Campbell Drives Over 300 mph

Date: September 3, 1935 • Location: Wendover, United States

On the Bonneville Salt Flats in Utah, British racing motorist Malcolm Campbell (pictured) became the first person to drive an automobile over 300 mph (480 km/h).

The Bonneville Salt Flats are a densely packed salt pan in Tooele County in northwestern Utah, United States. A remnant of the Pleistocene Lake Bonneville, it is the largest of many salt flats west of the Great Salt Lake. It is public land managed by the Bureau of Land Management (BLM) and is known for land speed records at the Bonneville Speedway. The flats are open to the public.