Boys of Bonneville: Racing on a Ribbon of Salt is about an America that has all but disappeared, when lucrative business deals were cemented by a handshake and state of the art automobiles were designed on the backs of envelopes. It tells the story of an unsung hero and self-made man, David Abbott Jenkins, who, with almost superhuman stamina and boyish charm, set out to single-handedly break every existing land speed record on his beloved Bonneville Salt Flats of Utah. More than a century later, many of “Ab’s” records remain unbroken and the legacy lives on in his custom car. Looking like something Batman would have owned, the story comes full circle when Ab’s son Marv, restores the 12-cylinder, 4800-pound “Mormon Meteor” to its glory days for a ceremonial lap on the salt.
John Price in Mormon Meteor III
The film features pristine archival footage of Ab, Marv, and their races, as well as recently shot HD interviews with a stellar list of car and racing aficionados (including Jay Leno and Col. Andy Green, the current land speed holder). The car resides in Salt Lake City’s Price Museum of Speed and visited select cities as part of its Film Festival tour.
Boys of Bonneville is an exhilarating film about an American hero that leaves its audience cheering to the rafters and grabbing for their cell phones demanding to know “who is this guy and where can I see this car?”
John Price is preserving the legacy of the Mormon Meteor III. He believes the famed racecar is an icon in endurance racing history and that the challenges Ab Jenkins faced on the Bonneville Salt Flats earned him the title “Man of Steel.” In a forgotten era in American history, the Meteor was Ab’s racing machine against time and made the champion an instant hero. Price is proud to be part of keeping that history alive, through the Meteor’s preservation, production of this film, and the Price Museum of Speed vintage racer collection in Salt Lake City.
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Patrick Dempsey Discusses Boys of Bonneville
