Motorists hoped to set land speed records in a host of categories, up to the top recorded speed of 500 miles per hour. The annual gathering of hotrods and motorcycles at the Bonneville Salt Flats known as “Speed Week” ended on Friday. Others came from Italy and Eastern Europe to ride tuned up sport bikes. “We’re hoping for maybe 250 today,” he said. “I got three records I set in this car last year,” said Paul Parenica who came from Oklahoma City to drive his 1976 Chevy Monza.ĭan Tackett brought his 1954 Corvette, “Silver Bullet,” from Gulfport, Mississippi. ![]() ![]() ![]() Engines roared as they waited in line for what they hoped would be a record-setting run. At the starting line at the Bonneville Speedway, drivers were being strapped into sleek, bullet-shaped machines and souped-up classic cars.
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