Bonneville Up To Speed Podcast

Chatting with Tony Thacker at Speed Week 2023 on the Bonneville Up To Speed Podcast

Tony Thacker is our guest on this episode of the Bonneville Up To Speed Podcast, in an interview recorded on a windy night in Wendover, Utah at the 2023 SCTA Bonneville S

Special Guest Robyn Munro on the Bonneville Up To Speed Podcast!

New Zealander Burt Munro is a very famous motorcycle land speed racer, and was the subject of a film called the World's Fastest Indian.  We recently had the pleasure of m

The Story of Craig Breedlove Setting The World Land Speed Record in Sprit Of America Straight From 1963 on the Bonneville Up To Speed Podcast

Back in 1963, Craig Breedlove famously set the world land speed record in the Spirit Of America, returning the title to the United States from Englishman John Cobb.  And

Special Guest Danny Thompson on the Bonneville Up To Speed Podcast!

Not many people can say they've set the record for piston-powered, wheel-driven streamliners, but not many people are Danny Thompson!   Coming from a rich racing heritage

2023 Speed Week Preview with Wayne Jesel on the Bonneville Up To Speed Podcast

On this episode of the Bonneville Up To Speed Podcast, Kevin Oeste chats with Wayne Jesel in the RacingJunk.com booth at the 2022 PRI Show! They talk about the 2023 Jesel

Catching Up With The Garage Shop and Aaron Brown at the 2022 PRI Show on the Bonneville Up To Speed Podcast

Aaron Brown and the Garage Shop team are constantly building and racing cool cars, and we spent a few minutes with Aaron at the 2022 PRI Show on the Bonneville Up To Spee

Catching Up With Jason Line at the 2022 PRI Show on the Bonneville Up To Speed Podcast

Jason Line lives a high-performance life, having experience as an NHRA Pro Stock racer, engine builder, and Bonneville racer.  Today, he's working on the Jesel Equal 8 en

Driving the Speed Demon Streamliner with Chris Raschke at the 2022 PRI Show on the Bonneville Up To Speed Podcast

We spent some time chatting with Chris Raschke at the ARP display at the 2022 PRI Show in Indianapolis learning about what it's like working in an awesome engine shop lik

2022 Speed Week – or Speed Weekend? Views from New Zealand on the Bonneville Up To Speed Podcast

The 2022 S.C.T.A. Bonneville Speed Week was unfortunately washed out from some big rains, but that didn't mean land speed racers and enthusiasts didn't get a chance to ha

Tenths From 200: New To The Salt with Zach Straits on the Bonneville Up To Speed Podcast

On this episode of the Bonneville Up To Speed Podcast, automotive super-enthusiast Zach Straits shares how a building material salesman ends up behind the wheel of one of

From NASCAR to the Salt – Aaron Brown and the Garage Shop on the Bonneville Up To Speed Podcast!

Aaron Brown has enjoyed a great career working as a builder for some of the best names in NASCAR, but once he contracted Salt Fever, he was compelled to bring his experie

Flying Blind With Dan Parker, the World’s Fastest Blind Man on the Bonneville Up To Speed Podcast

Dan Parker is not the kind of guy who sits around waiting for cool stuff to happen to him.   A lifelong racer and machinist, Dan's racing days could have been cut short a

Home Built For Speed – Brad Bosworth and the Valley Fever Streamliner on the Bonneville Up To Speed Podcast

Brad Bosworth is a guy who caught the land speed racing bug and took the plunge, building a 260+ MPH, 30-foot long streamliner in his garage! If you've recently been to S

The Trackside View with “Seldom Seen Slim” a.k.a Jon Wennerberg on the Bonneville Up To Speed Podcast!

If you've tuned into a live audio stream of an SCTA race, you've probably heard the coverage and insights of Seldom Seen Slim, also known as Jon Wennerberg.   But did you

Life Under Pressure with Gale Banks on the Bonneville Up To Speed Podcast

Gale Banks is no stranger to speeding across the dust of El Mirage and the Bonneville Salt Flats.  He's been pushing the limits on land speed cars since the late 1950s, c

Racing with Wayne Jesel on the Bonneville Up To Speed Podcast!

Wayne and Dan Jesel not only run one of the most successful and innovative valve train and engine parts businesses, but they also put their parts to the test on the salt

Scott Clark on tuning the Team Vesco Turbine Powered Streamliner on the Bonneville Up To Speed Podcast!

Scott Clark has been tuning electronic fuel injection vehicles since the tools were first made available to enthusiasts. Today, he applies his experience, understanding,

Pushing 500 with Steve Watt of Maxwell Industries on the Bonneville Up To Speed Podcast!

Land speed racing on the Bonneville Salt Flats is a unique sport with its own set of challenges.   On this episode of the Bonneville Up To Speed Podcast, Kevin Oeste chat