Pictures on the Gold Rush
Thanks for the folks at Easy Racers for letting
me use some of these images
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This shot taken during the road race at the 1984 IHPVA championships in Indianapolis. I'm leading Carl Sundquist
in the super fast Lightning X-2 at the Indianapolis raceway park. This shot is taken at the end of a long straightaway
and I'm just setting up for a corner. I won this race by almost 2 minutes. |
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Fast Freddy, Greg Lemond shake hands before the start of the first stage of the 1991 Tour de France in Villerubanne.
You can just see the Gold Rush I used the night before to set a kilometer world record up on the stage where the
racers all sign in before the event starts. left to right Gardner,Fast Freddy,the Mayor, director of the Tour de
France and Greg Lemond. |
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The winner circle at the Michigan International speedway. This photo was taken after I set a new hour world record
of 45.3 mph. Sept. 1989 |
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Standing with the Gold Rush America at the Bonneville salt flats. This photo was taken at about 2am as Gardner
and I drove back from the IHPVA championships in Michigan. Two weeks later I would be back to set a world record
with John Howard in the Double Gold Rush |
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This is at the Major Taylor velodrome in Indianapolis, during the 1984 IHPVA championships. This is a practice
session, but later that night I would lower the time for my current world record in the 4000m pursuit to 3 minutes
43 seconds. |
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Sept. 1993 in Alamosa, Colorado. A good shot of me and the Gold Rush Colorado. Despite being in really good condition
during the 93' season, I lost my first top speed title since 1986 to Sam Whittingham by 1/4 mph. I did manage to
up my own world record for the flying kilometer in this bike though. |
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In the Double Gold Rush - With Chris Springer braking the Top Speed Tandem World Record |
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With Chris Springer and Easy Racers' creator Gardner Martin in the center |
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Chris Springer, Tanya and Fast Freddy with the Gold Rush Le Tour and the Double Gold, the worlds fastest tandem.
This was taken in Oct. 2001 |
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July 3, 1991 Gold Rush Le tour in France. One of the grat things I've done over the years is ride on some beautiful
tracks....both car racing and velodromes. This was such a nice place and the track smooth and fast. Here I am at
speed testing the bike on the day before my world record attempt |
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July 3, 1991 Good shot of the bike at speed at the same track in Lyon, France. Things are looking good here, but
man, can things change in a hurry! |
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July3, 1991 This is usually the end result of a blown front tire on a steeply banked track. Gardner is now contemplating
how much work he needs to do before the race tomorrow night to fix the damage as I walk away disgusted. We know
now it turns out OK, but this was a little unsettling for us |
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Aug. 1992 IHPVA speed championships in Yreka, Ca. This is what the Gold Rush looked like after I lost control of
the bike between 65-70 mph. I've now had three 60+ mph crashes. This was my second and by far the hardest and no
doubt fastest. Can you believe that after all this I still managed to win this race by 14 seconds! |
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Aug. 1992 IHPVA speed championships in Yreka, Ca. I like this photo...you can see the outline of my body on the
Gold Rush. After I hit the ground I was very nearly ejected from the bike, but my leg was stuck and it kept me
from being thrown out. The windscreen was damaged beyond repair and my helmet had scratches on it. You can make
out my foot, calf, leg, hip and arm. |
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1991 IHPVA speed championships at the Milwaukee Mile. This is the starting grid for the 1 hour TT. You sure can't
say nobody showed up! I finished first, about a lap up on second place. |
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October 1989 at the Bonneville Salt Flats. John Howard and I competed in Speedweek for a special ESPN show called
Great American Events. We set 2 world records....one for the fastest kilometer and one for the mile. |
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