This is your chance to see the fastest wheel driven cars
in the world, the 400 +m p h, land-speed record holding Turbinator, and
other record setting cars. Among recent years entries are almost twenty
other cars that have been timed at speeds over 300 m p h. Motorcycles are
racing for hotly contested top speeds in many clases. The races are run
in late September each year on the historic Bonneville Salt Flats. Interstate
80 defines the south end of the racing area. To get to the races follow
Interstate 80 to Exit 4, just east of Wendover, UT. This is 120 miles west
of Salt Lake City. Turn north and follow the five mile paved road to the
race gate.
There are no grandstands. Spectators walk through the pits
and talk to the drivers and crews. Parking is anywhere outside the cones
on the west side of the race track and on down to the timing traps area,
3 1/2 miles away from the pits and the starting line.