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Bonneville Salt Flats Discussion => 2017 and before: SW & WF => SpeedWeek 2014 => Topic started by: Bret Kepner on December 31, 2014, 02:55:03 AM

Title: To Close Out the 100th Year of Racing On the Salt...
Post by: Bret Kepner on December 31, 2014, 02:55:03 AM

To close out the one hundredth year of racing on the salt, I offer these links to the completed work for anybody interested:
 
Chapter 1: http://bangshift.com/general-news/event-coverage/land-speed-races/salt-beds-salduro-history-first-speed-trials-bonneville/
 
Chapter 2: http://bangshift.com/general-news/event-coverage/land-speed-races/salt-beds-salduro-part-2-opening-speedway-gold-brick-scandal-debut-benz/
 
Chapter 3: http://bangshift.com/general-news/event-coverage/land-speed-races/salt-beds-salduro-chapter-3-ii-barney-oldfield-banned-auto-racing-ernie-moross-creates-new-stars-new-records/
 
Chapter 4: http://bangshift.com/general-news/event-coverage/land-speed-races/salt-beds-salduro-chapter-iv-big-bill-rishel-william-randolph-hearst-lincoln-highway-place-named-salduro/
 
Chapter 5: http://bangshift.com/general-news/event-coverage/salt-beds-salduro-chapter-5-chapter-v-ernie-moross-bill-dishel-teddy-tetzlaff-blitzen-benz-ii-arrive-salt-beds-salduro/
 
Chapter 6: http://bangshift.com/general-news/event-coverage/salt-beds-salduro-chapter-six-one-run-blitzen-benz-changes-course-history-salt-beds-salduro/
 
Chapter 7: http://bangshift.com/general-news/event-coverage/salt-beds-salduro-chapter-7-aftermath-became-major-players-first-speed-trials-salt/

Title: Re: To Close Out the 100th Year of Racing On the Salt...
Post by: Stan Back on December 31, 2014, 12:22:42 PM

Bret --

I'm just dying to read those links!

Stan

Title: Re: To Close Out the 100th Year of Racing On the Salt...
Post by: Bret Kepner on December 31, 2014, 01:30:45 PM

LOL! Note I qualified the offer to "anybody interested". I figured you simply would've replied, "I'm just dying".

Title: Re: To Close Out the 100th Year of Racing On the Salt...
Post by: dw230 on December 31, 2014, 02:14:52 PM

Thanks Bret. I printed the installments when they were first published on Bang Shift.

DW

Title: Re: To Close Out the 100th Year of Racing On the Salt...
Post by: Stainless1 on January 01, 2015, 10:29:38 AM

Bret, great read... you are a man of many talents  :-D
Thanks for the links, I don't get to the other sites often and had missed that story.
Happy New Year... I guess we will have a 101 years of racing on the salt celebration this year.
Of course in the last 100 years the salt has gone metric... from 2 to 20 feet thick to 2 to 20mm  :-(

Title: Re: To Close Out the 100th Year of Racing On the Salt...
Post by: gas pumper on January 01, 2015, 11:16:39 AM

Thank You Bret.

I'm 1/2 way thru and it's fascinating. A Must Read for all of us! :cheers:

Happy New Year to All!

Title: Re: To Close Out the 100th Year of Racing On the Salt...
Post by: Bret Kepner on January 01, 2015, 07:41:00 PM

I'm glad you're enjoying it!  :cheers:

Title: Re: To Close Out the 100th Year of Racing On the Salt...
Post by: ratpatrol66 on January 03, 2015, 08:57:18 PM

I saw this on Bangshift, great history. Thanks again!!!