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Sandrieka Hayes

Sandrieka Hayes. Kitty O'Neil. In 1977 in the Mojave Desert , she piloted a hydrogen peroxide powered rocket dragster built by Ky Michaelson to the quickest quarter mile elapsed time in auto history, with a timed run of 3.22 seconds at .

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Sandrieka Hayes

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  1. Sandrieka Hayes Kitty O'Neil

  2. In 1977 in the Mojave Desert, she piloted a hydrogen peroxide powered rocket dragster built by KyMichaelson to the quickest quarter mile elapsed time in auto history, with a timed run of 3.22 seconds at

  3. Kitty O'Neil was a stuntwoman, racer who is originally from Corpus Christi, Texas. Her deafness wasn't congenital it was

  4. Her Birthday • Kitty O'Neil (born March 24, 1946 in Corpus Christi, Texas) • American former stuntwoman and racer noted for a handful of exceptional accomplishments, despite becoming deaf when she was four

  5. How Become deaf • O’Neil was the first woman to be accepted into Stunts Unlimited (1976),  an organization of Hollywood’s top stunt people On December 6, 1976, the professional stuntwoman Kitty O'Neil sets the land-speed record for female drivers at the Alvord Desert in southeastern Oregon. The record hovered around 400 mph; O'Neil's two-way average speed was 512.710 mph. (The

  6. Suddenly, Kitty O'Neil got spinal meningitis which meant that she might not be able to dive or walk again. Kitty became deaf, but she was able to walk with a lot of help and exercise. • Kitty loved to be a daredevil enjoying car racing, skydiving and water skiing. She decided to become a stuntwoman for driving. In 1976, age the age of 28, Kitty • Fastest Woman on Earth." She rode a rocket car called "Motivator" with 48,000 horse-power that reached a speed up to 412 mph in 3.22 seconds. She retired in 1986 and moved to South Dakota

  7. The 2 part how become deaf • One day last month on the Alvord Desert, a barren clay flat beneath a big lonely mountain in southeast Oregon, Kitty O'Neil, a 28-year-old part-Irish, half-Cherokee lady from Corpus Christi, squirmed into the cockpit of a narrow rocket-powered three-wheeled vehicle called the Motivator. Although Kitty O'Neil stands only 5'3" and weighs 97 pounds, her entry into the machine was a minor victory in itself, because the cockpit of the Motivator is barely large enough to accommodate an expectant baboon. Once properly wedged in, lying semi-supine with her head barely higher than her feet, Kitty gave the foot throttle two quick taps, and the engine responded, first with a gurgle and then a flatulent snort, throwing out a cloud of vapor.

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