32,000 and 14,000 years ago. Bonneville (Click)