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I thought this would be the year that I finally made it to Speed Week at the Bonneville Salt Flats, but managing our first run of Rever T-shirt designs kept me in Vegas. Fortunately, we still had people go to check it out and take pictures. So, no clever commentary, but lots of great shots of things that go fast on salty surfaces. Next year HAS to be the year I make it to Speed Week.

As an incentive, a friend has announced 2009 is the year he goes over 200 miles per hour on a motorcycle. Hopefully, we will start working on that project soon. A turbo ‘Busa should have no problem going that fast, but will it go 250 miles per hour? We will see—it might take a few years.

For those not familiar with Bonneville… It is a 159-square-mile salt flat in northwest Utah. W.D. Rishel recognized it as a perfect speed-testing ground in 1896, and it became famous when Malcolm Campbell set several speed records there in the 1930s. Cars now go over 600 mph. The salt keeps anything from growing, and every rainfall cleans the surface and keeps the densely packed salt very flat. Trivia: The huge beach scene in Pirates of the Caribbean: At World’s End was shot there because it is large enough for the curve of the Earth to make the salt seam endless.

A few days ago (September 5, 2008), Cliff Gullett was killed going 239 mph on his motorcycle. His family said he died doing what he loved.