Triumph Postpones 2015 Land Speed Record Attempt
Due to the injuries sustained by Guy Martin in last week’s Ulster Grand Prix, the Triumph Land Speed Record team has confirmed its decision to postpone the planned attempt until 2016. Although the Lincolnshire racer, true to form, has checked himself out of the hospital this week, despite suffering from fractured vertebrae, sternum and a number of ribs – as well as an injured right hand – Triumph feels that Martin will not be physically ready to perform the rigors of testing required prior to the land speed record attempt.
“We’re obviously concerned with the news that Guy has sustained injuries as a result of his crash in last week’s Dundrod 150 race,” said Triumph in a released statement, “Guy is a unique talent and having such a pilot for our Rocket motorcycle is absolutely central to our attempt. We wish him a full and speedy recovery and will confirm a new date for our 2016 bid as soon as we can.”
For those who haven’t seen Martin’s massive crash, look on and marvel that he is already out of the hospital.
Like most of the best happenings in his life, Evans stumbled into his motojournalism career. While on his way to a planned life in academia, he applied for a job at a motorcycle magazine, thinking he’d get the opportunity to write some freelance articles. Instead, he was offered a full-time job in which he discovered he could actually get paid to ride other people’s motorcycles – and he’s never looked back. Over the 25 years he’s been in the motorcycle industry, Evans has written two books, 101 Sportbike Performance Projects and How to Modify Your Metric Cruiser, and has ridden just about every production motorcycle manufactured. Evans has a deep love of motorcycles and believes they are a force for good in the world.
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