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Leslie Porterfield
Leslie Porterfield on the Bonneville Salt Flats
NationalityAmerican
BornDallas,[1] Texas

Leslie Porterfield was named as the 2008 American Motorcyclist Association (AMA) Racing Female Rider of the Year,[2] holds three land-speed records and is a member of the Bonneville 200 mph club. She is the former co-owner of High Five Cycles with Alan Lamb, a used motorcycle dealership in north Dallas.[citation needed] She has been riding and racing motorcycles since her mid-teens. She was born in April 16, 1976.[3]

Leslie Porterfield became the Guinness Book of World Records' "Fastest conventional motorcycle speed (female)" with her land speed record of 374.208 km/h (232.522 mph) set at Bonneville Speedway in 2008.[4][5]


The trials and tribulations of obtaining her record at Speedweek were documented for the Discovery Channel show "Speed Capital of the World: Bonneville".[6][7]

Leslie Porterfield is writing for Motorbikes India online magazine.[8][9]

References

  1. ^ "Leslie Porterfield". Internet Archive. Retrieved 19 October 2018.
  2. ^ AMA Racing end-of-year awards banquet honors season standouts, American Motorcyclist Association, November 25, 2008
  3. ^ "Leslie Porterfield Racing". www.facebook.com. Retrieved 2020-04-07.
  4. ^ Leslie Porterfield: Guinness Book’s Fastest Woman, Foremost’s Fastest Agent, Foremost Insurance Group, March 11, 2010, archived from the original on April 8, 2010
  5. ^ Fastest conventional motorcycle speed (female), Guinness World Records, 2017
  6. ^ "Leslie Porterfield". Leslie Porterfield. Archived from the original on 2010-02-28. Retrieved 2009-08-26.
  7. ^ "Speed record holder: Leslie Porterfield hosts LA Calendar Motorcycle Show | Motorcycle News, Best Reviews". Ultimate MotorCycling (Press release). 2009-05-25. Retrieved 2009-08-26.
  8. ^ "Leslie Porterfield writes exclusively for Motorbikes India". Motorbikes India. 16 February 2015. Retrieved 10 June 2016.
  9. ^ "The Fastest Woman On Two-Wheels Leslie Porterfield Writes For Motorbikes India". Motorbikes India. 10 June 2016. Retrieved 10 June 2016.