I recently went to Bonneville Speed Week, an experience that reminded me what racing is actually supposed to feel like.

Each year, racers and spectators flock to the western edge of Utah to participate in one of America’s oldest and proudest racing traditions: Bonneville Speed Week. This year’s event kicked off on the ...

It wasn’t hard to spot those who had ventured out to the salt to check out the race cars earlier in the day. When you’re in Bonneville, there’s no need to stop and detail your car before heading to ...

The number-7707 car at a Land Speed Racing event at the 68th Annual Bonneville Speed Week in 2016. - BLMUtah/Wikimedia Commons Every August, 30,000 acres of dried salt in Northwestern Utah transforms ...

A 60-year-old veteran of the land speed record community was killed while attempting a speed record run during a Bonneville Speed Week event at the Bonneville Salt Flats on Sunday, August 3, 2025, ...

A driver has died while taking part in the annual Speed Week event on Bonneville Salt Flats in Utah, according to organizers. The Southern California Timing Association (SCTA), which hosts the land ...

A professional driver died while attempting to set a land speed record at Bonneville Salt Flats in Wendover, Utah, on Sunday. Driver Chris Raschke was attempting to break the record when he “lost ...