Bonneville Salt Flats

The Bonneville Salt Flats were a 159 square mile salt flat in northwestern Utah on Earth. It was a remnant of the ancient Lake Bonneville of glacial times in the Great Basin. First recognized for its potential as a speed-testing ground in 1896 by W. D. Rishel while scouting for a location for a bicycle race course. In 1930's the area became internationally famous when Malcolm Campbell set numerous speed records, not to mention the naming of the legendary Triumph Bonneville motorcycle. The salt flats were perhaps most famous for their use as the Bonneville Speedway for high-speed race cars in the twentieth and twenty-first centuries.