Editing Battle Mountain, Nevada (section)

==Sports==
Battle Mountain hosts an annual bike race on a long, straight, flat stretch of [[Nevada State Route 305|Highway 305]] just outside town. The event draws teams from all over the world as they attempt to build and pedal the fastest bicycles on earth. The event is known as the "World Human Powered Speed Challenge".<ref>[http://www.wisil.recumbents.com/home.asp?URL=wisil/main.asp The Recumbent Bicycle and Human Powered Vehicle Information Center]  {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080310040224/http://www.wisil.recumbents.com/home.asp?URL=wisil%2Fmain.asp |date=March 10, 2008 }}. Wisil.recumbents.com. Retrieved on 2013-07-21.</ref>

On September 16, 2016, Todd Reichert became "the fastest man alive" by pedaling a streamlined bicycle at {{convert|89.59|mph|km/h|abbr=on}} over a {{convert|200|m|adj=on}} distance at the end of a {{convert|5|mile|adj=on}} run.<ref>[http://www.ihpva.org/hpvarecl.htm#nom01 Human Powered Vehicle Information Center Official Speed Records]</ref> Reichert had an excellent week, setting five new records and smashing the previous {{convert|83.13|mph|km/h|abbr=on}} record set by [[Sebastiaan Bowier]] on September 14, 2013. Previously, Sam Whittingham's record run in 2009 won the decimach prize for going one tenth the speed of sound (with adjustments for slope and elevation).<ref>[http://www.recumbents.com/decimach/default.htm The Recumbent Bicycle and Human Powered Vehicle Information Center] {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080927145516/http://www.recumbents.com/decimach/default.htm |date=September 27, 2008 }}. Recumbents.com. Retrieved on 2013-07-21.</ref>

In 2019, [[Ilona Peltier]], a French woman, became "the fastest woman alive" by setting the world woman's bicycle speed record at {{convert|78.61|mi/h|km/h|abbr=on}}.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.ihpva.org/home/?view=plink&id=45|title=New Records at WHPSC 2019|date=24 September 2019|website=ihpva.org|access-date=27 September 2019}}</ref>

Also annually held on the same stretch of road is the "Pony Express",<ref>[http://www.popularhotrodding.com/events/0502phr_pony_express_130/index.html Pony Express 130 – Event History & Coverage – Popular Hot Rodding Magazine] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080821195944/http://www.popularhotrodding.com/events/0502phr_pony_express_130/index.html |date=2008-08-21 }}. Popularhotrodding.com. Retrieved on 2013-07-21.</ref> an open road event from Battle Mountain to Austin and back. It is the longest open road race in the country, averaging a total of {{convert|130|mi}}. The race consists of vehicles ranging from 1960s-era [[muscle car]]s to the most modern sports cars.