Mal Hewett sets 4 records at Bonneville in 2010

Mal Hewett had quite a year on the salt last year.  First, he went to Speed Week, and after making a rookie orientation run, Mal laid down a qualifying run of 151.033 MPH in the M-VG 1350cc class, almost 50 MPH above the existing SCTA record.  The next morning, Mal backed it up with a run of 152.637, for a new record with an average of 151.835 MPH.  After adding his very nice looking fairing to run in the MPS-VG class, Mal qualified at 156.863 into a 10 MPH head wind.  The next morning, the back up run was 163.293 with a slight tail wind and pulling 6100 RPM, for a new record at an average speed of 160.078, again breaking the existing SCTA record by almost 50 MPH.  After a little sightseeing, Mal returned to Wendover for the BUB Speed Trials.  Unfaired, Mal ran 151.223 and 150.080 for a new record of 150.651, breaking the old AMA record of 121.795.  With the fairing, Mal ran 162.692 and 161.317, establishing the AMA record of 162.004 in an open class.Way to go Mal, quite a banner year.

Mal at Bonneville 2010
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