Europe is where land speed racing had its beginning in the latter part of the nineteenth and early twentieth centuries. The United Kingdom played a heavy role in this new motorsport with famous families like the Seagraves and Campbell's taking part on the Sands of Pendine. Eventually these same land speed racers gravitated to the U.S.A. and the sandy shores of Daytona Beach, Florida, in search of a longer and smoother course. As speeds increased to 300mph, even the Daytona Beaches tidal sands were no longer deemed safe and the racers headed west to Utah and it's famously smooth and expansive Bonneville Salt Flats. With few exceptions, Bonneville is now the heart and soul of land speed racing and hosts five major speed events each year. The five events comprise one for select F.I.A. sanctioned maximum speed record runs, one for high speed motorcycles and two for full competition race cars and run by the worlds oldest land speed racing organization, the Southern California Timing Association (S.C.T.A./B.N.I.). The last event is the World of Speed, dedicated for both land speed specific race cars as well as novice land speed racers testing their everyday street cars (two restricted speed categories).