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Utah's salt flats, famous for land-speed records, are fighting a race against time.
Once out there, they decided to do their own speed test and took the car past 100 mph for a minute, before realizing their car was starting to shake badly.
Years ago, some friends of mine took a road trip in their old Volvo station wagon out to the Salt Flats—en route to California—as a side trip. They had never actually driven on the salt bed before, but passed by a directional sign pointing to the unofficial race track.
Once out there, they decided to do their own speed test and took the car past 100 mph for a minute, before realizing their car was starting to shake badly. That was enough rush for the day.
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