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The Mormon Meteor III, a legend on the Bonneville Salt Flats, soon will park in a new Utah museum

A piece of history on wheels soon will take residence in Utah’s next big museum. The Mormon Meteor III, the land-speed racer commissioned by legendary driver Ab Jenkins to break records on the ...
Smithsonian Magazine on MSN

Meet the Daredevils Chasing Down Speed Records at the Bonneville Salt Flats

At the Bonneville Salt Flats, speed is the cornerstone, but beyond that is a culture built on craft, endurance and the ...
The Salt Lake Tribune

Beloved Bonneville Salt Flats could be gone in fewer than 100 years

The Bonneville Salt Flats have shrunk by 75% in the last 100 years, and they could vanish entirely by the end of the century, new research has found. “The rate of decline definitely surprised me,” ...
Fox News

There's a race against time to save the Bonneville Salt Flats

In the Utah desert, a treeless expanse of pristine white salt crystals has long lured daredevil speed racers, filmmakers and social media-obsessed tourists. It’s so flat that on certain days, visitors ...
Yahoo

bonneville salt-flats

Is this the future of distance running? Liz McColgan and Wayne Bridge visit the Bonneville Salt Flats to find out. Most hybrid car drivers will tell you that their world is all about being gentle on ...
The Salt Lake Tribune

At shrinking Bonneville Salt Flats, land speed racers worry it’s the end of an era

Land speed racers and car enthusiasts gathered at the Bonneville Salt Flats for World of Speed last month, as they have nearly every year for the past four decades, greeting many longtime friends and ...