The world’s fastest land-speed vehicles have once again descended on the hallowed racing grounds of Utah’s Bonneville Salt Flats for the 2018 edition of Bonneville Speed Week. And, per usual, our friends at BangShift made the trip to the Salt Flats to cover the action and bless us with their articles and photos from what might
The 2017 edition of Bonneville Speed Week kicked off this weekend and our friends at BangShift are doing what they do better than anyone—be live on the scene with on-point event coverage and more great photos than most people have time to look at. But the Bonneville Salt Flats are an extraordinary place and provide
(Image/BangShift) Wait. Challenger? That thing got a HEMI in it? Actually, it has two. And those two 500-cubic-inch V8s powered Danny Thompson’s Challenger 2 streamliner to a new 406.7 miles-per-hour land speed record at the Bonneville Salt Flats this week for the 2016 edition of Speed Week. Perhaps more significantly, Thompson—son of Mickey Thompson—broke his
NORWALK, OH — It’s a big world, but not even Earth offers many places for 500-miles-per-hour land speed racing. Outside of the famed Bonneville Salt Flats in Utah, only south Australia’s Lake Gairdner and Bolivia’s Salar de Uyuni provide sanctioned salt flats racing. That’s it. So what’s a guy with a 500-mph fighter jet-looking race car
The buzz of another holiday season is upon us. Busy, busy, busy. But before long, Christmas, Hanukkah, and New Year’s will be behind us. And that bug will start biting. Not all of you get it. But some of you will. Road trip! Or, if you’ll indulge us, a pilgrimage. You know, because it’s Thanksgiving.
They built it to be the world’s fastest wheel-driven car—ever. No rockets. No jet propulsion. Just good old-fashioned, turbocharged American muscle. The Carbinite LSR streamliner looks more like a fighter jet than a typical car, but that happens when you’re building and shaping a Bonneville land speed car designed to go 500 miles per hour.
Speed Week at the famed Bonneville Salt Flats has been cancelled due to heavy rains leaving the densely packed salt under standing water and not enough time to dry. Speed Week was scheduled to run Aug. 9-15. The Southern California Timing Association announced the decision this week. Under consideration is the possibility of extending the
Bonneville Speed Week took place August 10-16. The hardest of hardcore hot rodders have been taking cars, trucks, motorcycles, and homemade speed-buggies of all of kinds to the Bonneville Salt Flats for more than a century. Bonneville Speed Week, run by the Southern California Timing Association, has become a bucket list event for gearheads and speed
Editor’s Note: 2012 was quite a year. Actually, for OnAllCylinders, it was our only year. We’re putting the finishing touches on our first 12 months of delivering a unique combination of tech articles, tech projects, automotive features, photo galleries, event coverage, news, and lifestyle posts. We’re looking forward to bringing you that same mix of all- hings
For many speed aficionados, breaking a land speed record on the famed Bonneville Salt Flats is on the proverbial hot rod bucket list. Be honest—at one time or another, you’ve probably wondered what it’s like to rocket across the barren Bonneville moonscape in pursuit of high-speed glory. Jason Line can tell you. As we shared with you
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