Bonneville
A quote from the movie, "The World's Fastest Indian"
said by Anthony Hopkins playing the part of Burt Munro
He arrives on the salt flats with a young Vietnam soldier, and looks around in utter disbelief of the sure vastness of it, and being so flat you can see the curvature of the earth.
“This is the world’s fastest racing course, Bonneville Salt Flats, Tooele county, Utah.” Munro says while getting out of the car.
“All my life, I’ve wanted to do something big - something bigger and better than all the other jokers. This is it: Bonneville. The place where big things happen. Do you realize, Rusty, the fastest man has ever gone on land is here? Right here, where we are now?
Malcolm Campbell did it here with Bluebird - first man to go over 300 miles an hour. And then later, his son Donald came here with Proteus. He crashed at 350 miles an hour and lived to tell the tale. John Cobb was here, first man to go over 400 miles an hour. All the great attempts - George Eyston with Thunderbolt, Micky Thompson with Challenger….”
Overcome by emotion, Munro’s eyes well with tears before he murmurs, “I’m telling you Rusty, this place is holy ground, mate. Holy ground. And I made it here.”
Just reading it makes my eyeballs sweat a bit.