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"  Top speed runs test the mettle of man and machine through extreme straight line velocities, and few exhibitions of speed get more extreme than racer Bill Warner&amp;#039;s record-smashing motorcycle run on July 17, 2011, when the Floridian hit a record smashing 311.945 mph aboard a methanol-burning, 1,000 horsepower Suzuki Hayabusa. Sadly, luck wasn&amp;#039;t on the 44 year-old motorcyclist&amp;#039;s side when he attempted to break his own record yesterday at the Maine Event speed competition. With a half-mile less tarmac to work with than his 2011 run, Warner performed several passes and was clocked at 285 mph before veering off the tarmac and sliding for 1,000 feet. Warner was said to be conscious and speaking immediately after the crash, but died 75 minutes later at Cary Medical Center in Caribou, Maine. If you don&amp;#039;t believe fate be fickle for top speed daredevils, consider the case of a female rider who dismounted from a bike at 211 mph during a previous event: the motorcyclist walked away with minor injuries. Photo \u00A9 David Whealon "^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
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