Russ Wicks Russ Wicks Russ Wicks is an American racing driver. He is the only living person to hold world speed records over 200 mph, on both land and water. Wicks' racing career started with professional motocross. On June 15, 2000, Wicks set the world water speed record for propeller-driven boats at 205 mph (330 km/h) in an unlimited hydroplane in Seattle's Lake Washington. On July 3, 2006, Wicks set a stock car world speed record in a NASCAR-spec Ford Taurus of 222.623 mph (358,28 km/h), at the Bonneville Salt Flats in Utah. On October 9, 2007, Wicks set a new stock
Bonneville Salt Flats ShootOut in September. The Southern California Timing Association and the Utah Salt Flats Racing Association organizes and plans the multi-vehicle events, but all event promoters contribute to prepping and maintaining the salt. "Speed Week" events in August were canceled for the second year in a row in 2015, due to poor conditions of the salt in certain parts of the flats. The salt flats had been swamped by heavy rains earlier in the year, which usually happens, but the rains also triggered mudslides from surrounding mountains and onto a section of the flats used for the land-speed racing courses. In