Bonneville Motorcycle Speed Trials speed of 100mph, riding a Yamaha 350cc two-stoke motorbike. The event was held from 26-31 August. Valerie Thompson became the first female driver riding a motorcycle over 300 mph, reaching a speed of 489.663 km/h. The event was cancelled in 2015, due to poor salt flat conditions. Bonneville Motorcycle Speed Trials Bonneville Motorcycle Speed Trials (BMST) also known as AMA Land Speed Grand Championship is a motorcycle land speed racing event, held annually at Bonneville Speedway, US. The event is sanctioned by American Motorcyclist Association (AMA) and Fédération Internationale de Motocyclisme (FIM). Many AMA-certified US national speed records, and FIM-certified
Utah State Fair through the Salt Lake Valley of what is today Utah. With the high rugged Rocky Mountains on the east and miles of unfriendly, hot, dry desert and salt flats on the west, most of these early explorers and settlers found the climate and land an inhospitable environment in which to settle. The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (LDS Church) had been established in 1830 by Joseph Smith in New York. Due to religious persecution, the group moved further and further west, yearning for a land to settle in which they could practice their religion. Following the murder of