if you're going to celebrate a long history of racing at Bonneville, and setting over 30 Land Speed records, 11 of which are still "in the book", this is a hell of a cool looking way to have the car represent it.

it ran at Bonneville from 1977 to 2006

http://www.californiaclassix.com/archive/67_BonnieKG.html
https://www.thesamba.com/vw/forum/viewtopic.php?t=594358