1936 Ab Jenkins – driving his first Mormon Meteor with the Duisenberg  By “Landspeed” Louise Ann Noeth Bonneville Salt Flats–the Speed Laboratory of the World All four bikes were racing on the salt in 1914. Welcome to the handcrafted pageant of power. This is high-speed, baby. Not just a few seconds of tromp-your-foot-on-the-throttle-and hope-you-don’t-get-arrested speed, but all-out, flat-out speed, a ragged edge rapture that only the determined few experience. On the salt, you find the limits of your courage, you learn what daring greatly is all about, and you understand why a Bonneville Salt Flats speed record is an internationally respected pedigree. People who go to the salt flats become a family bound together by speed — a powerful force erases ethnic, economic, political and religious barriers: They are land speed racers, and this is their story. 1951 Speedweek Bud Hare, Triumph About the Author: Louise Ann Noeth, aka “Landspeed Louise,”(LSL) is a lady raconteur of stunning speed stories. She raced jet dragsters, helped capture the current 458MPH World Wheel-Driven Record, and guided the Breedlove and Fossett teams. Touchstones throughout land speed racing are her heralded historical tome, Bonneville Salt Flats, and Fuel For Thought columns. She is an extreme speed consultant for the film and television.   Foreword by: Alex Xydias  What had been a long, impossible dream had suddenly become a reality! The Southern California Timing Association had been granted a one-time week of competition at the iconic Bonneville Salt Flats in Utah. This was a great opportunity! The SoCal Speed Shop Racing Team gathered together to decide what we should do. Our goal became: “the world’s fastest hot rod.” But first, we had to build it. We chose a smooth, streamlined design, but could we form aluminum like that? What size? We only had a few months. Night and day, day and night we worked on it. Finally, it was finished and it was beautiful! White with gold leaf lettering on the side, “So-Cal Speed Shop Special.” Bonneville was 700 miles away pulling trailers over narrow, two-lane roads through some of the most remote areas in the country. We drove for hours, too tired to count, finally cresting a hill and unexpectedly, still 30 miles away, there it was, a huge, gleaming, white area in the middle of a desert brown landscape. Roosevelt Lacky – the first black record-setting biker on the salt (and an engineer) Now we were hell bent for our destination and answers to so many questions. Standing on the salt, yes salt, as far as the eye can see. So bright you have to shield your eyes, so big, it was impossible to grasp. It was hard to say anything. Where were we? Shangri La? Mars? In the distance, at the end of the black line, a mountain was floating in the air. Was it a mirage? Do they have mirages on Mars?   We came to race against the clock, against time, and to prove a concept new to hot rodding, but famous in Europe – wheels enclosed inside the body that eliminate problem-causing air turbulence. But would our version work? Would it create lift and suddenly fly? There were 60 entries and everyone was curious about our streamliner. We made a few practice runs on the 10-mile course to slowly find out what we really had. The late Don Vesco is pictured here in 1965 using Ralph LeClercq’s unicycle to teach himself how to better balance a motorcycle streamliner at low speeds — the sport’s hardest vehicles to control. Nearby is an early version that brought a broken collarbone when a practice run went sour. Vesco turned adversity into life lessons that saw him later pepper world record books with 18 motorcycle and 6 automobile World Records; he was the first motorcyclist to exceed 200 and 250 and was inducted to the Motorcycle Hall of Fame and the Motorsports Hall of Fame of America. The hot rod record was 160MPH. We went 193MPH! And then the front treads flew off the tires, but driver Dean Batchelor brought it to a safe stop. We had built the world’s fastest hot rod and it appeared on the cover of Hot Rod Magazine three times!!! It had been an odyssey I will never forget. When we returned in 1950, we upped our record to 210MPH! Elwin “Al” Teague worked for months in his mother’s two-car garage, building his lakester beginning January 1, 1975. He would rise steadily in speed rebuilding and altering this basic structure until he recorded world record-setting speeds. Before he for the salt his mother, Margaret, would require he cut the lawn. We hope to sell Landspeed Louise’ book in our Sturgis Emporium and online right here in the near future. This book is a must-have for any enthusiast. –Bandit Located at 1008 Main Street, Sturgis SD The post BONNEVILLE SALT FLATS–Super Fast History Lesson appeared first on Bikernet.com - Online Biker Magazine.

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Sen. Joni Ernst (R-IA) will not seek re-election in the 2026 midterms, multiple outlets report. The Republican legislator reportedly will make an official announcement next week. BREAKING: Iowa GOP Senator JONI ERNST will NOT run for reelection in 2026, per CBS. This opens up the primary for MAGA to thrust a new candidate into the seat… pic.twitter.com/7vSqYj5aGk — Eric Daugherty (@EricLDaugh) August 29, 2025 Newsweek noted: Ernst, 55, was first elected to the Senate in 2014. Republicans currently control the chamber by a 53-47 margin. Ernst trailed Democratic state Senator Zach Wahls and was held to a tight race against other Democratic candidates in a new internal poll of the Iowa Senate race from Wahls’ campaign. According to CBS News, White House officials hoped Ernst would seek re-election instead of leaving the Senate.  BREAKING: Republican Sen. Joni Ernst of Iowa won't seek reelection to Senate in 2026, sources say. https://t.co/zxvHoZGFPB — CBS News (@CBSNews) August 29, 2025 CBS News explained: Some Iowa Democrats have already jumped into the race, including state Sen. Zach Wahls, state Rep. Josh Turek, and Des Moines School Board chairwoman Jackie Norris. Ernst has been evasive about whether she would run for a third term in 2026, but in public remarks earlier this month, predicted continued GOP control of Iowa. “Every day we get a new Democratic member of the House or Senate that decides to run for this Senate seat — bring it on,” she said at a meeting of the Westside Conservative Club. “Bring it on, folks. Because I tell you, at the end of the day, Iowa is going to be red.” White House officials had hoped Ernst would run again, instead of joining other Republicans who are leaving the Senate, including North Carolina’s Thom Tillis, Alabama’s Tommy Tuberville and Kentucky’s Mitch McConnell. GOP Sen. Marsha Blackburn of Tennessee announced a run for governor but her Senate term does not expire until 2030. Ernst has told people close to her that she intended to serve only two terms, she has accomplished what she set out to do, and intends to head to the private sector, one of the sources said.

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