One of the most amazing things about Speed Week is the nearly unlimited spectator access. Not only is the variety of record attempting vehicles impressive, but the fact that, as a spectator, you can walk right into someone’s pit and and get up close to the vehicles and the crews makes Speed Week a truly …
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Aug 14
Speed Week at Bonneville Part 1
If you were standing on the Utah-Nevada border and looking east, 14,500 years ago you would see a gigantic lake, nearly as big as Lake Michigan. Standing in that same spot 77 years ago you would have witnessed Sir Malcolm Campbell in his Blue Bird, streaking across a vast white salt pan, on his way …