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TOOELE — Some people believe weekends are meant for racing. Mike Nish is one of those guys.
Nish grew up watching his dad race and now watches his son do the same. Nish is a racer, too, and was getting ready for Speed Week next month until he found out it was cancelled for the second year in a row.
"I'm disappointed for sure and I'm not the only one," Nish said. "There are people who came here from all over the world."
Speed Week is held on the Bonneville Salt Flats, but due to lack of good, drivable salt, the 2015 event was cancelled.
Mike Nish drives for Nish Motorsports, his family's team based in Salt Lake City. It's one of hundreds of teams that have raced on the Salt Flats hoping to set speed records. But lately, the salt isn't cooperating.
Some racers think the recent drought may have something to do with the condition of the salt. Others feel salt mining operations have done more damage through the decades than anyone realizes.
Terry Nish feels the Bonneville Salt Flats is a place that should be protected.
"We spend millions of dollars protecting the sage grouse, the turtles, all the little animals that are running around down south," Terry Nish said. "And they say nothing about Bonneville."
Mike Nish agreed.
"It's a special place and there's nowhere else like it," he said.
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