Featured here are those who have broken records at the Bonneville Salt Flats, Bonneville, Utah. This type of human powered record is called motor pacing, where a pace vehicle is modified by adding a large tail fairing to keep the wind off the rider. This type of record was invented by Charles “Mile-a-Minute Murphy” who drafted a train to set a 60 MPH record at the turn of the century. A mile of plywood sheets was attached to the railroad ties, so Charles would have a smooth surface. He had to be lifted onto the train just before they ran out of the
plywood surface!

1995 Fred Rompelberg : 166.9 mph

Fred Rompelberg, Maastricht, the Netherlands, eldest professional cyclist in the world, current holder of the Absolute Speed World Record Cycling with 268,831 km/h

The photo shows Fred during his successful world record attempt on1995-10-03 on his special bicycle behind a dragster of the Strasburg Drag Racing Team on a dried up salt lake, the so called Salt Flats at Bonneville near Salt Lake City in the federal state of Utah in the USA. Rompelberg was the eldest professional cyclist in the world
at the time.

The exactly measured speed was 268,831 km/h. or 166.9 mph.

1985 John Howard : 152.2 mph

John Howard Olympic Cyclist and IRONMAN triathlon winner, set a 152.2 Miles per hour speed record at the Bonneville Salt Flats near Wendover, Utah on July 20, 1985. He is drafting in the wake of a 500 Horsepower Streamliner. The pace vehicle was modified by adding a large tail fairing to the 337 MPH record holding Vesco Streamliner. The fairing keeps the wind off John and reduces the aerodynamic drag he is pedaling against to
near nothing.

1973 Dr. Allan Abbott : 138.674 mph Dr. Allan Abbott. a cycling enthusiast and motorcycle racer..establishes a motor paced bicycle speed record, reaching 138.674 mph on the Bonneville Salt Flats. Currently Dean of Family Medicine at USC, Dr. Abbott has provided invaluable first-hand information for the success of the Team McCall USA attempt. A life long enthusiast of man powered speed efforts, Dr. Abbott also won his age group in the 2006 Los Angeles Triathlon.