Punching his way into the...
Punching his way into the record books, longtime drag racer Ryan Ostergard obliterated the old 2000cc Altered Gas record by over 20 MPH at 193 MPH on his naked Suzuki Hayabusa.
In an effort to bring you racing from all ends of the world we paid a visit to the salt flats for a weekend of octane, boost and speed. Just outside the sleepy town of Wendover, Utah, lies a vast sea of white so widespread and so flat you can actually see the curvature of the earth. It isn't snow, nor is it sand; it's 30,000 acres of salt, the remains of what was once an enormous lake. And on this 47-square mile stretch of flat salt, thousands of gearheads have gathered for over 50 years in a time-honored tradition to celebrate the symphony of speed.
Forget standing-mile racing, Bonneville Speed Week is the heart of land-speed racing and where it all began. In fact, it's aptly coined the "fastest place on earth." How fast? How about over 700 MPH in rocket-powered vehicles.
But George Jetson vehicles aside, motorcycles have been a part of the scene for decades, and if you've seen the Anthony Hopkins movie, The World's Fastest Indian, you'd get an idea of how fanatical the high-speed riders can be.
Speed Week brings out all...
Speed Week brings out all speed freaks-even the not so fast. This 125cc vintage bike set a new record in the MPS-VG class with a blistering top speed of...42.2 MPH.
No front brakes on a 200+...
No front brakes on a 200+ MPH bike? No problem! After all, you have almost ten miles of shutdown room.
Looking like a Spy vs. Spy...
Looking like a Spy vs. Spy character, this streamliner was built for speed.
Hayabusas and ZX-14s are the...
Hayabusas and ZX-14s are the high-speed weapons of choice at Bonneville.
Orange flags mark the gates...
Orange flags mark the gates to the Promised Land. If you break an existing record, you go directly to impound where your bike sits overnight. Then you make a return run at sunrise to establish a two-way average.
Forget Coors Light, The Brother...
Forget Coors Light, The Brother Speed Racing Team from Boise, Idaho, has the real Silver Bullet. Their streamlined 3000cc Harley made a best pass of 204.48 MPH.