Racer-record holder crashed

The famous American racer champion crashed on Sunday while trying to reach a speed of 300 miles per hour on a runway closed military airport in Maine.

Forty-four Bill Warner was dispersed to the level of 285 m / h (456 km / h), and then lost control of the motorcycle and took off the runway. However, until now not known how fast the motorcycle was moving at the time when he abruptly changed direction, flew off tarmac lane and crashed - said Tim Kelly, director of racing chronometer Loring Association, which organized the annual festival of speed.

After the accident, Warner was conscious and even talked, Kelly said, but after an hour and fifteen minutes later, he died in hospital.

At its turbocharged Suzuki Hayabusa motorcycle Warner already broke the record speed, speeding up to 311 miles / hour (497.6 km / h) at a distance of one and a half miles on the same lane. This speed was considered a record for motorcycles traditional design.

This time, Warner wanted to reach the speed of 300 miles per hour at a distance of one mile.

Festival «MaineEvent» (event in Maine) - is an annual event taking place on closed in 1994, the air base of strategic aviation in the state of Maine. For races using a 4.3-km runway and a 600-meter safety zone behind it.

However, despite all the security measures, in front of more than four hundred spectators there was a terrible accident. Immediately after the accident all the planned activities were canceled.