Cliff Gullett, record-setting motorcyclist, died Wednesday after losing control of his bike and crashing at a speed of over 200 mph at the Bonneville Salt Flats, according to officials.
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Cliff Gullett, rider for Costella-Gullett Motorcycle Streamliner died yesterday afternoon at the Bonneville Salt Flats, after completing his return run. Cliff had two runs which qualified for the record in the 500 cc class.
Cliff Gullett loved racing at Bonneville, and just a little over a week ago, set three World Land Speed Records, one of which broke a 50 year old record set in 1958.
Gullett, 47, was a record-setting motorcycle racer from Montana that died when he lost control and crashed while traveling at 239 mph on the Bonneville Salt Flats.
Investigators are not certain what caused Cliff Gullett to lose control.
The American Motorcyclist Association said on its Web site that Gullett was competing in the 500cc Streamliner class at the Salt Flats, where drivers go for speed records every summer on the flat, open space just east of the Nevada state line.
Cliff Gullett was the owner of Montana’s Team Bozeman Motorsports, a motorcycle and snowmobile dealership. Gullett had already set world land-speed records and wanted to eventually become the first to reach 400 mph on a two-wheeled Streamliner, according to an interview last week with The Billings Gazette.
Curt Lance, Team Bozeman’s general manager, said “Cliff always told me that if anything happened on the Salt, he wanted it to be quick and not lingering. He died doing the thing he loved to do most — racing at Bonneville.”
Cliff Gullett is survived by his wife Leanne Gullett, daughter Nicole, 15, and son Casey, age 10.
Our condolences to the Gullett family and friends.
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