With this in mind, the website advised not to drive on the salt flats when wet due to the damage caused to the delicate salt layer. A large flooding event took place last month due to excess rain that led to the cancellation of Speed Week. The salt flats are often used to test concept vehicles and vehicles built for speed.Īccording to the Bonneville Salt Flats website, the salt flats are used for land speed racing, archery competitions, photography, videography, and scientific research projects. Many drivers visit to see how fast they can go. The Bonneville Salt Flats is around 12 miles long and five miles wide covering around 300,000 aces. Although the department didn’t share what type of Tesla it was, it looks like it might have been a Model Y or a Model X. All five occupants were transported to the University of Utah hospital,” the department said. After four long days and a glimpse under the hood, I realized this tribe of wrench twisters and daring drivers, alone in the desert, are simply an extension of the thrill seekers I call my own - out on the fringe, welcoming and friendly, likely with a beer in hand, and a smile from cheek to cheek.“Seatbelts and airbags were credited for reducing injuries. It’s a setting described by Monte Widdison, vice president of Utah Salt Flats Racing Association, as “the last bastion of high-end amateur racing in the world.” As a photographer associated with foot traffic and highballs, I had no idea what to expect from the land of speed freaks and oversized engines.
If you’re willing to build it, and work through the speed categories, you’re welcome to run it. At the World of Speed, in early September, the starting line is home to jet-influenced “streamliners,” old school muscle cars, shrouded motorcycles, scooters and everything in between. Utah’s Bonneville Salt Flats are home to three annual speed events where racers can go all in - on or in - whatever speed device meets their fancy. It’s a space often heard of but seldom visited, a space where fortune is invested, dreams made and friendships forged - all in the name of speed. There’s a salt flat on the playa with long blue lines and a track that runs through it.
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