Utah's Son of Speed

Utah's Son of Speed or Ab Jenkins & The Mormon Meteor III



This Spanish Fork country boy played a huge part in putting the Bonneville Salt Flats on the world map. He set most of the world's automobile endurance records while promoting automobile safety. His land speed records stood for nearly 50 years before finally being broken in 1989. He also became the Mayor of Salt Lake in 1939 without making a single campaign speech or spending a single nickle of his own money. He died in August of 1956 while attending a baseball game. In honor of Ab, General Motors named the 1957 Pontiac Bonneville in his honor.

Currently a documentary is in the works on Ab and the Meteor III. I highly recommend watching the video trailer.

http://pricemuseumofspeed.org/video.html

You can read the full article from the Utah History site here.