Vital News

A few snapshots from last August's visit to the Bonneville Salt Flats. We were out in SLC for our step-daughter's wedding, and decided to do a day trip at the 2025 Speed Week. What cinched it was that my wife's cousin's son* was a big fan of Superfast Matt, one of the drivers racing that week (he's the guy working on the white Streamliner), so we headed out the flats for the day.

It's hard to get a good picture of the cars doing their runs - there are three 5-mile tracks, and they're parallel to Pit Row Road but not very close (for extremely good safety reasons). The one car being towed is in the Return Lane, which is closest to the pits. Good binoculars are a must, so you can see them running. I didn't bring the Big Lens on this trip, though. You can hear them, and even at that distance, when a car roars by at over 200MpH, you know it.

The other thing to know is that the the heat is amazing. Hotter than hot and drier than dry. One needs a quart of sunblock and a gallon or two of water for the day. Hats, sunglasses, etc. etc.

In the end, young Mike and my bro-in-law Mike had tons of fun seeing the cars and talking to the teams. Superfast Matt was happy to spend time with Mike while he and his crew prepped for another run. A fine day, wrapped up with a short drive over the Nevada border because, well, why not? And a sunset, because.