If you’re going for solitude and the sights, any time is a good time as long as the flats are dry. An updated events schedule can be found here. There are several other auto racing events yearly, a 100-mile endurance run in May, and the National Archery Association holds its National Flight Championships at the end of August. Speed Week is a Bonneville Salt Flats tradition that takes place at the Bonneville International Speedway in August. Burt Munro was inducted into the AMA Hall of Fame in 2006, a tribute to the pursuit begun eight decades earlier.The flats are open year-round, but there are events held there throughout the summer and fall. His focus and innovation paid off as he set an official land speed record of 184.087 mph, and posted an unofficial top speed of 205.67 mph. By this time, his bike was such a unique amalgam of custom-made components it needed to be torn down and rebuilt after every 10 minutes of run time.
In 1967, Burt Munro made his final trip to the Bonneville Salt Flats. Over the years, Munro and his Scout raced on the Bonneville Salt Flats nine times and set world records in three of them. He formed a new goal-to race on the flat, expansive Bonneville Salt Flats.
Starting in the 1940s, Munro started claiming a number of New Zealand land speed records, and by the 1950s his Scout was too fast for New Zealand’s speed courses. Despite limited means and a complete lack of funding, Munro worked day and night to perfect his bike, which he took to calling the Munro Special. Munro's 1920 Indian Scout was the 627th 600cc Scout to leave the American factory. Whether he was racing the fastest horse across his family’s farm or competing as a professional speedway driver, he lived a life driven by the passion to go faster and push boundaries.
From the day he was born, New Zealand native Burt Munro felt the need for speed.
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