Tag: Land Speed Record
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1200 HP Porsche 911 to Attempt a “Sand Speed Record”
We are all aware of the Bloodhound SSC, which is to attempt a new land speed record in 2020. But, on the other side of the Atlantic, another racing team is preparing for a different kind of land speed record – the fastest car on sand. UK-based racing driver Zef Eisenberg is set to drive…
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Project Bloodhound SSC Shuts Down, Supersonic Car is Now for Sale
Without enough investors to fund the attempts, Project Bloodhound SSC has been axed. The team is now selling the supersonic car off for $314,000. For the kind of money that’s needed to own a Ferrari or McLaren, you can buy one of the most ambitious land speed record project cars in history. Project Bloodhound SSC…
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Danny Thompson Breaks Wheel-Driven Land Speed Record at Bonneville
Mickey Thompson was a mad scientist obsessed with speed. In 1960, he became the first American to go over 400 mph at the Bonneville Salt Flats on a wild, four-engined streamliner he called the Challenger I. Mickey came back to Bonneville in 1968 with the two-engined Challenger II, but rain kept him from running. Later in…
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How To Drive a 1000 mph Bloodhound SSC: Video
The British are an ambitious lot. When it comes to land speed records, these guys are at the forefront. Their latest project involves a jet-rocket powered 1000 mph Bloodhound SSC which will attempt to break the previous world land speed record soon. Building a car to break the sound barrier and go beyond it would…
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Chris’ day out with Andy Green and his Bloodhound SSC
When the indomitable human spirit for ever faster speed is supported by the most extreme engineering, the result is a machine aptly called the Bloodhound SSC. This is car built to reach speeds in excess of 1000 mph. That’s faster than a cruising speed of Boeing 737, even faster than the previous world land speed…