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2013 Bonneville Salt Flats Speed Week day 3 pictures

There are racers and builders, fans and legends, and they all come together at the nightly cruise in West Wendover NV. The parking lot of the Golden Nugget Casino fills up with cars and bikes, bringing people together for an evening of fun and discussions on racing, customizing and everything in between.

  • An El Camino with bobber motorcycle.
  • There are plenty of inline engines with speed parts.
  • A baptism by salt for this hot rod.
  • Even delivery trucks get lowered at Bonneville.
  • This gasser style truck got lots of attention with its straight headers.
  • Another inline-powered hot rod.
  • This Cobra roadster is not wrapped in chrome vinyl, it is polished aluminum.
  • Lots of styles of muscle, new and old.
  • Traditional 1934 Ford hot rod.
  • Traditional 1934 Ford hot rod.
  • The line-up from the Rolling Bones car club.
  • This rod had an early HEMI motor.
  • Crazy cool pinstriping.
  • Salt is proudly worn by rodeos at Bonneville.
  • Loud pipes are another tradition at Bonneville, and for the most part, tolerated by the local Police during Speedweek.
  • A 1932 3-window coupe with a wicked chop is the work of the Rolling Bones.
  • A traditional Model A steering wheel and tonneau cover on a roadster.
  • A gorgeous 1936 Ford custom sprayed in satin black.
  • This Ford Flathead V-8 boasted Navarro heads and a S.C.o.T. supercharger.
  • A 1939 Ford banjo style steering wheel, a real one.
  • Another of the Rolling Bones' sisters, as their cars are known.
  • A simple roadster.
  • Salt and stripes… the art of the American hot rod.
  • This track-nosed 1934 Ford Coupe was built by the Rolling Bones for George Poteet. He owns and drives the Speed Demon, the world's fastest piston-driven car at over 450 mph..
  • Bikes are also part of the scene at the cruise nights.
  • An old-timer and a newly built 1933 Ford Coupe.
  • A drag bike was different but welcome none the less.
  • Here's a modern chopper with an old school Mexican blanket-covered seat.
  • A Buick nailhead V-8 powered this gold metalflake paint job.

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