Land Speed Records
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The Summers brothers’ four-engine Goldenrod averaged 409.277 mph at Bonneville in 1965 without a jet
Bob Summers had one hour to make two runs across the Bonneville Salt Flats on November 12, 1965. When the timers finished, his Goldenrod streamliner…
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Rollie Free stripped to swim trunks and lay flat on a Vincent to hit 150.313 mph at Bonneville in 1948
In September 1948, Rollie Free peeled off his riding leathers on the Bonneville Salt Flats and went back out in a bathing suit. He stretched…
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Inside the insane world of Bonneville salt flats speed record chasers
The Bonneville Salt Flats in Utah have become a proving ground where engineering obsession, physical courage, and a stark, almost lunar landscape converge. On this…
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