Bonneville Motorcycle Speed Trials speed of 100mph, riding a Yamaha 350cc two-stoke motorbike. The event was held from 26-31 August. Valerie Thompson became the first female driver riding a motorcycle over 300 mph, reaching a speed of 489.663 km/h. The event was cancelled in 2015, due to poor salt flat conditions. Bonneville Motorcycle Speed Trials Bonneville Motorcycle Speed Trials (BMST) also known as AMA Land Speed Grand Championship is a motorcycle land speed racing event, held annually at Bonneville Speedway, US. The event is sanctioned by American Motorcyclist Association (AMA) and Fédération Internationale de Motocyclisme (FIM). Many AMA-certified US national speed records, and FIM-certified
Land speed racing a record attempt in order to monopolize the salt flats for the day and block one of his competitors from making a record attempt. The current women's absolute record is held by Kitty O'Neil, in the jet-powered "SMI Motivator", set at the Alvord Desert in 1976. O'Neil reached . There is no "wheel-driven" category as such. The Fédération Internationale de l'Automobile validates records in a variety of classes, of which the "wheel-driven" classes are in Category A (Special cars) and Category B (Production cars). The accepted record is fastest average speed recorded over any one-mile or one-kilometer distance, averaged over