Stu got me started when he mentioned that Ms. Thompson had set a new land speed record on a BMW S1000RR at the Bonneville Salt Flats. This video is from The Texas Mile (Warning: Sound Track starts automatically), not Bonneville, but she breaks 200 MPH here as well. It doesn't look like much, it certainly doesn't look like 200 MPH, but then it's a little hard to judge since there isn't much in the way of background. But watch the tach: 14,000 RPM. Can that be right? Last time I looked production motorcycle engines were turning 6 or maybe 7 thousand RPM. 14,000 RPM is way out there. The Japanese used to build racing engines that turned that fast, but I have never heard of a production engine doing it.They cost around $15,000.
She's planning on driving a converted F-104 starfighter to a new land speed record sometime in the near future. More here. That's what I'd call a well rounded girl.
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