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A motorcycle racer pushes the limit, and gets dragged hundreds of yards by a runaway bike. it's june 28th, 1998, legendary showstopper ron cook is to break the 200-mile-per-hour land speed motor record at murak in california. videographer mark brazzo is there at the finish line there to catch what he thinks will be another history-making days for ron cook. he's smashed several records and rarely disappoints. >> i'm seen ron race before. he's very fast on a bike. his bike is 200 miles an hour. kawasaki has a nitrous bottle on it. this thing is a rocket.

Mark brazzo is there and isn't at all surprised to see ron. he's very successful, very fast. there was no way he was not getting back on that motorcycle. >> but ron has a new worry. track conditions don't look good. >> dirt here's all broken up. i don't like riding in that loose stuff. it can get kind of squirrely. track conditions could definitely be better. >> but ron is not about to back down. he's ready to get back on the bike and do what it is he does best -- break records. >> i've in a cautious state of mind. i've made some changes on the motorcycle and the changes i'm confident. there's...

>> mark watches as ron shoots down the track disappearing into a cloud of dust. it's only later he learns what happens next. ron moves up to fourth gear and hits the nitrous boost button. gaining enough horsepower to hit top speed. he's blasting at 175 miles per hour when his front wheel begins to wobble. ron struggles to regain control, but it's a losing battle. he makes a split-second decision to abandon the bike, but as this terrifying video shows, his right legislate is caught under the seats pulling him at almost 200 miles an hour in the dusty surface. >> it dragged him like a horse would...

Was taking off from the start line. i immediately grabbed my camera, and aimed. almost immediately he went into the high-speed wobble. >> mark's seen that wobble before. he knows what's coming. as the camera rolls, ron's bike hits the loose dirt on the track. instantly he flies through the air as the bike smashes to pieces in a cloud of dust. >> rider down, rider down. everybody move. >> he crashed at probably 200 miles an hour. there was quite a debris field. there was dust, motorcycle parts. it was difficult to see where he was. >> emts rushed to ron's side. eventual word comes back. incredi...

A motorcycle racer pushes the limit, and gets dragged hundreds of yards by a runaway bike. it's june 28th, 1998, legendary show stopper ron cook is out to break the land speed record at murak dry lake in california. video grapher mark brazzo is at the starting loon, there to catch what they thinks will be another history-making days for ron cook. he's smashed several records and rarely disappoints. >> i've seen ron race before. he's very fast on a bike.