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Bonneville The Fastest Place on Earth
Louise Ann Noeth
- List Price: $26.95
- Our Price: $17.79
- You save: $9.16 (34 %)
- Used Price: $14.79
- Publisher: Motorbooks
- Availability: Usually ships in 24 hours
- Avg. Customer Rating: 4.5 Stars
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Product Description:
Landspeed Louise drops the clutch to deliver riveting tales of conquest on the Bonneville Salt Flats. The stories and the early records of the mishaps and victories of countless hot rodders and motorcyclists make Bonneville a fascinating chronicle. Behold those determined individuals who "shoot the salt" in hot rods, belly tankers, lakesters, motorcycles, even bicycles and tractors in a quest to add their names to the list of land speed record holders.
- Paperback: 156 pages
- Publisher: Motorbooks
- ISBN: 0760313725
- Dimensions: 10 x 9.84 x 0.47 inches
- Weight: 1.54 pounds
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Customer Reviews
- Bonneville the fastest place on earth
- Avg. Customer Rating: 4 Stars
- Excellent overall coverage of Bonneville & its history, lots of cool pics also.
- Great for Landspeed Racers
- Avg. Customer Rating: 5 Stars
- Landspeed Racers and Lover will love this look at the Salt Flats. Great pictures.
- A Great Look Back at the History of Speed
- Avg. Customer Rating: 4 Stars
- Basically any car enthusiast knows what Bonneville is. The legendary land of impossible speed and unlimited imagination that has captured all of our curiosity at one time or another has been captured by Motorbooks Classic. This is a place where the records were made to be broken and limits are pushed on a regular basis. The aura that surrounds this location has been captured nicely in this excellent look back at the rich history of the track. There are over 175 photos included in the book and all are of high quality and tell their own individual story. The collection of stories, historical data and timeless memories is very impressive as can be expected from Motorbook Classics. Bonneville: The Fastest Place on Earth is one of the most complete and fulfilling books to ever cover the famous Bonneville Salt Flats and it gives us all an explanation as to why we can't drive 55.
