Valerie Thompson takes her “BUB 7” streamliner to Australia to set a new speed record.

After having reached a maximum speed of 304.263 miles per hour (almost 490 km / h) in 2016, Valerie is already the planet’s fastest female motorcycle racer. Thompson is not very happy with this title and wants to become the fastest human on two wheels. Along with the team, she came from Arizona to Australia, where she will try to break the current record of 376 mph (605 km / h). According to Team “7”, less than 10 mph stands between the team's current best entry and a new world-record, but it’s always the last couple of miles per hour that are achieved with very great difficulty.

Valerie Thompson was a banker before she completely changed her life. She will take part in the World Speed Trials at the 28th Annual Speed Week— a new motorcycle-only event regulated by the FIM and the AMA. The event is scheduled for March 17-19, 2018 at salt Lake Gairdner in Southern Australia.

Thompson and Team “7”’s efforts will be documented by P-51 Pictures and MN8 Films. In 2019 they plan to release a feature-length documentary under the title “Rockets and Titans”.

The BUB 7 is equipped with a 500 horsepower, 3,000cc, turbo-charged, V4 engine.

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