From the March 1921 issue of Motorcyclist magazine
Otto Walker “did it with a motorcycle”
The swiftly spinning wheels of the Harley-Davidson wrote unprecedented motorcycle history on the boards of the Fresno, (Cal.) one mile speedway on Washington’s birthday.
They added the most brilliant paragraph to two-wheeled annals by exceeding 100 miles an hour in competition for the first time anywhere.
Otto Walker literally tore mighty holes through the atmosphere and captured first in all four events. Walker, with his team-mates, carried the Harley-Davidson colors to magnificent victory taking nine of twelve places and exceeding the world’s records for 1, 5, 10 and 50 miles!
One Mile
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Time for Distance. |
M.P.H |
| *Otto Walker |
Harley-Davidson |
33 2/ 5 sec. |
107.78 |
| Albert Burns |
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4 2/ 5 sec. |
104.65 |
Ten Miles
*Walker’s time for the 10 miles exceeds the world’s record. In this event, Walker also made a mile in 33 1/5 second and 5 miles in 2:52 2/ 5, new time for these distances.
| *Otto Walker |
Harley-Davidson |
5:48 |
103.44 |
| Albert Burns |
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| Jim Davis |
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Fifteen Miles
*Walker’s time for the above event is the best ever made by a motorcycle in 15 miles. No international record for this distance.
| *Otto Walker |
Harley-Davidson |
8:37 2/5 |
104.37 |
| Ralph Hepburn |
Harley-Davidson |
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| Ray Weishaar |
Harley-Davidson |
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Fifty Miles
*Walker’s time for 50 miles exceeds the world’s record.
| *Otto Walker |
Harley-Davidson |
29:34 3/ 5 |
101.43 |
| Ralph Hepburn |
Harley-Davidson |
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| Fred Ludlow |
Harley-Davidson |
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Application has been filed with the Federation Internationale des Clubs Motorcyclistes for recognition of the above new marks as world’s records.