The Flying Rose team went home without racing. “It was hard and really smooth, the best it’s been in a number of years.” Last year, after a torrential rainstorm just days before the race, the flats were too wet, and Speed Week was ultimately a disappointment.

“This year the salt was really good,” Wollenberg said. 12 in their class by achieving an average speed of 173.429 mph, surpassing the previous record of 164 mph set in 2018.

Wollenberg and his crew set a new world record Aug. Jimmy Wollenberg straps into his roadster. The salt flats in Utah provide a wide-open raceway, perfect for events just like this.

The Flying Rose Racing crew competed for the first time in August. But the unending beauty of the Bonneville Salt Flats of Utah was a sight to behold as he suited up and strapped into his modified 1927 Ford roadster at Bonneville Speedway for this year’s 73rd Speed Week 2020. Living in the big sky area of Montana, Class of 1975 marketing grad Jimmy Wollenberg is familiar with gorgeous vistas and vast plains.

Bonneville salt flats speed week 2020