UTAH'S FAMED MEASURED MILE-- SITE OF WORLD LAND-SPEED RECORD RUNS
Utah's famed measured mile is located approximately seven miles beyond the above marker, well in front of the mountains you see on the horizon.
Note the thin film of water flooding the flats. Those are salt bits sticking up!!!
The total length of the course is approximately ten miles long, with a black reference strip down the middle. The first world land-speed record on the Bonneville Salt Flats was set in 1935 by Sir Malcolm Campbell. His speed was 301.13 miles per hour. Craig Breedlove holds the honor of being the first man to go faster than 600 miles per hour.
His record of 600.601 miles per hour, set in 1965, was broken in 1970 by Gary Gabelich. Gabelich's new record is 622.407 miles per hour.
Both Gabelich's rocket engine "Blue Flame" and Breedlove's jet-powered "Spirit of America" were equipped with specially designed inflatable tires.
The Turbinator
This car is still hitched to its trailer. It will make its run in the morning.
Tom Bryant's gas powered coupe reached 237 mph in 1998.
Okay, Drifters, it's time to wash the salt from our feet and get back into the Chevy.
Fasten your seat belts. We're gonna see what this baby can do!
Okay, so we only went 57 mph, but there are over 150 people in the Chevy.
A rainbow configuration over the Flats
