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The land speed record ( LSR) or absolute land speed record is the highest speed achieved by a person using a vehicle on land.
Land speed (fastest car) The official land-speed record (measured over one mile) is 1,227.985 km/h (763.035 mi/h) (Mach 1.020), set by Andy Green (UK) on 15 October 1997 in the Black Rock Desert, Nevada, USA, in Thrust SSC.
We interview Andy Green, OBE, the current land speed record holder, and Richard Noble, OBE, land speed record holder 1983-1997, on what it takes to reach a cool 763.035 mph ...
Land speed racing is best known for the efforts to break the absolute land speed record, but it is not limited to specialist vehicles. [1] A record is defined as the speed over a course of fixed length, averaged over two runs (commonly called "passes"). [2] Under current FIA rules, two runs are required in opposite directions within one hour ...
Sep 10, 2018 · Check out this beginner's guide to outright land speed records and one of the places they're synonymous with: Utah's famed Bonneville Salt Flats. By Chris Parkin. 5 min readPublished on...
The Outright Land Speed Record, which currently stands at 763.035 mph (1227.985 km/h), is the most prestigious, but there are hundreds of other records in myriad classes based on factors such as engine type and capacity, weight or body shape.
Oct 15, 2017 · Today, 15th October 2017, marks the 20th anniversary of the Thrust SSC team setting the World Land Speed Record of 763.035mph - making it the first and only car to reach speeds faster than the...
Aug 26, 2023 · The land speed record history dates back to the birth of the motor car. For years, trains held unofficial land speed records, but in December 1898, Count Gaston de Chasseloup-Laubat, driving an early electric French car called a Jentaud, set the world land speed record of 39.24 mph, or 63.15 km/h.
Sep 12, 2018 · Up until 1935, world land speed records were mostly set on beaches or in deserts until Bonneville Salt Flats in the USA became the venue of choice. Stretching over 30,000 acres near the Utah ...
