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  • Denise Mueller-Korenek tucked in behind a dragster driven by Shea Holbrook during the motor-paced record run on Sunday September 16, 2018
    Bicycles
    Cycling land speed record falls at Bonneville Salt flats
    ​Earlier today we reported that Neil "Soupy" Campbell secured a new European bicycle speed record of 149 mph (240 km/h). On Sunday, 45 year-old mother of three Denise Mueller-Korenek took to Bonneville Salt Flats and recorded a speed on 183.932 mph (296 km/h) to set the overall speed record.​
  • At just a hair under 150 mph, Soupy Campbell is now the fastest man in Europe on a bicycle
    Bicycles
    Neil "Soupy" Campbell hits 149 mph on a bicycle to set new European record
    If you need any further convincing on the impact of wind drag on vehicle efficiency, try this for size: a British fellow just hopped on a pushbike and went 149 mph while slipstreaming a Porsche. Neil "Soupy" Campbell now holds the European bicycle speed record, but not the world one – yet.