The engines have stopped and silence returns to the Salt Flats once again, at least until the next round of speed and madness spills off Interstate 80 on the Utah/Nevada Stateline. Actually madness is an inappropriate word, at least in the case of Nish Motorsport. Certainly it is the case that many of the people who rock up to Bonneville Speedway seem

OK, OK. I left you all hanging on with the Nish Motorsports Royal Purple Streamliner speeding away from me in the push truck on its way down the Long Course at Bonneville Speedway. So what happened next? In a word, loads. Well, to describe the next three days as a rollercoaster ride would be something of an understatement. No sooner had the purple rocket

SpeedHunters' coverage of the 2009 Bonneville Speed Week has today focused the attempt of the Royal Purple Streamliner to break the record. However there is still much else to celebrate and here is a taste of the ingredients on offer. There seems to be an inexhaustable supply of cars that look just right all lined up on the salt catwalk. Then round

There is no "i" in team or so demented sports coaches would have you believe...................but like all cliches there is an element of truth that runs right through to the real world. Take record breaking at Bonneville Speedway, sure only one guy straps himself into the cockpit and presses on the loud pedal for what must seem an eternity

The Japanese have an expression "it is better to travel hopefully than to arrive". In my case the trip to the Salt Flats in the North West corner of Utah was very much in the travelling hopefully category..............but as if to prove the rule by exception, arrival has been better than the journey. Set up day concluded with a show of cars