As much as the team loves competing at Bonneville, the salt lake course does not have the length of track necessary for the speed of the new Wairua 2 streamliner.
Check this out - With new smarts, the team will take the new Wairua 2 from a 2018 current Bonneville world record in Wairua 1 Streamliner of 328mph (538kmh), to an expected 550mph (866kmh).
The newly geared and tuned Wairua 2 streamliner will require eight miles of track to get to its maximum speed, before being clocked for an official timed one mile, then taking several miles to stop. The car then turns to repeat another timed run.
Salar de Uyuni, the Bolivian Salt Flat, is the largest salt flat in the world situated at 12,000 feet above sea level. At this high altitude, the air is thinner, which means less resistance, and more speed.