Feb 12 2016
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Rubber bands have long been known to be one of the cheapest, most accessible ways to transform potential energy into…
Feb 11 2014
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In 1938, Rudolph Caracciola drove a 5.6 liter, 753 horsepower Mercedes streamliner to 268.8 mph (432.7 km/h) on a…
Oct 25 2012
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Hot rods, exotics, and motorcycles, streaming out into the flat, open desert. It looks like the American West, but…
Oct 9 2012
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(Last year, Jeff Gerner ran a 1992 Audi S4 to a top speed of 242 MPH at the Bonneville Salt Flats. He went back…
Nov 27 2011
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It's hard to comprehend, but George Poteet and Ron Main's Speed Demon streamliner ran at this year's Bonneville…
Sep 22 2011
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What draws us in to Speedweek at the Bonneville Salt Flats isn't just the how fast the cars go, it's the whole…
Aug 25 2011
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Tonya Harding was the first American woman to nail the triple axel in a figure skating competition, but did you know…
Aug 20 2011
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Yesterday signaled the end of the 2011 Bonneville Speed Week. Once again speed freaks from all over the world made…
Dec 9 2010
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Few cars can pull off portholes. This chopped Bonneville Buick is one of those few cars. It's the visual salt on the…
Oct 12 2010
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The Twin-Turbo Ferrari Enzo overcame early problems to set a class record speed of 238 mph at Bonneville this…
Sep 30 2010
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Last week during a private FIA sanctioned meet at the Bonneville Salt Flats, Charlie Nearburg set a new land-speed…
Sep 20 2010
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The Dodge Viper ACR is a last hurrah before a more luxurious, possibly Alfa-based future. Here it gets the full…
Sep 8 2010
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Bonneville Speed Week always creates brilliant stories and images. For example: Amir Rosenbaum, who's graduated from…
Aug 24 2010
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The Venturi Buckeye Bullet, an all-electric landspeed racer built by students at Ohio State University, set a new…
Aug 23 2010
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Richard Losee's crashed-then-reborn twin-turbocharged Ferrari Enzo made its first Bonneville Speed Week showing and…
Aug 19 2010
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The twin-turbo Ferrari Enzo took to the salt today and it sounds as great as it looks. We'll find out soon what…
Aug 19 2010
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Troy Trepanier's 1969 Plymouth Barracuda "Blowfish" sets off for another pass at Speed Week. Photo:Linhbergh, KINOD…
Aug 17 2010
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Rather than let his wrecked Enzo go to waste, one owner has converted his rarer-than-filet-at-Peter-Luger Italian…
Oct 9 2009
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There are countless classes attempting records at Bonneville but Spectre Performance is attempting one of the most…
Aug 20 2009
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Only Bonneville is Bonneville. But where do you go if you have a hunger for speed but not the time, money, or…