In October 2010, Aaron Wilson set a new 2-way average speed record of 195.264 mph in the 1650cc A-PF class at the 2010 Bonneville World Finals. Motorcycle enthusiasts from around America and the world congregated at the Bonneville Salt Flats near Wendover, Utah, to see the power bikes do battle.
Mr Wilson works at NRHS V-Twin Performance located in Longmont, Colorado. The NRHS Racing Team have set the record for the “Fastest American V-Twin” at Bonneville in six out of the last 8 years. He told The Global Herald:
The NRHS bike went straight as an arrow and had more than enough power to get the job done. 203mph was an easy mark. Some gremlins kept us from making back-to-back 200mph passes but we still beat the old record by about 26mph, which is an eternity in land speed racing. I’m sure we can get much more out of though.
Several records were set on the sunny flats in October 2010 including top times for Scott Guthrie Racing.
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Motorcyclist Aaron Wilson set a 2-way average speed record of 195.264 mph in the 1650cc A-PF class at the 2010 Bonneville World Finals. Mr Wilson works at NRHS V-Twin Performance in Longmont, Colorado, USA and races for the NRHS Racing Team.
Colorado, a western U.S. state, has a diverse landscape of arid desert, river canyons and snow-covered Rocky Mountains, which are partly protected by Rocky Mountain National Park. Elsewhere, Mesa Verde National Park features Ancestral Puebloan cliff dwellings. Perched a mile above sea level, Denver, Colorado’s capital and largest city, features a vibrant downtown area.
The territory of modern Utah has been inhabited by various indigenous groups for thousands of years, including the ancient Puebloans, the Navajo, and the Ute. The Spanish were the first Europeans to arrive in the mid-16th century, though the region’s difficult geography and climate made it a peripheral part of New Spain and later Mexico.
Disputes between the dominant Mormon community and the federal government delayed Utah’s admission as a state; only after the outlawing of polygamy was it admitted as the 45th, in 1896.
A little more than half of all Utahns are Mormons, the vast majority of whom are members of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (LDS Church), which has its world headquarters in Salt Lake City. Utah is the only state where most of the population belongs to a single church. The LDS Church greatly influences Utahn culture, politics, and daily life, though since the 1990s the state has become more religiously diverse as well as secular.
The state has a highly diversified economy, with major sectors including transportation, education, information technology and research, government services, and mining and a major tourist destination for outdoor recreation.
A 2012 Gallup national survey found Utah overall to be the “best state to live in the future” based on 13 forward-looking measurements including various economic, lifestyle, and health-related outlook metrics.