Fastest Woman in the World on a Motorcycle World Record set by Leslie Porterfield

She's breaking stereotypes and records almost every time she gets on a motorcycle. Her fans say she's hot, fast and fearless. Porterfield even has the nicknames to go with it like "Speed Queen" and "Dallas Diva."

But, her official title is "Fastest Woman in the World on a Motorcycle."

"My top average through the mile is 240 miles-per-hour," Porterfield said.

Her top official speed at the Bonneville Salt Flats that got her into the Guinness Book of World Records is 232 miles-an-hour.

"I get a whole lot of people tell me that I'm crazy," Porterfield said. "And, they're probably right. Actually, I know they're right."


It all started when she was 16 in the Dallas suburb of Flower Mound.

"It was more of a fluke," Porterfield said. "I purchased my first bike from a neighbor. It was an old beat up machine. I just thought it would be neat."

And, she says no one was going to stop her.

"I think part of the reason I was so determined to ride was because everybody said at 16 I wouldn't be able to ride this motorcycle," Porterfield said. "There is just no way I would ever be able to ride it."

Well, that fluke encounter with a motorcycle turned into fate as her passion started her ride into the history books, along with a few trips to the courthouse.

"I got a few speeding tickets when I was younger," Porterfield said. "(Then) a friend of mine convinced me to get out on the track."

She started racing at 19. Then she eventually started her own motorcycle shop in Dallas called High Five Cycles. In 2006, she built her first superbike. In 2007, she went for her first record.

"2007 didn't go so well," Porterfield said. "I actually didn't break any records. I broke seven ribs, punctured a lung and had a concussion and I came off the bike at a little over 100 miles-an-hour and had a pretty bad accident."

Her body was broken, but not her confidence. She rebuilt her bike and her dream a year later.

"In 2008, my first record was 209 miles-an-hour which got me into the Bonneville 200 mile-an-hour club," Porterfield said. "The first woman on a motorcycle to do so, which is a huge accomplishment."

Then in 2009 she hit 232 miles-an-hour.

"It's a long time at wide open," Porterfield said. "It's a big test on the machine and it's big test on the rider. Things go by really fast."

Her life has been going even faster ever since with fashion photo shoots and bike building, along with a little time for family and hanging out with her boyfriend.

And when asked if her boyfriend rides she said, "Yes, he sure does." But, can he beat her in a race? "NO, he knows that I'm faster than him," Porterfield said. "But, he's really gracious about it too. It doesn't bother him at all."

Now she has her eyes on another record that has nothing to do with gender.

"I'd love to have the top record," Porterfield said. "I'd like to be the fastest person in the world on a motorcycle."

To do that, she'll have to go faster than 254 miles-an-hour. The fast money says she'll do it.

"It's been an amazing experience," Porterfield said. "I'm really living a dream."

Current or prior Motorcycle Land Speed records in 4 classes:

• FIM Mile Record Class MPS-BF 2000 at 232.522
• FIM Mile Record Class P-P 1000 at 192.930
• FIM Kilometer Record P-P 1000 at 193.077
• FIM Kilometer Record Class MPS-BF 2000 at 232.492
• AMA Record Class MPS-BF 2000 at 232.523
• AMA Record Class P-P 1000 at 192.930
• SCTA Record Class M-BF 1350 at 209.398 AMA APS-BF 1350 at 234.0
• TOP speed: 246.6mph

Video of World Fastest Woman on a Motorcycle Guinness World Record set by Leslie Porterfield

Strictly Come Dancing - World's Most Successful Reality Show set World Record

The BBC's popular dance show, Strictly Come Dancing, has entered the Guinness Book of World Records as the world's most successful reality television format.

The show has been sold to 38 countries across the globe and more than a quarter of a billion people are believed to have watched an international version of the programme since it was launched.

The international spin-offs, which are sold as Dancing With The Stars, helped the BBC's commercial arm to record profits of £145.2 million last year, reports The Telegraph.



It is distributed by BBC Worldwide, which pushed sales above £1 billion for the second year in a row during the 12 months to March 31.

BBC Worldwide has described profits from the overseas versions of Strictly Come Dancing as "excellent."

Australia was the first country to adapt the show and the format has become hugely popular in the United States where it is now in its 11th season.

Other countries to have picked it up include Albania, Argentina, Brazil, China, Germany, India, Israel, New Zealand, Russia, South Africa, Turkey and Ukraine.

Strictly Come Dancing 2010 Guinness World Record Video

Ann Widdecombe and Anton Du Beke - Strictly Come Dancing 2010 Video, Week 2 - BBC One

Feliks Zemdegs Aussie Teen Breaks Rubik's Cube World Record

Feliks Zemdegs, 14, completed the 3 x 3 x 3 Rubik's cube in just 6.77 seconds at the Australia Cube Day held in RMIT University in Melbourne last Saturday.

Incredibly another teenager, Rowe Hessler, also broke the world record on the same weekend, while competing in a separate competition in Massachusetts.

Zemdegs managed to pip Hessler, 19, by 0.17 seconds to clinch the world record, previously set by Dutchman Erik Akkersdijk in 2008.

But Hessler was magnanimous in defeat, telling ninemsn that Zemdegs was "an amazing cuber".


"I believe he will be top of the world for many years. It is a shame that I got my 6.94 a few hours after his, but he deserved the world record far more than I did. He has extraordinary speed and reflexes and is considered by many, including me, to be a God of cubing," Hessler said.

Zemdeg's father David said he was very proud of his son.

"He's happy to set the times, but he doesn't seem to know what the fuss is about," he said. "I'm obviously happy for him as he's been getting under 7.08 seconds everyday at home but to do it during competition is a different matter… it's both luck and nerves."

World Cube Association President Ron van Bruchem said Zemdegs was a humble competitor, despite having found fame on the internet with his cube-solving feats.

"He is kind of a legend, but he is still a young man… if he can get his nerves right, I think he can be the next world champion. He's setting the world standard right now. He broke 5 world records this weekend, he's just amazing," Mr van Bruchem said in a phone interview with ninemsn from Amsterdam.

"Cubing is not at all about mathematics. You can use mathematical principles - but you don’t need to have a brain for mathematics to do it," Mr van Bruchem said.

"It's not like tennis, where you play against another competitor. With cubing, it is more that you compete against yourself, you have to do your best to set your own record," he said.

Feliks Zemdegs - Rubik's cube official world record 6.77 seconds in 2010 World Record Video

Record honeymoon (11 Photos)

On Sunday, November 7, at the Great Barrier Reef in Australia, it was possible to observe the unusual event: the couple, Denise and Mark Duffield, Thomas in the 80 th time said "marriage vows". These young men are beaten for the record, listed in the Guinness Book of Records.

Winners of international competition Ultimate Job - Denise Australian and Englishman Mark - received the award in the form of paid "honeymoon" long in one year.