Deteriorating landscape casts doubt on racing at Salt Flats

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Deteriorating landscape casts doubt on racing at Salt Flats

Racers blame pot-ash mining for increasingly unstable ground
Ali Youngblood with the salt-dusted 1932 Ford Roadster she drove in August at the Bonneville Flats Speed Week, where she reached speeds of 170-180 mph, but missed the speed record — and entre into the “200 Club” (for reaching the 200 mph mark) — she was hoping for.
Larry Volk, founder of the Utah Salt Flat Racing Association, uses a pick to demonstrate the quality of the salt at the Bonneville Salt Flats near Wendover, Utah, where Speed Week resumed this year after its cancellation for the last two, due to wet weather and rough salt.
A vehicle is hauled to the starting line at the Bonneville Salt Flats, outside Wendover, Utah, in August, where racing speeds can exceed 420 mph.

Deteriorating landscape casts doubt on racing at Salt Flats

Ali Youngblood with the salt-dusted 1932 Ford Roadster she drove in August at the Bonneville Flats Speed Week, where she reached speeds of 170-180 mph, but missed the speed record — and entre into the “200 Club” (for reaching the 200 mph mark) — she was hoping for.
Larry Volk, founder of the Utah Salt Flat Racing Association, uses a pick to demonstrate the quality of the salt at the Bonneville Salt Flats near Wendover, Utah, where Speed Week resumed this year after its cancellation for the last two, due to wet weather and rough salt.
A vehicle is hauled to the starting line at the Bonneville Salt Flats, outside Wendover, Utah, in August, where racing speeds can exceed 420 mph.