Noel Black married Karlyn Phair.
He died while attempting to set the world land speed record at the Bonneville Salt Flats in Utah. A graduate of what is now Oregon Institute of Technology in Klamath Falls, he had previously set two national records with race cars he had built in a shop he owned in Sacramento.
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Noel Black
Born: November 10, 1936
Died: August 26, 1970
Age: 33
Full Name: Noel Hammond Black
Location: Bonneville Salt Flats, Utah
Event: Bonneville National Speed Trials
Accident Date: August 26, 1970
Vehicle: "Motion I" twin-engined streamliner
Biographical: While speeding 325 MPH, his streamliner went out of control and he flipped end over end. He had just finished the timed mile when his vehicle suddenly swerved out of control. He died five hours after the crash in a Salt Lake hospital. He was from Sacramento, California, and was co-owner of a speed shop in Redding. He was survived by his parents, his wife, Karlyn, and brother, Jared, and sisters, Holly and Annice. He was raised in Medford, Oregon, and attended the Oregon Technical Institute in Klamath Falls. He was a long-time member of the Southern Oregon Timing Association.
(Contributed by: Spotsgenie.)
He died while attempting to set the world land speed record at the Bonneville Salt Flats in Utah. A graduate of what is now Oregon Institute of Technology in Klamath Falls, he had previously set two national records with race cars he had built in a shop he owned in Sacramento.
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Noel Black
Born: November 10, 1936
Died: August 26, 1970
Age: 33
Full Name: Noel Hammond Black
Location: Bonneville Salt Flats, Utah
Event: Bonneville National Speed Trials
Accident Date: August 26, 1970
Vehicle: "Motion I" twin-engined streamliner
Biographical: While speeding 325 MPH, his streamliner went out of control and he flipped end over end. He had just finished the timed mile when his vehicle suddenly swerved out of control. He died five hours after the crash in a Salt Lake hospital. He was from Sacramento, California, and was co-owner of a speed shop in Redding. He was survived by his parents, his wife, Karlyn, and brother, Jared, and sisters, Holly and Annice. He was raised in Medford, Oregon, and attended the Oregon Technical Institute in Klamath Falls. He was a long-time member of the Southern Oregon Timing Association.
(Contributed by: Spotsgenie.)
Noel Black married Karlyn Phair.
He died while attempting to set the world land speed record at the Bonneville Salt Flats in Utah. A graduate of what is now Oregon Institute of Technology in Klamath Falls, he had previously set two national records with race cars he had built in a shop he owned in Sacramento.
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Noel Black
Born: November 10, 1936
Died: August 26, 1970
Age: 33
Full Name: Noel Hammond Black
Location: Bonneville Salt Flats, Utah
Event: Bonneville National Speed Trials
Accident Date: August 26, 1970
Vehicle: "Motion I" twin-engined streamliner
Biographical: While speeding 325 MPH, his streamliner went out of control and he flipped end over end. He had just finished the timed mile when his vehicle suddenly swerved out of control. He died five hours after the crash in a Salt Lake hospital. He was from Sacramento, California, and was co-owner of a speed shop in Redding. He was survived by his parents, his wife, Karlyn, and brother, Jared, and sisters, Holly and Annice. He was raised in Medford, Oregon, and attended the Oregon Technical Institute in Klamath Falls. He was a long-time member of the Southern Oregon Timing Association.
(Contributed by: Spotsgenie.)
He died while attempting to set the world land speed record at the Bonneville Salt Flats in Utah. A graduate of what is now Oregon Institute of Technology in Klamath Falls, he had previously set two national records with race cars he had built in a shop he owned in Sacramento.
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Noel Black
Born: November 10, 1936
Died: August 26, 1970
Age: 33
Full Name: Noel Hammond Black
Location: Bonneville Salt Flats, Utah
Event: Bonneville National Speed Trials
Accident Date: August 26, 1970
Vehicle: "Motion I" twin-engined streamliner
Biographical: While speeding 325 MPH, his streamliner went out of control and he flipped end over end. He had just finished the timed mile when his vehicle suddenly swerved out of control. He died five hours after the crash in a Salt Lake hospital. He was from Sacramento, California, and was co-owner of a speed shop in Redding. He was survived by his parents, his wife, Karlyn, and brother, Jared, and sisters, Holly and Annice. He was raised in Medford, Oregon, and attended the Oregon Technical Institute in Klamath Falls. He was a long-time member of the Southern Oregon Timing Association.
(Contributed by: Spotsgenie.)
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Partial cremains buried here in the Black's family cemetery.
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