land speed record
Rolls-Royce Sponsoring 1,000-MPH Bloodhound SSC Project
The mission: Build a car that can exceed 1,000 miles per hour. Do we have your attention yet? The jet-engine maker Rolls-Royce PLC have announced that they're supporting the Bloodhound Project, an educational program (and a real land-speed-record effort) that hopes to break that barrier. Rolls will...
The Bloodhound SSC Tests Its Rocket Engine: Video
In about a year’s time, pilot Andy Green will strap himself into the driver’s seat of the Bloodhound SSC, parked on the flat and straight Hakskeen Pan in South... October 3, 2012 by Kurt Ernst
Chris Harris Races The Radical SR3 With Andy Green, Bloodhound SSC Pilot
The Bloodhound SSC is fairly mental all on its own: basically, a jet without wings intended to skim the surface of a salt lake bed. The driver, accordingly, is slightly more... August 8, 2012 by Nelson Ireson
California Man Hopes To Break The 2,000 MPH Barrier - In A Car
Salvador Dali was rumored to have once said, “The only difference between myself and a madman is than I am not mad.” The same statement would likely apply to... January 3, 2012 by Kurt Ernst
World Record Truck: 4,500-HP, 200-Plus MPH Freightliner
With the huge loads and huge distances that big rigs have to cope with, the big power and torque numbers they make from massive diesel engines can be a bit of a shock to... November 14, 2011 by Antony Ingram
Danny Thompson Seeking 420-MPH Wheel-Driven Speed Record
Danny Thompson has talked for years about breaking the wheel-driven land speed record, a mark his late father Mickey Thompson worked toward more than 50 years ago. "My dad... November 10, 2011 by Anne Proffit
Craig Breedlove To Celebrate 50th Anniversary With 800-MPH Speed Record Attempt
Lately, all of the absolute land speed record talk that we've been reading about is in relation to the Bloodhound SSC (pictured), a beast of a jet/rocket-engined streamliner... November 3, 2011 by Chris Weiss
Land-Speed-Record Motorcyclist Bill Warner Survives 238-MPH Crash
If you’ve ever crashed a motorcycle at speed, you know how sudden and violent it is. One minute you’re enjoying the ride, or focusing on catching the rider in... November 1, 2011 by Kurt Ernst
Coffee-Burning Car Gives You A 77.5 MPH World Record Boost
You might have heard of Cars and Coffee before but almost certainly not in this way... Rather than car park full of shiny supercars and classic metal, this combination of a... September 27, 2011 by Antony Ingram
Bloodhound Land Speed Car Gets First Record (In Scale Speed)
If you've been following the race for the Land Speed Record you'll be familiar with Bloodhound SSC. The U.K-based team headed by Royal Air Force pilot Andy Green hopes to... June 2, 2011 by Antony Ingram
1,000-MPH Bloodhound SSC Show Car Unveiled
This spring we brought you news of the Bloodhound SSC land speed record-seeking jet car as it made aerodynamic breakthroughs in computer simulation on its quest for 1,000... July 19, 2010 by Nelson Ireson
Bloodhound SSC Team Makes Aerodynamic Breakthrough On Road To 1,000 MPH
The quest for the ultimate land speed record has driven some of the most daring, borderline insane crews and drivers to the limit over the past century, and the team behind... March 17, 2010 by Nelson Ireson
Aussie Team Chasing World Land Speed Record
The current world land speed record was set by Andy Green back in 1997 and sits at 736 mph, which the British fighter pilot achieved behind the wheel of a turbofan-powered... December 1, 2009 by Viknesh Vijayenthiran
Blind Man Posts 200 MPH Record In A Mercedes SL 65 Black Series
South Africa’s Hein Wagner has posted a new land speed record of 200 mph in a Mercedes-Benz SL 65 AMG Black Series. Why the record headline? Because Wagner is... October 7, 2009 by Viknesh Vijayenthiran
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