“Flat Out! The Rollie Free Story”
In this day and time, we seem to value things such as wealth, status and adrenaline as things that give us status in life. Back in another time (not too long ago either) things were different. Things such as a days work for a days pay, your word was your bond and staying with the passion of ones life meant more and held more status than we think or even know. Such was the case with Rollie Free. If you’ve been involved with motorcycling you’ve probably seen the 48 year old Free laid out on his Vincent attempting to set a new land speed record (which he did at 150 mph) across Utah’s Bonneville Salt Flats on Sept. 13 1948.
The newest book from Jerry Hatfield (he already has 13 other published books on motorcycles and motorcyclist) gives an in-depth look at the life and times of Mr. Free, and helps us understand the man behind the legend. Great reading and even Jay Leno wrote the intro for the book and the video interview with Mr. Hatfield is informative.
