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Phoenix-Area Woman Holds Multiple Land Speed Records

Imagine going more than 200 miles an hour, but not on a plane, or a train, or an automobile.

Valley resident Valerie Thompson has reached those speeds on a BMW motorcycle. She is a multi-time land speed record holder. She’s so comfortable at that extreme a velocity that she’s picked up the nickname "America’s Queen of Speed."

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