Wendover, UT -- All governing entities have signed the necessary permits authorizing the Southern California Timing Association to proceed with staging Bonneville Speed Week from Aug. 8-14, with the Bonneville World Finals set for Sept. 29-Oct. 2.Photo: Dave Kirsten/Save the Salt“We had one major choice in front of us this...

After his attempt to break the wheel-driven land speed record ended in heartbreak in September, Danny Thompson and his team have decided to give it another try. On Friday Thompson provided an update on preparations.I'm happy to report that the upgrades and repairs to the Challenger 2 are proceeding well....

I just got back from Speed Week in Bonneville, so I thought I'd take a break from talking about the changes we've made to the car and elaborate a little bit on how the Challenger II project got started back in 1968. The catalyst, believe it or not, was a...

In last week's article I mentioned that Bonneville's different classes weren't very meaningful to me, because my foremost goal was to be the fastest piston car on the salt. There isn't an official designation for that, so I called it "the world's fastest hotrod." I stand by what I said,...