August’s annual Speed Week doesn’t mark the end of the, even if it is the most famous event. The Land Speed World Finals are scheduled for October 3 to 6, 2017, at the Salt Flats, weather permitting. If you’re going to Bonneville for the first time, our Salt Flats Survival Guide can help you avoid everything from hearing impairment to burnt nethers.The (SCTA) hosts Speed Week and the World Finals. The SCTA’s one-page explains the event but doesn’t say much about personal protection beyond wearing a hat and staying in the shade. By “shade” they mean tarps or pop-ups because what you see in the photo below is where it all happens.
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Notice the lack of trees, buildings, or anything else that could make shade. Alvis Upitis/Getty ImagesThis year, Digital Trends was “on the Salt” for the run during Speed Week.
It was my first trip to the Salt Flats and even though many people offered advice in advance, I wasn’t fully prepared. That’s why we decided to write this survival guide. Why plan?The Bonneville Salt Flats aren’t on the moon, they only look that way. You can camp for free on adjacent Bureau of Land Management (BLM) property while attending Salt Flats events, but there are no facilities in the camping area – just desert.
Bring food and water, too, as the nearest town is 12 miles away.The way many people get to the Bonneville Salt Flats is to fly to Salt Lake City and rent a car. Leave the airport and take the first right onto 80 west. The highway is straight and fast for 110 miles to exit 4. The speed limit is 80. In two trips I saw zero state troopers. I wasn’t driving, but guess how fast most vehicles were traveling.You’ll see the Salt Flats on your right before you get to the exit.
When you get off there’s a gas station, a restaurant, and a couple of small stores and that’s it. Salt Flats survival guide Desert-related factors.
In March 1957, a remarkable car first appeared in the pages of Road & Track—the Cyclops Two. The creation of Italian Piero Martini, the Cyclops Two featured bodywork repurposed from and just enough room for two passengers sitting in a fetal position.Except Piero Martini didn't exist. Martini, and the Cyclops itself, were the madcap creations of cartoonist and illustrator Stan Mott, and designer Robert Cumberford. The March '57 story was a piece of satire written by Cumberford with illustrations by Mott, but it resonated, so R&T actually built a Cyclops Two and road tested it later that year. Since then, the Cyclops has appeared in this publication many times, and fans have built their own interpretations.A handful of those fans went to one of the fastest places on earth—the Bonneville Salt Flats. Christened the Cyclops Race Team, they went to last September's World of Speed event, erected a Cyclops-shaped tent designed by Mott himself (complete with a chandelier), and hit the salt flat for some flat-out driving.
Two of the Cyclopses were actually timed. Jack Englehardt's hit 17.4 mph, while Glenn Thomas managed a staggering 20.6 mph.