The Fastest Race Course in the World, Bonneville Salt Flats

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Stock #: 219171
Type: Postcard
Era: Linen
City: Wendover
State: Utah (UT)
County: Tooele
Publisher: Desert Book Company
Size: 3.5" x 5.5" (9 x 14 cm)

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The square on black line is one end of the measured race course. Electric eyes, one setting far out on salt and one close up. There are two race courses of 13 miles each, one circular and one strait-a way. First tried out in 1912, became world famous 1931, when Ab Jenkins with his Mormon Meteor broke all previous world's speed records. Since, others from all over the world have made new records with automobiles, stockcars, hot-rods, motor-cycles, etc. The famous Pilot Peak in the back ground was used as a guide for crossing this Great Salt Deseret by the Donner Party in 1846 - later by other California gold seekers. Their broken down hand-carts, wagons and wheel tracks are still visible on certain parts of this barren desert

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