#SaltFlats
Top 10 Vehicles At Bonneville Speed Week 2017
Ah, the Bonneville Salt Flats in Utah, an alien terrain on earth steeped in mystique, legend and awe. It’s a bizarrely barren and flat landscape seemingly designed for wheeled vehicles to push harder and faster in the pursuit of higher and higher speeds. The odd part of the design is that the surface is sodium chloride – salt – pretty much the same stuff that’s in your kitchen cupboard.
Top 1 Ack Attack: The Quest For 400 MPH
Top 1 Ack Attack is set to travel to Salar de Uyuni salt flats in Bolivia this August for an attempt at breaking the land speed record for motorcycles. The ultimate goal is to push past the 400 mph barrier. This is the first in a series of videos documenting the experience.
Weekend Awesome - Valerie Thompson Becomes the World's Fastest Female Motorcyclist
The 2016 Bonneville Speed Motorcycle Speed Trials wrapped up this week with several riders again testing the limits of velocity. On Aug. 31, Valerie Thompson and the 7 Racing streamliner claimed a new record for the fastest ever time for a female rider with an average two-way speed of 294.782 mph. This video shows her fastest of the two runs, reaching a peak speed of 313 mph:
