Send us a text Today I have THE LEGENDARY CHAD HOWEY! Chad’s love for land speed racing begins with his Grandpa Roger Howey’s ventures racing various cars in the 50’s in California at the dry lakes & Bonneville. Grandpa Howey’s land speed career ended in the 70’s when he decided he was going drag racing. The drag racing circuit is where Chad developed a need for speed. In honor of Grandpa Howey, the Howey’s eventually returned back to Bonneville with his old belly tank for the 50th Anniversa...
Jan 17, 2023•41 min•Ep. 15
Send us a text Bo has been going to the Bonneville Salt Flats for almost 40 years! After spending years growing up on the salt, Bo was ready to race on the salt. He began racing in 2002 but his days in the driver’s seat of his family streamliner ended in 2004 when he crashed at 318 MPH. Bo rolled 8 times over a mile but amazingly walked away from it with only a concussion. After that, he did work for the USFRA setting up races and starting cars off the line. Currently he crews for several cars a...
Jan 03, 2023•53 min•Ep. 14
Send us a text Here today is the Legendary Scott Horner! Scott is originally from New Jersey but was exposed to land speed racing through pictures and stories in books about the Spirt of America, the Blue Flame, the Green Monster and other land speed legends. This sparked a desire for land speed racing in Scott that would have to wait four decades before it was realized. In the meantime, his need for speed was satisfied by having a successful run at drag racing motorcycles. His service in the Ai...
Dec 20, 2022•1 hr 38 min•Ep. 13
Send us a text BJ has been going to the Bonneville Salt Flats for over 40 years. He got in the Bonneville 200 MPH in 1996 at the age of 18, at the time he was one the youngest people to get in the club. After, years of crewing on his family streamliner. He began volunteering for the USFRA and is now head of tech inspection for coemption cars and the 130 & 150 Club. BJ’s love for the salt so great even got married out there! Currently he is partners with Chad Zupan on his nitro push rod Harle...
Dec 06, 2022•1 hr 23 min•Ep. 12
Send us a text Welcome to Land Speed Legends! Here today I have the Legendary John Levie! John is my first land speed motorcycle guest and my guest with the most records, over 100 of them! His first introduction into land speed racing would be as a spectator when his dad, Allen Levie, began taking him to the Bonneville Salt Flats at two years old. Him and his dad would continue to spectate as John adventured into other types of racing including motocross, desert, boat and dirt stock cars. In 200...
Nov 22, 2022•1 hr 33 min•Ep. 11
Send us a text Speaking Intro Sitting across from me today is the Legendary Gary Spencer! He fell in love with land speed racing and the Bonneville Salt Flats at young age when his dad, Richard Spencer, started taking him out to the races over 60 years ago! He moved on to drag racing, where he drove funny cars and currently races motorcycles. But eventually shifted his focus to land speed racing and getting a red hat. It took ten years but he eventually gained entry into the Bonneville 200 MPH C...
Nov 08, 2022•38 min•Ep. 10
Send us a text Welcome to Land Speed Legends sitting with me today is the man, the myth, the Legendary Shifting Shane Dean…the gear jammer! Shane’s first year at the salt was in 2008. He came out with his girlfriend now wife who happens to be me! It didn’t take long for him to catch the bug and in 2012 Shane & his dad, Ron Dean, bought a 1984 C4 Corvette. Shane set a record in 2018 and gained entrance into the Bonneville 200 MPH Club. Since then, and with Shane’s hard work, that car has put ...
Oct 26, 2022•1 hr 10 min•Ep. 9
Send us a text BONUS EPISODE!!! This week we have another Burkdoll, the legendary Jim Burkdoll! Jim was first introduced to land speed racing in the 50’s. He was just a kid when his dad, Keith, would take him out to Speed Week for the day. They caught the racing bug and began building a streamliner when Jim was still in elementary school! The streamliner took longer than anticipated to build but by the 80’s they were racing the Blue Bird. They eventually retired that car but Jim was not finished...
Oct 12, 2022•24 min•Ep. 8
Send us a text Today we have the Legendary Julie Burkdoll! Julie was first introduced into land speed racing when she was 17 years old and her now husband then boyfriend the Legendary Jim Burkdoll took her on a date during Speed Week. By the early 1980’s Julie, Jim and there 3 boys BJ, Timmy & Bo were racing on the salt. She wasn’t planning on racing, but with some encouragement from her husband she got in the driver’s seat and in 1990 she set a record at over 204 MPH earning her entrance in...
Oct 11, 2022•22 min•Ep. 7
Send us a text Welcome the Legendary Dallas Volk to Land Speed Legends! Dallas is the oldest of the Volk Brothers Racing team and happens to be my big brother. He has been involved in land speed racing for over 50 years. He is member of the Bonneville 200 MPH Club which he gained entrance to in 2001. He is currently a crew member for the Volk Brothers and Nish modified roadster and high boy roadster racing team. Dallas is crazy knowledgeable about land speed racing so this episode should be as g...
Sep 27, 2022•55 min•Ep. 6
Send us a text I am so excited to have the legendary Tom Burkland here! Tom has a love of land speed racing and has been involved in it since his family first made the trek to the Bonneville Salt Flats in 1969. Soon he was building and racing cars. He became a member of the Bonneville 2 Club in 1985. But 200+ MPH was not enough. He had a desire to go fast & I mean really fast. Tom & his dad (The Legendry Gene Burkland) engineered & built a streamliner that would earn Tom the elusive ...
Sep 14, 2022•59 min•Ep. 5
Send us a text Betty is the embodiment of a land speed racer. Her first year at the salt was in 1969 when she went as a spectator with her husband...The Legendary Gene Burkland. Spectating didn’t last long because they soon built a car and were racing by 1971. Betty got her turn in the driver seat when she drove thier Datsun Comp Coup before she landed a seat in George Fields Comp Coup. In 2003, she set a record and got in the Bonneville 200 MPH Club a month before her 63rd birthday! Currently s...
Sep 13, 2022•35 min•Ep. 4
Send us a text Today we have the legendary Jeff Nish! This is my first guest who isn’t my blood relative but I would definitely consider him family. This man has raced a lot! He started circle track racing before he moved on to setting records at Bonneville. He became a Bonneville 200 MPH Club member in 1986. He decided that wasn’t fast enough, so he went for a blue hat and was successful in gaining entrance into the 300 MPH Chapter of the 2 Club in 1997. He is a family man of epic proportions a...
Aug 23, 2022•37 min•Ep. 3
Send us a text Today we have the legendary Patrick Volk who I am lucky enough to call my big brother. He has been going to the salt for almost 50 years. He is the younger brother of Volk Brothers Racing team. He is the first of the Volk siblings to get into the Bonneville 200 MPH Club which he did in 1991. He is currently the crew chief of the #59 Volk Brothers Roadster. This episode is going to be as exciting as Jim Jenson telling you to put your face shield down. Support the show...
Aug 16, 2022•36 min•Ep. 2
Send us a text Larry Volk's first racing experience on the Bonneville Salt Flats was in 1959 he then began racing out there in 1963. By 1975 he had gained entry into the Bonneville 200 MPH Club in 1975. He has served as chairman of Save the Salt, President of the Bonneville 200 MPH Club and founding member of the Utah Salt Flats Racing Association. His awards include: Bonneville 200 MPH Club man of the year, Utah Salt Flats Racing Association man of the year, the Bob Higbee Award, and an inducte...
Aug 02, 2022•29 min•Ep. 1
