22 Mar 2018
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The fastest woman on a two-wheeled vehicle survived a terrible accident on the third day of speed trials in Australia. Valerie Thompson ran a 500-hp motorcycle with a 3,000-cc V4 Turbo engine.
Both the weather and the route conditions were ideal. Team 7 Racing has successfully started to work on overcoming the 400 mph milestone. When Valerie crossed a four-mile checkpoint at a speed of 343 mph, the streamlined motorcycle came off the ground before its parachutes brought it to a stop. Then the bike stabilized and stopped.
According to eyewitness reports, the wreckage was scattered about 1 mile apart. Valerie, fortunately, did not get serious injuries, except for light bruises.
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Conditions were ideal in the morning, as anticipated, and Team 7 Racing set out to make their attempt at the all-time FIM World Record, aiming for speeds near 400 mph. Thompson had passed the four-mile marker and reported being at 299 mph when the trouble started. Chase vehicles saw the tail end of the streamliner come up in the air, but the chutes were deployed which helped stabilize the resulting crash. The wreckage was spread out along nearly a mile of the course.