Flat out, the fastest cars cover a mile every ten seconds! Crashes are thankfully few and far between but at such high speeds the consequences are grave; this year streamliner driver Barry Bryant, 46, was tragically killed when he lost control at 200mph. And Arizona's Jim Kirk also lost control, spinning his 4-litre Chevy V8 (pic 5) at near to 200mph.
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Immortalised by Sir Anthony Hopkins in the movie The World’s Fastest Indian, Bert Munro is still Bonneville’s most famous son
Fitted with a supercharged 302cu in (5-litre) Chevy V8, this newly completed car hit 222mph in the hands of Shaen Magan from California
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Retro paintjobs on ’30s hot rods may be de rigueur, but many of the cars are finely tuned speed machines in everything but aerodynamics
Ffitted with a slippery new long nose and a supercharged 4-litre Chevy V8. Arizona’s Jim Kirk put it through the lights at 231.7mph
There’s no posh pit lane at Bonneville Salt Flats. This is the start line trailer, packed, no doubt, with many cold refreshments
43-year-old Sunbeam skipped through the lights at 192.5mph, thanks to its 5-litre Ford V8 powerhouse. Driver cage looks crude
These two characters are actually professional hot rod builders. Reflected glare from salt requires two pairs of sunglasses!
1932 Ford Roadster struggles for traction. Starts are unspectacular as vehicles slowly pull away, trying to avoid slewing sideways
Toru Todoyoda's 1986 Mazda RX-7’s wankel is classed as having 654cc, so it poked a finger at the Yanks when it recorded 212.9mph
1971 Honda Z600 caused a few raised eyebrows. Its 700cc motor took it to 104.9mph, so much respect to the little un
This new silver resto-rod was having its debut drive – an 8000-mile trip from Canada to Bonneville and back. Via Vegas, of course
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