![]() "LandSpeed" Louise Noeth: I have now in my possession the 1955 entry blank from a gal by the name of Margaret, better known as Peggy Hart, who raced in 1955, a brand new Thunderbird that her husband ripped out the lousy Ford powertrain and put in a new Cadillac engine. Pamela McCall: When did women start racing out on Bonneville Salt Flats? This interview has been edited for length and clarity. KUER’s Pamela McCall spoke with her about the history of fast women on the Bonneville Salt Flats. Bowen pointed to other human use of the salt flats too - including racing - and said climate and weather also shape the salty landscape.Īuthor Louise Ann Noeth, better known as “LandSpeed” Louise, spent years as a motorsport journalist and is a former drag racer. She said there are a lot of factors causing damage, citing over a century of brine extraction for potash mining. Brenda Bowen is director of the Global Change & Sustainability Center at the University of Utah. ![]() Those flats are being impacted by climate change, though. The new book Bonneville’s Women of Land Speed Racing says “Never has any race car, truck or motorcycle operated differently due to the operator's gender.” The book, which chronicles women’s historic acceleration into male-dominated event, has been released just as The World of Speed event is underway on the Bonneville Salt Flats. ![]()
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