land speed record
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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 Brighton, Michigan-based Kar Kraft. Thompson wanted a car that could challenge the 400-plus-mph records with more finesse than his earlier four-cylinder Challenger 1 Streamliner that broke down on him at the Bonneville Salt Flats in 1960 before a return run could cement his 4-mph edge over rival John...
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Take a look inside the world's fastest car's cockpitBloodhound LSR driver Andy Green walks through the cockpit of his land-speed-record jet car.
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Hyundai engineers aim high with green cars at Bonneville
Hyundai set new land-speed records in the Nexo fuel-cell vehicle and the Sonata Hybrid at Bonneville.
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World's fastest wheel-driven car cracks 503 mph
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...
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Chris Harris Drives The Drayson Racing Electric Le Mans Prototype: Video
Chris Harris drives a record-breaking electric car in his latest video.
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Blind Driver Sets 186-MPH Land Speed Record In Porsche 911
An ex-bank manager averaged 186 mph in a Porsche 911 to claim the record.
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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 no practical purpose manage to go carbon neutral? Through sponsorship from a carbon offset company, of course. Carbon Neutral Investments (CNI) has signed on to help offset the plumes of rocket smoke that will be generated in the Bloodhound's further testing, and, ultimately, in the land speed record...
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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 Africa. If all goes as planned, a Cosworth F1 engine will spin up to 17,500 rpm, powering a pump that injects High Test...
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California Man Hopes To Break The 2,000 MPH Barrier - In A Car
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.
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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 those most used to cars. Still, the average truck pales to insignificance compared to Joint Venture's race truck. With 4,500...
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Craig Breedlove To Celebrate 50th Anniversary With 800-MPH Speed Record Attempt
Craig Breedlove set a world speed record back in 1963 and plans to return to Bonneville in 2013 to attempt another. Only this time from afar.
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Land-Speed-Record Motorcyclist Bill Warner Survives 238-MPH Crash
Veteran land-speed-record motorcyclist Bill Warner recently survived a 238 mph crash while attempting to break his existing 311.94 mph record.
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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 car a morning caffeine boost though. Engineer Martin Bacon from Teesdale in the UK and a group of Teesdale Conservation Volunteers took one 1980s Rover 3500 SD1 (a car actually sold in the U.S. in V8 form for a brief period) and equipped it with an onboard wood gas generator. Also known as a...
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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 smash the previous record, set by Green himself, by achieving over 1,000 miles per hour. A car with the Bloodhound name has...
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1,000-MPH Bloodhound SSC Show Car Unveiled
The land-speed-record seeking Bloodhound SSC was unveiled at the Farnborough International Air Show.
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Bloodhound SSC Team Makes Aerodynamic Breakthrough On Road To 1,000 MPH
The new design allows for no lift over the rear of the vehicle at 1,000 mph, or Mach 1.3.
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Blind Man Posts 200 MPH Record In A Mercedes SL 65 Black Series
The record run took place on a closed off runway at Upington International Airport in South Africa.
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Bloodhound SSC May Break Land Speed Record In Australia
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...
Kenneth Hall
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