As the 2016 Land Speed Racing season draws close
to a productive season, there are still questions about
three crashes, one fatal, one almost-fatal, and one near fatal.
These crashes are very disappointing, but in a small way, reassuring.
Disappointing in that there has been a death,
and reassuring that two of the three survived.
The death was of beloved racer SAM WHEELER,
star of the Bonneville film "WORLD'S FASTEST MOTORCYCLE."
Sam drove the "Green bike" in the 2006
2-hour classic narrated by Dave Despain.
Another crashes were by Guy Caputo, a long-time bike racer,
small businessman, and the designer and builder of his own
motorcycle, intended to reach far over 250mph.
The final "participant" is the popular BRENDA SUE CARVER,
a talented grandmother from Texas, who was competing
at LORING AFB in Maine this month.
The three accidents have a surprising amount in common,
even though they were at three (3) different tracks,
on three(3) widely differing types of motorcycle,
and at speeds ranging from under 140mph to as high as 250mph.