Team Bozeman and Team Bullett would like to extend their thanks to the contributors. One of Cliffs good friends put together a montage of personal and family photos that were shown at his funeral to the accompaniment of some of his favorite music, which many of you would have appreciated.
The service was held at the largest church in Bozeman and nearly 800 attended. The casket was chrome diamondplate, and the side had the 7070 streamliner in full size the length of the side.
After the service, it was transported to the graveside service by his truck and the streamliner trailer you all see at Bonneville, and was followed by hundreds, many of whom were on motorcycles, ATV's, etc.
The Paul Harvey Audio Clip has been requested from the heirs to the Paul Harvey estate, and it aired on September 5th, 2008. We have also corresponded with the film crew and production people who were at speed week last year and filming for the Discovery Channel show, which featured Leslie Porterfield earning her 200 MPH club membership, and tried to get the footage they took of the liner, which we have yet to receive, although we were advised they would review the film taken and try to get it to us.....
There was a great photo of the liner at the start line at Speed Week with the Discovery Crew Camera Boom truck at the side, and we would love to get the running footage of that shot from them, if at all possible.
Everyone has been great in providing assistance where they can, and at the celebration held after the service, the hundreds attending all had stories to tell about Cliff, albeit, not all were about racing, although Jack Costella, Wink Eller, The 411 Race Crew from Billings, and a number of other SCTA officials, Speed Week participants and many of Cliffs Crew over the years all had great stories to tell.
Salt Fever has to be real, as Casey Gullett, Cliff's son came back from BUB and told me that he could race at age 12, so he wanted to convert his TTR-50 with a big cylinder kit already installed into a modified bike with sidecar to race and set a record with C. Gullett as the name, to carry on his dad's tradition of racing.
That is certainly indicative of the meaning "Salt Fever", if ever I heard or saw it.
I know Slim will change this thread back from its present locked position, so if any of you have stories to share, we would love to have them here to build the scrapbook we are working on for the family.
Our sincerest gratitude to all.
Kiriakai
Team Bozeman Motorsports
