UUM_Accn2775 Inventory of the Tom Shannon papers, 1990s-2000s Shannon (Tom) papers Finding aid created by Michael Bills Manuscripts Division, J. Willard Marriott Library, University of Utah
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Special Collections 295 South 1500 East Salt Lake City, Utah 84112-0860 801-581-8864 http://www.lib.utah.edu/collections/manuscripts.php
ACCN 2775 Shannon, Tom Tom Shannon papers 1990s-2000s 1.75 linear feet 4 boxes The Tom Shannon papers (1900s-2000s) consist of a collection of newsletters, programs, and pins related to landspeed racing at the Bonneville Speedway, located outside of Wendover, Utah. Collection materials are in English. Historical Note

The Bonneville Speedway is an area of the Bonneville Salt Flats that has been used for landspeed racing since the early twentieth century. Seasonal flooding smoothes the salt, and the desert sun bakes it into an exceptionally smooth, flat, and hard surface, ideal for landspeed racing. Creating and maintainging a similar surface using traditional construction methods would be prohibitively expensive for the mostly amatuer, not-for-profit racing that occurs at Bonneville.

The Southern California Timing Association (SCTA) is an all-volunteer organization made up of 11 individual landspeed racing clubs, including The Utah Salt Flats Racing Association (USFRA). The SCTA hosts the annual Bonneville National Speed Week, a salt flats institution since 1948, and the USFRA hosts The World of Speed, started in 1986. The Bonneville Racing News, first published in 1989, reports on these events, as well as other important stories in the landspeed racing community.

The collection is named for the donor of the material, Tom Shannon. Shannon is an active contributor in the landspeed racing community, frequently volunteering his time and energy to further the sport.

The collection consists of professionally printed programs, newsletters, and promotional pins.

Twenty-four hour advanced notice encouraged. Materials must be used on-site. Access to parts of this collection may be restricted under provisions of state or federal law.

The library does not claim to control copyright for all materials in the collection. An individual depicted in a reproduction has privacy rights as outlined in Title 45 CFR, part 46 (Protection of Human Subjects). For further information, please review the J. Willard Marriott Library’s Use Agreement and Reproduction Request forms.

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Donated by Tom Shannon in 2013.

Processed by Michael Bills in 2014.

 Shannon, Tom--Archives Bonneville Salt Flats (Utah) Sports and Recreation Newsletters Programs 1 Bonneville Racing News, Issues 107-130 2000s 2 Bonneville Racing News, Issues 131-147, 149-164 2000s

Issue 148 was not included in donation.

 3 Bonneville Speed Week Official Programs 2002-2008 2010-2011 4 Bonneville Speedway Comemorative Pins 2001-2010

20 pins. World Finals, Bonneville National Speed Week, ISFRA World of Speed, Pit Passes, Operation Lifesaver Pin.