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  Recently we received this shout out from The Queen of Speed Valerie Thompson.   Although her latest world record attempt was postponed due to COVID19 related travel restrictions, we know Valerie hopes to race in Australia in March 2021. Follow her here: http://www.valeriethompsonracing.com             Official Twitter: https://twitter.com/ValerieThompson             Official Facebook Fan Page: https://www.facebook.com/ValerieRacing             Official Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/valeriethompsonracing/   Investment Advisory Services offered through Mutual Advisors, LLC DBA Biltmore Advisors, an SEC registered investment advisor.

Valerie Thompson is a woman after my own heart. At the age of 32, the Tacoma, Washington, native bought a Harley-Davidson motorcycle, and the world would never be the same. A need for speed propelled her into the world of motorcycle drag racing. Suddenly comfortable at over 200 mph, she pushed further into Land Speed Record attempts. In March of 2018 at the age of 51, she became the world’s fastest woman on two-wheels by going 328 mph in a motorcycle streamliner. Only days later she had a horrific crash at 363 mph, sliding for nearly a mile on an Australian dry lake bed, but luckily walked away. This March, she’ll be returning to Lake Gairdner in Southern Australia to attempt new speed records on four wheels piloting the Treit & Davenport Target 550 Streamliner at two premier land speed racing events. Her goals include breaking the 415.867 mph class World record for a four-wheel blown fuel streamliner powered by a piston engine. As a woman in the predominantly male-...