Bonneville salt flats / "Landspeed" Louise Ann Noeth; Alex Xydias.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Noeth, Louise Ann, 1954- author.

Contributor:

Xydias, Alex, writer of foreword.

Series:

Images of America.

Images of America

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Automobile racing--Bonneville Salt Flats--Utah.

Automobile racing.

Bonneville Salt Flats (Utah)--History.

Bonneville Salt Flats (Utah).

Tooele County (Utah).

Utah--Bonneville Salt Flats.

Utah--Tooele County.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (225 pages) : illustrations.

Place of Publication:

Charleston, South Carolina : Arcadia Publishing, [2020]

Summary:

" ... amateur motorsports devotees have used the blistering hot, flat land as a speed laboratory for more than a century. ... On the salt, people find the limits of their courage, learn what daring greatly is all about, and realize why a Bonneville Salt Flats speed record is an internationally respected pedigree. People who race on the salt flats become a family bound together by speed ... and this is their story."--Back cover

Contents:

Foreword

Acknowledgments

Introduction

1. Ice age to train age to speed age, 1914: Birthing the fastest place on Earth

2. Monster cars of the gentlemen racer, 1915-1948: The British invade... Again!

3. Boys, toys, and noise, 1940-1960: Amateur motorsports rise to worldwide distinction

4. The jet age: Axial flow blows off the reciprocators

5. Women in helmets and the record books: Speed and courage are genderless

6. Drag racing drains, 1961-1983: The need for speed goes closer to home

7. Passing the wrenches, helmets, and records, 1984-1997: The next generation graps for glory

8. Motorcyclists make their mark: How fast will it go?

9. Have power, need salt, 1998: The shrinking speedway

Notes:

Description based on print version record.

Includes bibliographical references.

ISBN:

9781439671573

1439671575