Rocky Mountain Raceway

Utah has a long and siginificant history in racing and Rocky Mountain Raceways is PROUD to keep that tradition going.  The history of racing in Utah began with the Bonneville Salt Flats.  A long stretch of hard salt surface perfect for getting early racing automobiles to reach their top speeds.  Racing began in the salt flats as early as 1925 when Ab Jenkins, driving a Studebaker, beat a special excursion train by ten minutes in a race across the flats.  Since that time the Bonneville Salt Flats have attracted racers from around the world and have become the site of numerous land speed records.  Through the early 1930′s to the 1970′s many world land speed records were broken here.  In 1938,  the Englishman George Eyston’s Thunderbolt traveled more than 345 miles per hour sparking a friendly rivalry of racers between Malcom Campbell’s Blue Bird and John Cobb’s Railton.  Each breaking one another’s records. (Featured track/location for 2014 Lucas Oil Modifieds Series) (Featured track/location for 2014 NHRA Lucas Oil Drag Racing)