Motorcyclist dies attempting World Speed Record.
Written on September 9, 2008 – 9:30 pm | by BikersUnite
Tragedy struck at Bonniville Salt Flats yesterday when 49-year-old Cliff Gullett of Team Bullet Costella-Gullett Racing lost control of his bike at nearly 385 kilometers (239 miles) per hour and crashed resulting in death at the famous Bonneville Salt Flats.
Gullett, an experienced racer who held almost a dozen land speed records on motorcycles, was competing in the 500cc class (two-stroke, two-cylinder) riding the Costella-Gullett Motorcycle Streamliner during a time trial speed racing event when his bike crashed. He crashed after completing his return run (the record is pending ratification by the governing racing bodies).
The Bonneville Salt Flats have been used as a speed testing ground since 1896 and became famous in 1935 when British motorsport legend Malcolm Campbell broke the world land speed record at the site.
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