land speed record

There's a lot involved controlling a car at speeds that passenger aircraft travel at—even when driving in a straight line.

This land speed record car is powered by twin Hemi V-8 engines and holds the world record for the fastest piston-powered, naturally aspirated car in history—and it's for sale. The 1968 Challenger 2 Streamliner was built by racing and promotional legend Mickey Thompson in partnership with...

Bloodhound LSR driver Andy Green walks through the cockpit of his land-speed-record jet car.

Hyundai set new land-speed records in the Nexo fuel-cell vehicle and the Sonata Hybrid at Bonneville.

Meet the world's fastest wheel-driven car: the Team Vesco Turbinator II. Unlike other cars built only with the goal to go fast in a straight line, the wheels drove this car to a record, not thrust from a jet engine or rockets. Driver Dave Spangler piloted the Turbinator II on October 1 to a record...

An ex-bank manager averaged 186 mph in a Porsche 911 to claim the record.

Apparently, it does. The Bloodhound SSC, which generates an astonishing 47,000 pounds of thrust through a rocket motor fed by an F1 engine used as a fuel pump, will go carbon neutral for its land speed record attempt, the team announced today. How, exactly, does a hydrocarbon-spewing monster with...

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 Africa. If all goes as planned, a Cosworth F1 engine will spin up to 17,500 rpm, powering a pump that injects High Test...

Waldo Stakes, a California inventor and land-speed-record hobbyist, is hoping to break the 2,000 mph barrier in his Sonic Wind rocket car.

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 those most used to cars. Still, the average truck pales to insignificance compared to Joint Venture's race truck. With 4,500...

Veteran land-speed-record motorcyclist Bill Warner recently survived a 238 mph crash while attempting to break his existing 311.94 mph record.

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 car and coffee involves powering the former with the latter to break a land speed record. It's not as simple as giving your...

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 smash the previous record, set by Green himself, by achieving over 1,000 miles per hour. A car with the Bloodhound name has...

The land-speed-record seeking Bloodhound SSC was unveiled at the Farnborough International Air Show.

The new design allows for no lift over the rear of the vehicle at 1,000 mph, or Mach 1.3.

Late last year we saw Britain’s Bloodhound Project announce plans to smash their current land speed record of 763mph (1,227km/h) with their new SSC speedster, which they claim is capable of reaching a top speed of 1,050mph (1,690km/h) under a combination of rocket, jet and piston power...