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Note the personal drag chute Arvil Porter is wearing in this 1975 photo of his 200 mph rocket drag bike. Rocket drag bike riders Larry Welch and John Dixon also wore one. It saved Dixon's life in 1981 when he got blown off his bike at over 240 mph while attempting to break 250 mph in the quarter.
Note the personal drag chute Arvil Porter is wearing in this 1975 photo of his 200 mph rocket drag bike. Rocket drag bike riders Larry Welch and John Dixon also wore one. It saved Dixon's life in 1981 when he got blown off his bike at over 240 mph while attempting to break 250 mph in the quarter.