Flat Out: The Race for the Motorcycle World Land Speed Record
Posted on | March 8, 2010 | 5 Comments
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Some records are made to be broken. Others stand for a lifetime. And sometimes the achievement of a lifetime is surpassed in days.
In the world of motorsports, the one record that has proven the toughest to break is the motorcycle land speed record. Don Vesco rode a streamlined motorcycle to a record-breaking speed of 318 miles per hour at the Bonneville Salt Flats in 1974. It was sixteen years before Dave Campos flew past that record at a speed of 322 mil… More >>
Flat Out: The Race for the Motorcycle World Land Speed Record
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March 8th, 2010 @ 10:35 am
A great book for the motorsports person, hard to find a stoping place once ypu start.
Rating: 5 / 5
March 8th, 2010 @ 12:35 pm
I am not a motorcycle enthusiast nor am I a race fan but I thoroughly enjoyed this book and learned a lot about land speed racing. Rocky is a very good writer and made me feel like I was right there in the seat experiencing the thrill of traveling 300 plus mph on two wheels. After reading Flat Out I have a great desire to make the trek to the Bonneville Salt Flats and witness first hand Rocky’s next attempt to regain the title “fastest man on two wheels.”
Rating: 5 / 5
March 8th, 2010 @ 2:55 pm
After watching Rocky race speedway bikes without brakes I got a real chuckle of him describing in great detail the need for real brakes on the streamliner. His details and descriptions made me feel like I was right there in the pits with him. I really enjoyed reading his story and appreciate what he has accomplished. Little does the non racer understand the consequences of great speed and I think that Rocky has described it very eloquently.
I can hardly wait for Rocky to hit the salt, set some more records and start writing about it all over again. In the meantime, maybe he could write about his speedway days.
Cheers
RC Jones
Rating: 5 / 5
March 8th, 2010 @ 3:01 pm
Although I must say that I know the writer from a close and mutual friend, I am an avid reader and although I do not have much knowledge in the field of racing, even I get it! The detail of events that he gives in the book of his very personal experience puts the reader in the driver seat as if you are really sitting beside him on his journey, if not behind the wheel yourself!
Enjoy this great read!
Diane
Rating: 5 / 5
March 8th, 2010 @ 3:48 pm
I have been fortunate in that I have experienced the attempts to break the land speed record in a Streamliner at Bonneville as a spectator.
Rocky takes the often long periods of down time due to bad salt, wind, breakage and repairs, and various other delays and relays it to the reader as if the events are hapenning in rapid sucession and that you have become a part of a hair raising, white knuckled world that few people can relate to.
Rocky’s ability to bring the technical side of Bonneville racing along with the characters and humor that is part of the adventure to the reader make this book a winner.
Rating: 5 / 5