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Land speed record holder San Pedro, Los Angeles [3] Jason McRoy: August 24, 1995: 23 British Downhill mountain bike rider: Harley Davidson: A628, Derbyshire [nb 1] [4] Pete Conrad: July 8, 1999: 69 American Third person to walk on the Moon: 1996 Harley-Davidson: Ojai, California [nb 2] [5] [6] Norifumi Abe: October 7, 2007: 32 Japan Motorcycle ...
In total, 104 riders have died from incidents that occurred at Grand Prix motorcycle racing events, with Ben Drinkwater being the first in 1949. Three riders died in the 1940s; twenty-nine in the 1950s; twenty-seven in the 1960s; twenty-four in the 1970s; fourteen in the 1980s; two in the 1990s; one in the 2000s; three in the 2010s; and one in ...
The 1955 Le Mans disaster was a major crash that occurred on 11 June 1955 during the 24 Hours of Le Mans motor race at Circuit de la Sarthe in Le Mans, Sarthe, France. Large pieces of debris flew into the crowd, killing 83 spectators and French driver Pierre Levegh, and injuring around 120 more. It was the most catastrophic crash in motorsport ...
Alex Harvill (September 11, 1992 – June 17, 2021) [1] [2] was an American motocross racer and stunt performer. On May 12, 2012, he set a Guinness World Record for the longest ramp-to-dirt motorcycle jump at 425 feet (129.54 m). On July 6, 2013, he set a Guinness World Record for the longest dirt-to-dirt motorcycle jump at 297.55 feet (90.69 m).
He was 27. Archer was best known as the first freestyle motocross rider to land a triple backflip in competition, back in 2022 at the Nitro World Games in Brisbane. He crashed while practicing ...
The victim of a deadly crash over the weekend in Templeton has been identified. Brian Olson, 25, of Stow succumbed to injuries he sustained after the dirt bike he was riding collided with a car in ...
Crash [150] Sergio Cresto (USA) 1986-05-02 Rally Lancia Delta S4: World Rally Championship: Tour de Corse Tour de Corse Rally Was the co-driver of Henri Toivonen, the car hit the outside wall, left the track and caught fire [151] Stanisław Czaykowski (POL) 1933-09-10 Open wheel Bugatti T54: Autodromo Nazionale Monza Monza Grand Prix: Race ...
A weekend motor vehicle accident in Templeton left the operator of a dirt bike seriously injured. According to law enforcement officials, the collision between the dirt bike and a car occurred in ...