There are more classes at Bonneville than there are grains of salt, but the letter designation gives a hint at the engine size. He's driving a nitro-burning B/fuel streamliner and just squeaked it into a record on Sunday morning. "It's still thin," he said, "but it's strong."Ĭertainly Danny Thompson-son of one of the most famous land speed racers of all time, racing's jack-of-all-trades, Mickey Thompson-has no complaints about this year's salt. Lattin was delighted to share the news that recent dry winters in Utah, plus a change in mining practices, seem to have contributed to a much improved salt plain. Weather and mining have taken a toll on the flats, and a few years ago there were real concerns that racing at Bonneville might not continue.
It cracks and heaves and makes an uneven track, hardly what you want when you're setting out in a rocket nosecone on a 400-mph run. Too wet and it clumps and sticks to the tires, turning an attempt at a record into saline mud bogging.
Photo credit: Marc Gewertz and Speed Demon Media
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