Danny Thompson, son of the legendary Mickey Thompson, set a new land speed record for a piston-powered vehicle in the Challenger 2 streamliner during Speed Week at the Bonneville Salt Flats on Mickey Thompson Bonneville LSR tires. On Saturday, Aug. 13, Thompson set a new AA/FS record with a speed of 406.769mph.
Bonneville Salt Flats - Speed Week 2014 This is a short behind the scenes video of photographer Holly Martin and Peter Vincent during a photo shoot with Danny Thompson and his car Challenger 2. All that water on the Salt Flats was from the rains leading up to and during the week we were all there.