September 5th, 2008 by R.J.

A motorcyclist has died during time trials at the Utah salt flats just east of the Nevada state line.

Investigators say that Cliff Gullet, 47 of Bozeman, Montana lost control of his motorcycle while traveling at 239 mph and died of the injuries he sustained.

Gullett was the owner of Team Bozeman Motorsports, a motorcycle and snowmobile dealership. He had set a handful of  land-speed records and said that he wanted to eventually become the first to reach 400 mph on a two-wheeled Streamliner.

Curt Lance, Team Bozeman’s general manager, said this of Gullet: “Cliff always told me that if anything happened on the Salt, he wanted it to be quick and not lingering. He died doing the thing he loved to do most — racing at Bonneville.”