Contact theWest Desert District Officefor more details. Bill Lattin, chairman of the SCTA Bonneville Nationals, told us the SCTA crew and volunteers had been out there for more than a week before the start of the competition, setting up tech inspection and the impound yard for the record-setters, as well as dragging and preparing the race courses. After missing last years event due to COVID-19, the AMA is excited to be back on the salt and looks forward to an awesome week and hopefully some new land speed records, said AMA Track Racing Manager Ken Saillant. *Tickets are required/seating is first come first serve. This place is stunningly beautiful, especially at sunset. His sentiments were echoed by all the racers we spoke with. Meganstarr.com is a participant in the Amazon Services LLC Associates Program, an affiliate advertising program designed to provide a means for sites to earn advertising fees by advertising and linking to Amazon. Bonneville Salt Flats International Speedway - Bonneville Motorcycle Choose a hotel in Wendover, Utah if you want to avoid the casinos. Visit and be inspired by this iconic piece of Utah's land art. They ran again on Friday, reaching 306 at the 4-mile marker and 311 mph through the 5-mile marker. "We work so hard and have gotten it down to a routine. I see there is an event (Bonneville motorcycle speed trials) scheduled during this period. Speedweek 2022 was canceled due to weather. Join more than 100,000 visitors in Historic Boulder City for one of the largest outdoor art festivals in the Southwest. Fire and brimstone skies gave way the next day to azure blue with fluffy white clouds and enough sunshine to immediately cure a chronic case of seasonal affective disorder. After doing a lot of research that night, we decided to go anyway, and only drive very slowly out on the salt just far enough to get a photo and hope that we didn't get in trouble! Competition classes for the event are determined by engine displacement, modification levels and various degrees of streamlining, and encompass everything from small-displacement racers to high-powered, custom-built motorcycles made for the sole purpose of topping 400 mph.