The South-Central Transit Authority held a public hearing to listen to the public ahead of the fare increase on August 1.

The updated price structure, set to take place on August 1, will see the average full fare increase from $24.92 to $29.50.

Speed Week looked like it may not happen this year, as a last minute rain storm flooded the salt flats two days prior to the start of racing. Fortunately, sunshine and warm air dried the course. That ...

Before carbon fiber, modern safety gear, and multi-billion dollar race teams, brilliant men and dangerously fast cars blazed trails across empty lake beds and into history in the pursuit of speed.

The HOT ROD Trophy is awarded to the highest mile speed of Speed Week, rather than the exit speed that tends to be much higher. Speed Demon is tuned by co-crew chiefs Steve Watt and Kenny Duttweiler.

The increase goes into effect on August 1 with full fare rising by nearly $5.