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Motorcyclist dies attempting land speed record on Salt Flats
Tragedy struck the Bonneville Salt Flats in Utah last week when 47-year-old Cliff Gullett, of Team Bullet Costella-Gullett Racing, lost control of his bike at nearly 240 mph. Gullett, an experienced racer who held nearly a dozen land speed records on motorcycles, was competing in the 500cc class (two-stroke, two-cylinder) riding the Costella-Gullett Motorcycle Streamliner. He crashed after completing his return run -- the record is pending ratification by the governing racing bodies. A memorial service will be held next Saturday in his hometown of Bozeman, Montana. Our condolences are extended to the entire Gullett family including his wife, son, and daughter. Our appreciation to 3seriesisking for alerting us to the sad news.
[Source: Yahoo! Sports, Photo by Team Bullet]
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Reader Comments (Page 1 of 2)
mike 8:34AM (9/08/2008)
Real Shame.
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2007RC46SP2 8:35AM (9/08/2008)
RIP Cliff.
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MoonRover 8:41AM (9/08/2008)
Real Stupid.
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3seriesisking 10:12AM (9/08/2008)
Get a conscious dude.
Hugh G 10:21AM (9/08/2008)
You sir, are a moron.
Randy 10:54AM (9/08/2008)
When making a statement, especially about stupidity, try using an exclamation point instead of a period!
And for everyone that has taken grammar in the first grade and passed it, I invite you to take a moment of silence on behalf of our newly departed enthusiast which without his kind, progress would be stalled!
Randy
John 12:15PM (9/08/2008)
Some people on this blog are total jerks and show their moronic mentality.
John 12:15PM (9/08/2008)
Some people on this blog are total jerks and show their moronic mentality.
PauloBecker 8:46AM (9/08/2008)
I take a little comfort in knowing that he died doing what he loved. My condolences to his family.
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hankfidel 8:50AM (9/08/2008)
I'm sorta not surprised...but at 240 mph I'm hoping it was quick and painless, at least for his sake.
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skydrive 10:41AM (9/08/2008)
Cliff was a friend of mine and a nicer Motor Sports guy you couldn't find. He was most passionate about helping out every motor head he met. He would often lend his bike to a friend so he could go riding on the weekend, no not a dealer bike, but his personal bike. Yes it is a tragedy and there is little condolence that he died doing one of the things he loved. But the point is that he lived life the way it was meant to be lived, at full throttle.
I miss him.
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gina 9:46PM (9/08/2008)
RIP and condolences to the family.
Yes, he may have died doing something he loved - that works for him - but that is very little consolation for his wife, his 15 year-old son and his 10 year-old daughter.
Her daddy is now gone forever. And for what exactly?
Randy 10:21PM (9/08/2008)
For what? Respectfully, he died for living! Imagine if we all did what we truly wanted to do and died doing it! It's poetic!
I'd rather crash at 200MPH on a track in a Lamborghini Reventon than to die with poo in my pants in a nursing home.
In other words I'd rather say "oh sh*t" than actually do it!
Whiplash 11:29AM (9/08/2008)
I really admire guys like this. I would much rather leave this world pushing the envelope and living out my passion like he did rather than suffering a long slow death behind a desk somewhere.
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Gungosa 11:32AM (9/08/2008)
It would have to be one of the more dramatic entrances into heaven. Reminds me of whoever it was that said the best way to go to heaven would be to crash through the pearly gates backwards in a giant fireball. Anyone remember who said that?
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ChaoZ 12:17PM (9/08/2008)
Jeremy Clarkson, or at least one of the Top Gear guys.
john 1:25PM (9/08/2008)
the thing human do to go beyond their limits...i love it! though sorry for this lost.
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old blighty 2:08PM (9/08/2008)
is there a video of the crash anywhere for the morbidly curious?
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FThorn 4:58PM (9/08/2008)
I bet his family would rather have him than be able to see his name in the record books.
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ambientFLIER 8:00PM (9/08/2008)
I feel bad for his wife and child because their dad was an idiot and did such stupid sh*t when he had a family.
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