Sam Wheeler, a renowned land speed motorcycle racer, is dead after the high-performance bike he was testing at Utah's famed Bonneville Salt Flats fish-tailed, went airborne and crashed at 200 mph. He was 72.
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#4282544 - 07/28/1602:33 AMRe: Sam Wheeler fatal crash at salt flats
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Sad, joining the legends of land speed records like Burt Monroe. Need to watch his movie as a tribute, entire family will sit through it again, and again.
#4282594 - 07/28/1611:27 AMRe: Sam Wheeler fatal crash at salt flats
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#4282718 - 07/28/1603:47 PMRe: Sam Wheeler fatal crash at salt flats
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