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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.
Featured Rider, Top Fuel Drag Racing Champion, Elmer Trett National Motorcycle Museum
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.
Photo of the Week Elmer Trett Remembered
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.
Elmer Trett’s Mountain Magic National Motorcycle Museum
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
Racers Reminisce about Dragbike legend Elmer Trett Drag Bike News
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.
Elmer Trett’s Mountain Magic National Motorcycle Museum
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 Radio Show Tribute to Air this Saturday Morning Drag Bike News
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.
Atco’s Motorcycle Tradition Lives On With MIROCK Dragbike News
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 and Larry “Spiderman” McBride Prepare For Top Fuel Motorcycle Final, Atlanta 1987
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.
Still Influential and Greatly Missed Elmer Trett Drag Bike News
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.
Photo of the Week Elmer Trett Remembered
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.
Elmer Trett’s Mountain Magic National Motorcycle Museum
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.
Racers Reminisce about Dragbike legend Elmer Trett Drag Bike News
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 with his first drag bike, his 1969 Harley Davidson XLCH, which he bought new in 1969
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.
Elmer Trett to be Honored During the 40th annual Mann Hill Garage ManCup World Finals Drag
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.
Elmer Trett to be Honored at Man Cup Finals
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.