![]() ![]() As long as no weather comes through they all kind of look and feel the same. These photos come from what I believe was Sunday at the event. If that is a small indication, Wendover is going to be packed to the gills with people. I have a distinct feeling that Speed Week 2018 is going to be a rocking and rolling time just knowing that I have several friends who will be coming for their first time. ![]() ![]() Since we’re in the dead of winter and everything around my office is white anyway, it made sense to run them today. Binoculars will provide you with a great view of the vehicles that ride down the course.(Photos by the author) – Doing some “winter cleaning” of the ol’ laptop and I managed to find some images from Speed Week this past year that I never ran. If you plan to visit one of these events, don't forget to take a hat, dark glasses, and sunscreen. The USFRA is an ideal event for the first time racers, while the World Finals gather more experienced drivers. This event also features the biggest rod parties. The best thing is that spectators may walk through the pits, have a look at the vehicles and talk with the drivers and the rest of the crew. It is a six days event that starts on Saturday and ends on the next Friday. The most popular and most visited event is Speed Week. These annual races are hosted by the Utah Salt Flats Racing Association and include the SCTA/BNI Speed Week in August, the World of Speed in September, and the SCTA/BNI World Finals in October. Specifically designed vehicles come here to test the possible speed limits and human endurance. Nowadays three land speed racing events attract participants from all over the world. But it gained real popularity only in the 1930s. This terrain was first used for speed races in 1912 and the first record in land speed was set here in 1914. ![]()
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