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WHEELER GETTING READY TO ROLL
S
eventy-year-old Sam Wheel-
er is preparing to break the
motorcycle land speed record
with a run of 400 mph-plus at the
Bonneville Salt Flats in Utah this
summer. Wheeler will ride his
aerodynamic, 18-foot-long Parts
Unlimited/EZ Hook streamliner
that weighs in at less than 1200
pounds while producing some
600 horsepower.
The current record is 376 mph
set by the Ack Attack in 2010.
Wheeler has been setting mo-
torcycle land speeds record for
50 years and he built his first
streamliner while still in high
school.
The new streamliner is pow-
ered by a 1300cc Vance & Hines-
prepared Suzuki Hayabusa
engine that features a new trans-
mission, carbon-fiber reinforced
toothed belt drive, new wheels
and tires rated for 450 mph from
Goodyear/Dunlop.
Sam Wheeler
hopes to break
over 400 mph at
the Bonneville
Salt Flats this
summer.
TEAM USA TO WORLD CUP RACE OFF
T
eam USA got off to a suc-
cessful start in the 2014
Speedway World Cup compe-
tition, taking second place in
Event 1 behind host Great Britain
while defeating Australia and Italy
in a memorable night of racing
on Saturday.
Leading the way for Team
USA was inspirational team cap-
tain Greg Hancock who scored
19 points out of a possible 21.
Twenty-year-old Gino Manzares
scored nine points in his best-
ever performance on the inter-
Team USA has advanced to a
race off on July 31 in Poland.
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