Elmer Trett (lost footage of fatal Top Fuel Motorcycle drag racing crash; 1996) This article has been tagged as NSFL due to its discussion of a fatal motor racing accident. Dragster pilot Blaine Johnson, motorcycle veteran Elmer Trett died in 1996 crashes separated by about 24 hours. By Susan Wade Published: Sep 3, 2021 Jamie Squire // Getty Images The NHRA.
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On Sept. 1st, 1996 the Racing World lost a pioneer. A man that was more than just another Rider/Racer. He was the best there was at what he did. You never know how you impact this world, and Daddy had no idea the effect he had on the world & the Racing Community. Remembering Elmer Trett Like Comment Share 150 · 2 comments · 6.5K views CycleDrag September 1, 2023 · Follow A look back at one of the greatest motorcycle drag racers of all-time 27 years after his death Most relevant Scott Bacon I remember him as one hell of a nice guy. I think he was the first to turn the engine around. 2 18w Rick Bane Elmer Trett Birth 14 Mar 1943 Keavy, Laurel County, Kentucky, USA Death 1 Sep 1996 (aged 53) Indianapolis, Marion County, Indiana, USA Burial Fairfield Baptist Church Cemetery Fairview, Habersham County, Georgia, USA Memorial ID 48010569 · View Source Suggest Edits Memorial Photos Flowers Memorials Region North America USA Georgia Habersham County When Elmer Trett died in a racing accident in 1996, he was nearly a tenth of a second quicker than anyone else in the class, and had recorded the ten fastest speeds on a motorcycle. There'll never be another like him.
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Elmer Trett, 53 year old driver of a Top Fuel Motorcycle, had just completed an exhibition run at over 232 mph when the bike began to wobble. He lost control and was thrown from the bike. He. Elmer Trett was first to exceed 200mph, 210 mph, 230 mph; he was always at the cutting edge of engine performance, chassis design and traction engineering, to say nothing of having fantastic reflexes and riding skills.. The day I met Elmer was the day of his death, at the U.S. Nationals at Clermont Indiana, I went to his pit area. Sept. 1, 1996 Top Fuel Motorcycle rider Elmer Trett died from injuries suffered in an accident Sunday during an exhibition pass at the NHRA U.S. Nationals at Indianapolis Raceway Park. Trett,. There and then, with the double deaths of Top Fuel driver Blaine Johnson and Top Fuel Motorcycle racer Elmer Trett at the 1996 U.S. Nationals, Weisenbach got a harsh introduction to the unforgiving and sobering side of racing.
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August 16, 2023 Facebook On September 1, 1996 motorcycle drag racing lost perhaps the greatest Top Fuel rider in the sport's history when Elmer Trett came off his motorcycle at the top end of Indianapolis Raceway Park. Trett was a trendsetting genius in the world of drag bike racing. 0:00 / 2:08 Late, Great Top Fuel Motorcycle Pilot Elmer Trett, Final Qualifying Atlanta 1987 CycleDrag 567K subscribers Subscribe Subscribed 10K views 5 years ago Here is another qualifying run.
September 1, 2017 Elmer Trett an American Legend It was twenty-one years ago Elmer came off his Top Fuel bike at 232 MPH and did not survive his injuries. On that sad day, September 1st, 1996, we not only lost the greatest Top Fuel motorcycle drag racer the world has ever known, but we lost a great leader in the sport of motorcycle drag racing. Born in Keavy, Kentucky on March 14, 1943, Trett started drag racing in the late 1960s at Thornhill Dragway in Kenton, Kentucky. His first racing machine was his Harley-Davidson street bike. Trett owned a motorcycle performance shop in Hamilton, Ohio, and worked primarily on Harley-Davidsons.
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After Trett's untimely death the motorcycle's yellow bodywork was cut into pieces and given as keepsakes to special sponsors, friends and those meaningful to Trett's to race program. Bruce Sauer's tribute to Elmer Trett - an actual piece of the bodywork from Trett's final motorcycle he lost his life on. Elmer Trett was born March 14th, 1943 in Corbin, Kentucky, the youngest of nine children. He grew up in the woods of Kentucky, attended local school, walked there mostly, and he quit school after his eighth-grade year. Elmer had places to go and a whole world to explore and in his young mind, school just got in the way at the time.
