VW also removed all non-essential interior components to reduce the car's weight - which is common with race cars - modified the suspension, and improved its traction with a limited-slip differential and a set of wheels and tires better suited to the salty surface. The 2018 edition of Bonneville Speed Week was a record-breaker, as Danny Thompson and company broke the wheel-driven land speed record by going nearly 450 mph. Advertisement - Continue Reading Below 2 Murilee Martin The Driver's Racing 1953 Studebaker leaving. It featured some serious upgrades to get to its 600-horsepower rating, including a turbocharged 2.0-liter engine that was thoroughly worked over. 1 Murilee Martin One of the best-looking race truck/push truck combinations of Speed Week. In fact, during Bonneville's 2018 World of Speed event, which was held in September, a modified 2019 Volkswagen Jetta sedan hit a speed of 210.16 miles per hour (338.22 kilometers per hour), beating the previous record for its class of 208.472 miles per hour (335.50 kilometers per hour). It's where insane speed records are made and broken, and have been for decades. Matt Morgan/Visit Utahīored with local motorsports events? It might be time to plan a trip to the Utah desert and the famous Bonneville Salt Flats. When Utah's Lake Bonneville dried up about 14,500 years ago, it left mostly desert and salty plains behind. The annual Speed Week was cancelled in both 20, as were many land-speed racing events, due to deteriorating track conditions.
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