Racers Reminisce about Dragbike legend Elmer Trett Drag Bike News
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.
Elmer Trett to be Honored at Man Cup Finals
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.
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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.
Featured Rider, Top Fuel Drag Racing Champion, Elmer Trett National Motorcycle Museum
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 with his first drag bike, his 1969 Harley Davidson XLCH, which he bought new in 1969
It's known as "The Big Bang.". A day when two great motorcycle fuel racers went to a drag strip, didn't make a single pass, blew their stuff up, packed up and went home. Even the best of the best have a bad day now and then. When nitromethane racing, a big bang will do that. Nitromethane is a hard, merciless, teacher.
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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.
Elmer Trett’s Mountain Magic National Motorcycle Museum
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.
Elmer Trett to be Honored During the 40th annual Mann Hill Garage ManCup World Finals Drag
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.
Featured Rider, Top Fuel Drag Racing Champion, Elmer Trett National Motorcycle Museum
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.
Photo of the Week Elmer Trett Remembered
Elmer Trett suffered severe head injuries about 1:30 p.m. Sunday when he was lifted from his motorcycle after completing a 232 mph exhibition run at Indianapolis Raceway Park.Trett, 53, of Demorest, Ga., was pronounced dead at Methodist Hospital in Indianapolis about an hour later, said hospital spokeswoman Treva Jones.
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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.
NHRA's Deadliest U.S. Nationals Weekend Johnson, Trett Died 25 Years Ago
January 5, 2010. Person of the Week "Legends" Elmer Trett. Vol. 2, Issue 1. Wednesday, January 6, 2010. Elmer Trett, The Father of Modern-Day Motorcycle Drag Racing. Photos by: Larry "Rabbit" Smith, Dave Kommel, Matt Polito, and unknown. In most industries, be it sports, entertainment, commerce, industrial or politics, it takes either a.
Still Influential and Greatly Missed Elmer Trett Drag Bike News
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.
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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,.
Elmer Trett’s Mountain Magic National Motorcycle Museum
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.
Elmer Trett and Larry “Spiderman” McBride Prepare For Top Fuel Motorcycle Final, Atlanta 1987
Still Influential and Greatly Missed - Elmer Trett Jack Korpela September 1, 2023 It has been over 27 years since, arguably, the most prominent and esteemed motorcycle drag racer tragically lost his life while competing at the 1996 NHRA U.S. Nationals in Indianapolis, Ind. Today, Elmer Trett's tremendous influence and legacy is still felt.