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Popular Mechanics
January 2006
Wise & Sherman |
Salt Flat Dreams During Speed Week, grass-roots racers hit Utah's Bonneville salt flats, where land speed records are made to be broken... Behind the wheel of the Ecotec Lakester used during Speed Week...   |
Popular Mechanics
September 2, 2009
Larry Webster |
Top 10 Most Significant Land Speed Records of All Time Auto speed records from the last 100 years. |
Popular Mechanics
August 19, 2008
Warren Barbee, Jr. |
10 Mega-Speed Cars @ Bonneville Speed Week: Monday's Best From a rubber-band-powered racer to a 200-mph ethanol ride the races at the Bonneville Salt Flats are getting hot after Day One. |
Popular Mechanics
December 2007 |
Ford's Hydrogen Record Setter: How It Works (with Video) In 2005, students at the Ohio State University Center for Automotive Research approached Ford Motor Company about collaborating on a hydrogen fuel cell car capable of setting a land speed record. The automaker jumped at the opportunity. |
Popular Mechanics
August 21, 2008
Warren Barbee, Jr. |
10 More Blazing Fast Cars From Bonneville Speed Week '08 Yesterday brought us some fast Bonneville eye candy. Today brings some older cars that can still leave most cars in their dust (or sand). |
Popular Mechanics
August 20, 2008
Warren Barbee, Jr. |
10 More 200+ MPH Record Setters From Bonneville Speed Week '08 Showing off record setting cars |
Popular Mechanics
August 18, 2008
Warren Barbee, Jr. |
10 Hot Cars From Bonneville Speed Week 2008: Day 1 Gallery It's the legendary setting for falling speed records and road testing of alt-fuel super vehicles. Get a sneak peek at some of the world's top next-generation cars. |
Popular Mechanics
August 22, 2008
Warren Barbee, Jr. |
10 More Shots of Record Setting Cars from Bonneville Speed Week '08 No steam car this year, but the cars at Bonneville Speed Week continue to impress. Today brings a record-breaking electric motorcycle and a Volkswagon/Hot Rod hybrid. |
Outside
January 2007
Andrew Tilin |
Excuse My Thrust The land-speed record for motorcycles has stood untouched for 16 years. But last summer, California velocity freak Mike "Ack Attack" Akatiff announced that the other guys were doing it wrong. Can he back it up? |
Popular Mechanics
December 2006
Emily Masamitsu |
Tech Watch: Diesel Redefined This record-breaking diesel car went 350 mph for a mile, after being pushed from behind at 30 mph to hit first gear. |
Inc.
October 2005
Allen P. Roberts Jr. |
So You Want to Burn Rubber Get the family car out to the racetrack at one of the 1,300 amateur races held every year. |
Popular Mechanics
March 2009
Jay Leno |
Jay Leno: Duesy Set Bonneville Records in 1930s that Stand Today A look at Ab Jenkins' favorite race car, a custom Duesenberg that's a 750 hp monster that takes some real elbow grease to steer. |
Popular Mechanics
November 1, 2007
James Parchman |
Biofuel Diesel Motorcycle Wins At Bonneville International Speed Trials Despite adverse weather and a limited amount of track time, the Hayes Diversified Technologies' B20-fuel diesel motorcycle race went on to break records. |
Car and Driver
June 2004
Larry Webster |
Specialty File: Dodge Viper Competition Coupe The next best thing to being airborne. |
Outside
September 2007
Dorsey Kindler |
Greased Lightning Sculptor Michael Sturtz's Die Moto chopper runs on veggie oil and is a rogue statement of power and style. At September's Motorcycle Speed Trials, on Utah's Bonneville Salt Flats, Sturtz expects to set the record for a bio-cycle. |
Car and Driver
December 2003
Aaron Robinson |
Fear and Losing Near Las Vegas Unlimited speed -- for a limited time only -- in this Nevada road race. |
Popular Mechanics
November 6, 2009
Ben Stewart |
12 X-Prize Contenders Show Off Their MPG Tech At SEMA 2009 The Specialty Equipment Market Association convention in Las Vegas was the venue for many advanced engineering designs for electric and hybrid vehicles of the future. |
National Defense
January 2005
Robert Williams |
Diesel Motorcycle Developed for Marines The U.S. Marine Corps has ordered 522 diesel-powered motorcycles for use on rugged terrain. The propulsion technology was developed at Cranfield University, Shrivenham, United Kingdom and Hayes Diversified Technologies, of California. |
