Roman Sets Bonneville Land Speed Record
If the following text-only file is not easily readable, particularly any tables of numbers, try enlarging this window since every line has a forced end and there is no word-wrap. Otherwise, this report will look and print better from the following PDF file: http://www.sportssystems.com/applib/PDFload.cfm?file=/email/filehost/AD615.pdf&id=BC615AD7BF370 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE : Amputee Michael Roman Establishes a New World Land Speed Record at Bonneville Salt Flats Speed Weeks Amputee and chronic pain patient Michael Roman heightening awareness of chronic pain Land Speed Records Wendover, Utah (August 14, 2009) After over 30 major surgeries and four progressive amputations of his right leg in an attempt to manage my phantom limb pain, chronic pain patient Michael Roman knows a lot about perserverance. Dedicated to raising the awareness of chronic pain sufferers and educating them on the importance of pain specialists, Roman and his team achieved his goal of establishing a new World Land Speed Record today in the J/GL Class at the famed Bonneville Salt Flats course during the 2009 SCTA Speed Weeks event. Driving a custom-built closed cockpit Lakester race car powered by a 750cc Suzuki GSXR motorcyle powerplant, Roman established a new SCTA Bonneville Speed Weeks Land Speed Record in the J/GL Gas class by averaging 165.127 miles per hour over his two runs over the three mile Bonnevile course. -breaking speed run came on his third attempt at backing up his successful record breaking qualifying runs for the third straight day and came a little over six weeks after establishing a J/GL Class Record at Maxton in the June ECTA trials. At the Bonneville Speed Weeks event, participants are not recognized as record holders until their record-breaking qualifying runs are validated the following morning by a record-breaking backup run that allows a record to be established from the average of the qualifying and backup runs which must exceed the actual record speed. While competitive speed trials have been held at the Bonneville Salts Flats since 1912, the SCTA organization celebrates it sixtieth year of Speed Weeks competition at the this magnificent event which is full of immense history, I became further educated about Bonneville racers nor their selflessne the first three days at the Salt, we had some unexpected mechanical problems despite all of our preparation and you would not believe the number of racers who took time away from their own race efforts to lend us a hand at fixing team, with the help of our new friends, was able to achieve this remarkable fete today and I could not be more thankful and appreciative of who helped us each and every step along e could not do this without the great support from the folks at Boston Scientific and Snap-on Tools who support my land speed endeavors ed Roman. Following numerous surgeries which ultimately caused Roman to lose his right leg from the hip down, Roman exhausted all pain treatment options, including powerful pain medications, drug pumps and single-source spinal cord stimulation (SCS) therapy. In 2005, he was successfully treated by a pain specialist with a new generation of SCS therapy, Boston Scien -source spinal cord stimulation system. He has since eliminated pain medications from his daily regimen. Now dedicated to helping others who suffer from chronic pain, Roman works to shorten the amount of time it takes chronic pain sufferers to find a pain management solution. professional who He provided me about, and now I control my pain instead www.RaceAgainstPain.com to bring the message of hope to the 75 million other Americans who suffer from the effects of chronic pain. For information on the campaign, visit www.RaceAgainstPain.com. For information on Precision Spinal Cord Stimulation therapy used by Mike Roman, visit www.ControlYourPain.com. Joining Roman as a sponsor partner in 2009 is Snap-on Tools, a world leader in hand tool manufacturing. Boston Scientific is a worldwide developer, manufacturer and marketer of medical devices whose products are used in a broad range of interventional medical specialties. For more information, please visit: www.bostonscientific.com. Snap-on Tools is a worldwide leader, developer, manufacturer and marketer of hand tools and equipment. For more information, please visit www.snapon.com. CONTACT: Eric De Bord 847-922-3813 PROtential # # # # 8-14-09 V2 ejd To update your email address or to change the format of the emails you are sent, copy the following link into your browser: http://www.sportssystems.com/emformatoptions.cfm?trackingCode=BC615AD%3B7BF370%20%3B0267&userEmail=submit%40theautochannel%2Ecom This email was individually sent to you, however if you wish to unsubscribe, copy the following link into your browser: http://www.sportssystems.com/unsubscribe.cfm?trackingCode=BC615AD%3B7BF370%20%3B0267&userEmail=submit%40theautochannel%2Ecom