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Bonneville’s STS/UA hosted by American Association of Petroleum Geologists
Team Vesco Turbinator represents Save the Salt and Utah Alliance at AAPG ACE 2018. Save the Salt Board member Larry Volk, Utah Alliance Chairman Dennis Sullivan and volunteer Ron Christensen joined car owner Rick Vesco on the show floor speaking to attendees about the sport as well as the dire salt loss situation on the flat.
Spreading the Word in Detroit and Boston
Land Speed Racing and Save the Salt were the feature exhibit at the Detroit Autorama in early March followed by a LandSpeed Louise representing the sport at Bosotn's Larz Anderson Auto Museum for its Women's Motormouth series profiling women in motorsports and beyond.
2017 SEMA Show welcomes Turbinator II
Make sure to stop by the Save the Salt booth if you are attending the 2017 SEMA Show and see Team Vesco’s Turbinator II streamliner on display in Hot Rod Alley. With its current FIA certified World Record of 458MPH, this is the World’s Fastest Wheel-Driven Car on the planet. The car was driven to glory by the late, but oh, so great, Don Vesco. Just prior to the big Vegas show, the team will be featured on History’s very popular program “Counting Cars” on Tuesday, October 24th. The Turbinator II body was badly damaged in a mishap at 400 […]
LAND SPEED RACERS LAUNCH SALT CLEAN-UP CAMPAIGN
Responding to calls from members of the land speed racing community, the Save the Salt Coalition and the Utah Alliance announced the roll-out of an all-volunteer salt saving program: “Saving Bonneville, One Wheel at a Time” that was developed to keep the salt crust where it belongs, on the playa, the program is a combined joint effort of all active race-sanctioning bodies.