Leslie Porterfield
Leslie Porterfield was named as the 2008 American Motorcyclist Association Racing Female Rider of the Year, holds three land-speed records and is a member of the Bonneville 200 mph club. She is the former co-owner of High Five Cycles with Alan Lamb, a used motorcycle dealership in north Dallas. She has been riding and racing motorcycles since her mid-teens. She was born in April 16, 1976.
Leslie Porterfield became the Guinness Book of World Records' "Fastest conventional motorcycle speed " with her land speed record of set at Bonneville Speedway in 2008.
The trials and tribulations of obtaining her record at Speedweek were documented for the Discovery Channel show "Speed Capital of the World: Bonneville".
Leslie Porterfield is writing for Motorbikes India online magazine.
