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09-05-2008, 08:18 AM
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| MotoGP Champ
Joined: Jul 2005 From: N. Las Vegas Posts: 3,247 I Ride: On the back of my Baby's |
WENDOVER, Utah (AP) - A 47-year-old record-setting motorcycle racer from Montana has died when he lost control and crashed while traveling at 239 mph on the Bonneville Salt Flats. Investigators weren't sure what caused Cliff Gullett, of Bozeman, Mont., to lose control of the motorcycle Wednesday during a time trial. The American Motorcyclist Association said on its Web site that Gullett was competing in the 500cc Streamliner class at the Salt Flats, where drivers go for speed records every summer on the flat, open space just east of the Nevada state line. Gullett owned Team Bozeman Motorsports, a motorcycle and snowmobile dealership. He had set a handful of world land-speed records and wanted to eventually become the first to reach 400 mph on a two-wheeled Streamliner, according to an interview last week with The Billings Gazette. Curt Lance, Team Bozeman's general manager, said "Cliff always told me that if anything happened on the Salt, he wanted it to be quick and not lingering. He died doing the thing he loved to do most - racing at Bonneville." American Motorcyclist Association: American Motorcyclist: The Official Site of the American Motorcyclist Association
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09-05-2008, 09:15 AM
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| MotoGP Champ
Joined: Jul 2005 From: Las Vegas Posts: 3,698 I Ride: CBR 1000rr/600f4i |
At least he went the way he wanted to go. Looks like he led a great life.
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09-05-2008, 09:30 AM
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| Superbike Racer
Joined: Jun 2008 From: At home Posts: 460 |
RIP....thoughts and prayers to the family!
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09-05-2008, 10:13 AM
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Joined: Jul 2005 From: Las Vegas/Summerlin Posts: 9,406 I Ride: 2005 Suzuki Hayabusa LE/2007 Suzuki GSXR600/2000 Honda CBR600F4 |
As Buck stated, he went out doing what he loved. RIP Cliff.
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09-05-2008, 12:00 PM
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| MotoGP Racer
Joined: May 2008 From: Las Vegas Posts: 1,465 I Ride: 2008 GSXR600 |
RIP, my thoughts and prayers to his family.
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09-05-2008, 02:10 PM
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| Newbie Joined: Sep 2008 From: Surprise Posts: 3 |
239mph? That's how I wanna go! |
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09-05-2008, 03:57 PM
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| MotoGP Champ
Joined: May 2008 From: north carolina Posts: 2,239 I Ride: 2006 cbr 600rr |
as you went, with a smile on your face, your family will never forget your loving grace. he went a great pace, but now lay in his resting space. let god hold you in his warm embrace.
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09-05-2008, 04:24 PM
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| MotoGP Champ
Joined: Jul 2005 From: Las Vegas Posts: 4,151 I Ride: 06 1000 rr bone stock 01 F4I |
rip
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