![]() ![]() There’s a huge diversity in the types of vehicles that show up to run on the salt: production cars, custom built race cars, modified street machines, motorcycles, trucks, 2 wheels/3 wheels/4 wheels, wings, no wings, hot rods, just about anything and everything the mechanical mind can imagine. Everything is thoroughly checked (even the all the drivers gear – including underwear – to the highest degree of FIA safety specs). The only area where there’s no compromise is in safety – because the tech inspectors take no prisoners when it comes to safety inspection. It combines creativity, design, and the engineering ingenuity to “build something to a diverse set of rules that will go fast on an unknown surface”. I think it’s the Ultimate Mechanical Challenge. ![]() Let me start with “What is Bonneville Salt Flat Racing” After wanting to run on the salt for many decades, it finally happened, and I’m starting to understand it. What is Bonneville Salt Flat Racing? Why is there such a mystique about it? And why does just about every racer want to go there? I was fortunate to finally get the opportunity to run on the salt at the Utah Salt Flats Racing Association (USFRA) 31 st Annual World of Speed event. VW also removed all non-essential interior components to reduce the car's weight - which is common with race cars - modified the suspension, and improved its traction with a limited-slip differential and a set of wheels and tires better suited to the salty surface.BONNEVILLE SALT FLATS | USFRA WORLD OF SPEED | SEPTEMBER 14-18, 2017 It featured some serious upgrades to get to its 600-horsepower rating, including a turbocharged 2.0-liter engine that was thoroughly worked over. In fact, during Bonneville's 2018 World of Speed event, which was held in September, a modified 2019 Volkswagen Jetta sedan hit a speed of 210.16 miles per hour (338.22 kilometers per hour), beating the previous record for its class of 208.472 miles per hour (335.50 kilometers per hour). ![]() It's where insane speed records are made and broken, and have been for decades. Matt Morgan/Visit Utahīored with local motorsports events? It might be time to plan a trip to the Utah desert and the famous Bonneville Salt Flats. When Utah's Lake Bonneville dried up about 14,500 years ago, it left mostly desert and salty plains behind. ![]()
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