VOL. 51 ISSUE 39 SEPTEMBER 30, 2014 P33
W
ith more than three inches
of rain accumulating on the
Bonneville Salt Flats from storms
the previous two weekends, Tri-
umph has announced that it will
postpone its world speed record
attempt until 2015.
The Triumph Castrol Rocket
was slated to make land speed
record runs between October
5-10 in an effort to reclaim the
title of "world's fastest motor-
cycle." This portion of Mike
Cook's Bonneville Shootout was
originally postponed earlier this
month due to shortened track
availability for streamliners, also
because of earlier damp condi-
tions.
"Of course we are disappoint-
ed, but the weather pattern and
the track conditions are obvi-
ously beyond our control," said
Matt Sheahan, Chief Operating
Officer for Triumph Motorcycles
America. "Our team has made
great progress in the past 13
months since first taking the Tri-
umph Castrol Rocket to the Salt
last August. We now turn our
efforts to making further refine-
ments to the machine, and hope
to get back on the Bonneville In-
ternational Speedway in 2015."
Triumph and Jason DiSalvo have
put their land speed record hopes
on hold until 2015 because of bad
weather at the Bonneville Salt Flats.
WEATHER
WRECKS
TRIUMPH'S
SPEED
HOPES
