With a special thanks to Greg Miller, we will be attending the invitation-only premiere gala of Boys of Bonneville: Racing on a Ribbon of Salt. A great tie in to the one mile racing many of us do today, and a great opportunity since we're just down the road from the Salt Flats. This will be on the first night of Rally 6, Wednesday August 24th. :cheers
http://www.boysofbonneville.com/
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Boys of Bonneville: Racing on a Ribbon of Salt is about an America that has all but disappeared, when lucrative business deals were cemented by a handshake and state of the art automobiles were designed on the backs of envelopes. It tells the story of an unsung hero and self-made man, David Abbott Jenkins, who, with almost superhuman stamina and boyish charm, set out to single-handedly break every existing land speed record on his beloved Bonneville Salt Flats of Utah. More than a century later, many of “Ab’s” records remain unbroken and the legacy lives on in his custom car. Looking like something Batman would have owned, the story comes full circle when Ab’s son Marv, restores the 12-cylinder, 4800-pound “Mormon Meteor” to its glory days for a ceremonial lap on the salt.
The film features pristine archival footage of Ab, Marv, and their races, as well as recently shot HD interviews with a stellar list of car and racing aficionados (including Jay Leno and Col. Andy Green, the current land speed holder). The car resides in Salt Lake City’s Price Museum of Speed (www.pricemuseumofspeed.org) and will be visiting select cities as part of its Film Festival tour.
Boys of Bonneville is that rare animal: an exhilarating film about an unknown American hero which leaves its audience cheering to the rafters and grabbing for their cell phones demanding to know “who is this guy and where can I see this car?”
"This is a great film. You guys did a fabulous job bringing Ab’s story and his remarkable record-setting history to life. I can hardly believe what he was able to accomplish – just one man and his machine.” — Parnelli Jones
“Boys of Bonneville: Racing on a Ribbon of Salt should be on your list of must-see racing films.” — Matt DeLorenzo (Editor-in-Chief, Road & Track)
http://www.boysofbonneville.com/
[video=vimeo;24781714]http://vimeo.com/24781714[/video]
[video=vimeo;21066666]http://vimeo.com/21066666[/video]
Boys of Bonneville: Racing on a Ribbon of Salt is about an America that has all but disappeared, when lucrative business deals were cemented by a handshake and state of the art automobiles were designed on the backs of envelopes. It tells the story of an unsung hero and self-made man, David Abbott Jenkins, who, with almost superhuman stamina and boyish charm, set out to single-handedly break every existing land speed record on his beloved Bonneville Salt Flats of Utah. More than a century later, many of “Ab’s” records remain unbroken and the legacy lives on in his custom car. Looking like something Batman would have owned, the story comes full circle when Ab’s son Marv, restores the 12-cylinder, 4800-pound “Mormon Meteor” to its glory days for a ceremonial lap on the salt.
The film features pristine archival footage of Ab, Marv, and their races, as well as recently shot HD interviews with a stellar list of car and racing aficionados (including Jay Leno and Col. Andy Green, the current land speed holder). The car resides in Salt Lake City’s Price Museum of Speed (www.pricemuseumofspeed.org) and will be visiting select cities as part of its Film Festival tour.
Boys of Bonneville is that rare animal: an exhilarating film about an unknown American hero which leaves its audience cheering to the rafters and grabbing for their cell phones demanding to know “who is this guy and where can I see this car?”
"This is a great film. You guys did a fabulous job bringing Ab’s story and his remarkable record-setting history to life. I can hardly believe what he was able to accomplish – just one man and his machine.” — Parnelli Jones
“Boys of Bonneville: Racing on a Ribbon of Salt should be on your list of must-see racing films.” — Matt DeLorenzo (Editor-in-Chief, Road & Track)
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