![]() ![]() Prior to the crash her earlier run that day on her modified turbocharged Suzuki Hayabusa convinced her she could break the 200 mph barrier. She was taken by helicopter to the hospital with seven broken ribs, a punctured lung, and a concussion. She had a high speed crash while going about 110 mph. Leslie entered the land speed racing scene at the Bonneville Salt Flats in Utah in August of 2007 but things didn’t go as planned. Holley’s record of 229.361 was set with a single engine stream-liner motorcycle. The record was previously held for over 30 years by motocross rider and stunt woman, Marcia Holley, set in 1978. She managed the average speed of 232.522 mph on Utah’s Bonneville Salt Flats in 2008. ![]() She holds the Guinness Record as the fastest woman in the world on a motorcycle. Riding motorcycles since the age of 16, Leslie Porterfield is now a well-known name in motorcycling. ![]()
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