Lee Munro, Bert Munro’s great nephew, pilots the “Spirit of Munro” at the Bonneville Salt Flats Speed Week. Photo by Alfonse Palaima.
This past weekend, Indian Motorcycle kicked off the 69th annual Bonneville Speed Week by paying tribute to its iconic heritage and the 50th anniversary of Burt Munro?s historic land speed record in grand fashion. The tribute was highlighted by commemorative land speed runs by Munro?s great nephew Lee Munro on a modified 2017 Indian Scout appropriately named ?Spirit of Munro.? Capping off the weekend, the team also held a moonlit screening of “The World’s Fastest Indian,” starring Sir Anthony Hopkins, for Speed Week campers.
?The World?s Fastest Indian? immortalized Burt Munro and the historic under-1000cc world record run of his 1920 Scout Streamliner in August of 1967. Prior to its special commemorative screening on the Bonneville campground, the film?s director Roger Donaldson and Burt?s son and grand nephew, John and Lee Munro, shared anecdotes about the making of the film, Burt Munro and the impact his achievements have had on Indian Motorcycle and motorcycling in general. Speed Week campers enjoy an evening screening of “The World’s Fastest Indian,” under the desert sky at Bonneville. Photo by Alfonse Palaima.
Indian was not just there to watch movies, however, it was there to race. Indian teamed up with Kiwi road racer Lee Munro, Burt Munro?s great nephew, to celebrate the 50th ann...