We lost a great man today...

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I hate to post this but we have lost a great man today..

 

Please send your prayers to an amazing person and friend...Mr. 300mph!

 

Godspeed Bill!

 

 

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[Alex L.]

Saw this on Garrett's Instagram earlier. Very sad day for land speed racing.

[dover]

Read this on several people in the bike worlds facebook. Definitely a sad day, it was a high speed wobble from my understanding.

[Mallard]

Very sad to hear.

[coltboostin]

So sad-what a great guy.

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If anyone wants to leave a comment for his family you can do so here: https://gateway.frontrunnerpro.com/book-of-memories/1632092/Warner-William/service-details.php

 

A nice article about Bill: http://www.tampabay.com/news/obituaries/epilogue-hedy-goes-here-and-here/2131649

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For those that didn't know Bill, he was one of the nicest guys you would ever meet....just a few things about him..

 

I lost a close friend today and I'm still having a hard time processing it. There are so many things bouncing around in my head and so many things to say. I have been around racing my entire life and he was the greatest racer that I have ever known. He looked at things differently than everyone else and this is what put him on that other level. His Mile racing was incredible: 200mph VMax, 1st Busa: 255 mph naked, 278mph faired, 2nd Busa 296MPH & 311 MPH in the 1.5.

 

I hoped that he would have stopped racing after his first accident but he had a plan and there was no changing his mind. He was ready to be done with racing and wanted to get "The Big Number" in the Mile first. I hoped that he would have done it this past Friday right out of the trailer. He would then sell the bike and be totally focused on operating his next project, the Houston Mile. He already had so many great ideas and things in place to make it the best mile event out there.

 

I asked him again Friday night if he was ready to move on and he said yes, this thing is too fast and is going to kill me. I regret not being with my friend on his last days here. http://www.suzukihayabusa.org/forum/Smileys/default/8.gif

 

 

Bill's sister asked me to share:

 

Enea Family Funeral Home, 24 W Monroe Street Little Falls New York 13365 viewing Friday 4pm-7pm. (315) 823-2424 Funeral services at: Holy Family Parish 763 E Main Street, Little Falls, NY Saturday 9:30am

Videos:

 

Race bike: http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=Q_ZJuSS2s7k

 

Street bike:

 

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BILL WARNER WAS A MAN IN FULL.

 

Only 44 years old, Bill Warner accomplished more in land speed racing

than most racers accomplish in a career – probably ten careers.

Most knowledgeable racers expect that Bill’s 311 MPH terminal speed

record in the 1.5 mile race will not be broken in their lifetimes,

and that Bill’s mile record of 296 MPH – set only hours

before his death – will be the same.

 

Warner, a marine biologist and college graduate was a gentle tropical fish farmer

in the Tampa Florida area. Bill came late to land speed racing,

beginning a racing career of rocket-ship-like performance less than 10 years ago.

 

Always trying to reach the next level of speed, Bill was never satisfied with “good enough.”

Bill quickly proved his championship strengths by taking the Texas Mile motorcycle

track record with an un-streamlined bike in 2010.

 

It was at that point that we all realized that everybody else was playing catch-up ball,

and that we were in the final 2 minutes of the game.

 

The next year, Bill slammed down his earth- shaking, and world-beating 311 MPH run at Loring.

 

In one single run, Bill became the first to break

270 mph, 280 mph, 290 mph, 300 mph and 310 mph.

 

In a time when the ultimate record was being increased by

Measures of 5 or 10 mph – or even 2 mph – Bill in one run

advanced the mark 50 mph.

 

And he wasn’t even done.

 

Bill brought to the sport, and to his pursuit of that sport, a drive and intensity

rarely seen in it’s combination of intellect, scientific thinking, willingness

to work 24/7 and to place all his worldly assets in the service of his racing goals.

 

While doing this, Bill maintained an even temper,

rarely if ever raising his voice in anger.

He blessed his friends with his ready humor,

and he humored those that thought they were his competition.

 

In fact, Bill had no competition.

 

And he never will.

 

 

 

 

Bill was unique. When he first started racing,

some didn't take him too seriously - after all,

what would a marine biologist know about motorcycles.

 

His Hayabusas always had something

unusual - the guys would nonchalantly head

for his pit to try to figure out what Bill was doing now.

 

Bill took the teasing about his bike with

good humor - he would just smile in

a knowing way - and you knew there

were a lot more secrets to come out.

 

He was humble about his records.

 

When we celebrated at Texas,

we practically had to force him to join us

and raise a glass of wine to his accomplishments.

But that wonderful big smile - as only Bill

could smile - when he got a record

was something you never forgot.

 

To say he will be missed is

an enormous understatement - there

was no one like him - and there never will be.

 

Ellen Guthrie