Traditional Hot Rods on the Bonneville Salt Flats—It’s Speed Week 2024! We can’t think of a more iconic image than a traditional car on the Bonneville Salt Flats.

Going more than 200 mph in a straight line on the Bonneville Salt Flats in a specially prepped 2014 Volkswagen Beetle aiming to break a world record.

That was the idea of the garages behind the Das Rod, once a beat-down Volkswagen Beetle that received a Porsche heart transplant and a hot rod-style plastic surgery.

BONNEVILLE SALT FLATS, Utah — Chris Raschke, who was attempting to break a speed record at the Bonneville Salt Flats, has died.

A land speed racer competing at Utah's Salt Flats died Aug. 3 while attempting a speed record, event organizers said.