Often referred to as “America’s Queen of Speed,” Valerie is a popular motorsports ambassador and inspiring role model. In addition, Valerie will continue pursuing new records on four-wheels piloting the Treit & Davenport dual-engine Target 550 Streamliner. She will also be the designated rider at select events for both the Team Turbo Tiger Kawasaki and Motus 1650cc MSTR owned by Robert Swartz. Valerie will have a busy 2022 starting with two spring testing sessions and plans to compete at the Bonneville Motorcycle Speed Trials with the BUB 7 Streamliner after a five-year rebuilding process. Piloting the Team Turbo Tiger Kawasaki for the first at the 2021 ECTA Arkansas Mile Spring Fling she set new records in both the half-mile and two-kilometers with a top speed of 216.035 mph (348.181 km/h) in addition to becoming one of the newest members of ECTA’s 200 MPH Club. Valerie walked away from the catastrophe that scattered wreckage for over a mile with only minor injuries, a true testimony of the vehicle’s design and safety features. Just days later, she experienced a horrific crash at over 360 mph during the World Speed Trials. Racing the BUB 7 during the 2018 Dry Lake Racers Australia (DLRA) Speed Week competition at Lake Gairdner, she set a new speed record of 328.467 mph (528.616 km/h) to become Australia’s fastest female streamliner motorcycle racer. This American-built streamliner has held the motorcycle land-speed record twice from 2006 - 2008 and again from 2009 to 2010. Valerie is the designated rider of the famed BUB 7 motorcycle streamliner, a proven record setting vehicle designed by AMA Hall of Fame member, Denis Manning. She is consistently ranked as one of the World’s Top 10 Fastest Motorcycle Racers. Valerie Thompson is the World’s Fastest Female Motorcycle Racer and a 10x land speed record holder with membership in the Sturgis Motorcycle Hall of Fame as well as eight 200 MPH Clubs and one 300 MPH Club.
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