Bonneville: The Great American Playground
On this episode of The Downshift, we meet the original speed freaks! The Bonneville Salt flats in Utah are the veritable Valhalla of land speed racing. The world’s fastest wheels have been competing here since the early 1900s, from Sir Malcolm Campbell’s Blue Bird to today’s fastest jet-powered streamliners. What started as just a sport has evolved into a vibrant culture anchored in history and a shared love for living life at the... Read More
The Good Life.
So proud to be part of a resume of firsts. This video shows us in pictures - who, why and what we do. Thanks Becca, Rod and Paul for allowing me to be a part of the FL family. GT Falkner and Livingston Racing shows a “resume of firsts”, great friends and fun times. Video features FL Racing at: Pikes Peak International Hill Climb, Bonneville Salt Flats, El Mirage and Baja. Racers (and friends) include: Paul Livingston, Becca Livingston,... Read More
Sharper Drive
Check out these two videos: Audi’s “Sharper Drive” and the making of “Sharper Drive”. Very cool to see one of our favorite Driver’s Inc stuntmen, Mike Johnson, is one of the drivers for the video. All shot at the Bonneville Salt Flats – awesome stuff!!! And the making of “Sharper Drive” below: Client: Audi AG Agency: Philipp & Keuntje Creative Director: Diether Kerner Art Director:... Read More
P120 Fighter at the Bonneville Salt Flats
Jim Hoegh, piloting his P120 Fighter at the Bonneville Salt Flats Read More
462mph in the Speed Demon
Poteet & Main’s Speed Demon (Ron Main George Poteet’s streamliner ) goes 462 mph at the Bonneville Salt Flats. Ride along and see various angles of the super fast run! Very cool!! Filmed with Replay XD1080. http://www.replayxd.com Default settings. No post processing. Read More
Mazda RX-7 Crash at Bonneville.
Bonneville Salt Flats: 3rd gen Mazda RX-7 race car trying to beat the land speed record for a production vehicle. At this speed, the tire patch that is touching the ground is LESS than the width of your index finger across each tire. Furthermore each patch is encountering dust and small sand-like particles often. If you could keep the pace with this car and remain standing next to it, you could reach over and push it away from you sideways with... Read More
Bonneville World of Speed 2011: Race Day!
It was finally race day for World Finals 2011 – Bonneville Salt Flats and we met up at for breakfast at the Salt Flats café at 6:30, ate and quickly headed for the Salt. The sky looked to be on fire as the sun arose above the line of the horizon and it is quite the sight to behold. We arrived and parked of course, on the salt (everything is on the salt) and headed over to the drivers/riders meeting. It was amazing, as on most occasions over... Read More
Bonneville World of Speed 2011: Tech Inspection
After an eventful drive to Wendover the night before, we awoke around 9 a.m. We called Chad Newman and setup a time to meet for breakfast. The Salt Flats cafe has to be my favorite spot for breakfast in Wendover with its Mexican style breakfast. The menu is short and simple and the total bill is a rounded number that the hostess decides upon. The Cafe is wallpapered with photos from years of racing on the salt flats, memories can be read on... Read More
The road to Bonneville… Taken with a grain of Salt.
9:00 a.m. Bags are packed car is loaded, fellow photographer Justin Nigro and I hop in the Lexus and start to embark on a journey to remember… This is my first trip to Wendover Utah. I couldn’t pass up the opportunity to go shoot for Greg Tracy attempting to set a record with his 1300cc Hayabusa built by Chad Newman of Area 51 Motorsports. Leaving from Puyallup Washington checked the weather, noticed chance of thunderstorms and rain in Wendover.... Read More
My Life at Speed – Greg Tracy Bonneville Salt Flats 2011
Hey there all you fans of My Life at Speed, thanks for all of the support and sorry our Bonneville efforts didn’t turn out exactly the way we had planned. Great to see Paul and Becca Livingston – Spider Grips, Rod Falkner – Dumonde Tech, Chad and Mandy Newman – Area 51 Motorsports, Andy DeVol, Eric Gearhart – one of our best ML@S contributors and new friend Justin Nigro. I also want to really thank my dad for all of... Read More
