Editor’s note: This story was originally published on Aug. 5, 2024. A look back at local, national and world events through Deseret News archives. One of the many natural features that make Utah ...

The Bonneville Salt Flats in Utah have become a proving ground where engineering obsession, physical courage, and a stark, almost lunar landscape converge. On this blinding white expanse, speed record ...

A driver going 283 mph trying to set a land speed record during a racing event at Utah’s famed Bonneville Salt Flats died Sunday after he lost control of his rocket-like vehicle called the Speed Demon ...

But it's not just the participant count that's swelling-it's also the spectator traffic. Any long-timer at this year's Speed Week can tell you that, by eyeball alone, there were more oglers than ever, ...

At the Bonneville Salt Flats, speed is the cornerstone, but beyond that is a culture built on craft, endurance and the pursuit of one perfect run. This stark white plain in northwestern Utah was once ...

The head of the organization that runs an annual land-speed event at Utah’s Bonneville Salt Flats said Monday that an investigation is ongoing into the death of veteran driver Chris Raschke.

If the pessimists feared that the price of gas and the unsettling feeling about the national economy would dampen the enthusiasm of participants and spectators for the 60th Anniversary of the National ...

A driver going 283 mph trying to set a land speed record during a racing event at Utah’s famed Bonneville Salt Flats died Sunday after he lost control of his rocket-like vehicle called the Speed Demon ...

A driver going 283 mph trying to set a land speed record during a racing event at Utah’s famed Bonneville Salt Flats died Sunday after he lost control of his rocket-like vehicle called the Speed Demon ...