Preliminary work for Wendover’s newest development The Bonneville Club is set to begin this month confirmed project principal Russell Taylor.
Approved late last year the Club would be a unique development for extremely high end car enthusiasts who want to see just how fast their car (s) will go on the world famous Bonneville Salt Flats.
“We are probably the only community that not only has salt flats but also an airport,” said Wendover Mayor Mike Crawford. “It is a perfect match.”
The multi million project consists of 34 duplex units with state of the art storage garages to protect automobiles that cost hundreds of thousands of dollars.
The preliminary grading will be done by local contractor Brett Shelton.
“We want to contract with as many local businesses as possible,” Taylor said. “It will be a win-win relationship for us and for Wendover.”
The Salt Flats are public land managed by the Bureau of Land Management and is known for land speed records at the “Bonneville Speedway” that has been used to test speed almost since the invention of the automobile.
Racing takes place at part of the Bonneville Salt Flats known as the Bonneville Speedway. There are five major land speed events that take place at the Bonneville Salt Flats. Bonneville “Speed Week” takes place mid-August followed by “World of Speed” in September and the “World Finals” take place early October.
These three events welcome cars, trucks, and motorcycles. The “Bub Motorcycle Speed Trials” are for motorcycles only. World records are contested at the Mike Cook 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.
