FEATURE
TOP OF THE WORLD LAND SPEED TRIAL
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glistening white landscape dried
to a firm crust, so vast you can
see the curvature of the earth,
allows miles of runoff in all direc-
tions—a critical element in the
case of a mishap at 300 mph,
where even a three-mph "gust"
of wind can blow you off course.
There aren't many places in the
world like Bonneville, but a view
from space can identify a one
such similar environment.
High in the Andes near the
small town of Uyuni, Bolivia,
you'll find the biggest salt flats
in the world. Roughly the size of
LA County at over 4000 square
miles, the Bolivian salt flats
dwarf the 57 square miles of the
(Above) Mike Akatiff and his crew have the potential to change not only the
record books, but the face of international land speed racing. (Below) Land
speed racing is all about precision tuning, which is done by performance
electronics. Akatiff and his son, Greg, get the Ack Attack dialed in.
